6^th graders:

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7^th graders

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As you will see from my policies page, I believe that students should be encouraged to use history as an opportunity to develop writing and reading skills in support of other curriculum areas, click here to see my writing guidelines.

Parents and students,

if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

You can telephone me at (815) 772-7264 or by email.

 Updated 8/11/08

6^th and 7^th Grade History

As I start my third year here at the Junior High, I am amazed at how quickly time as moved on, but I remain excited to be here in Morrison, teaching history at the Junior High School. As many of you now know, I grew up in England, and my wife hails from right here in Morrison. In fact, I now teach history in the very same room that she once sat in to take sixth grade history. It is a great pleasure to be teaching in a community I have come to know so well over the last 15 years.

Over the summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to go to Japan for three weeks. This was a study tour funded by the Freeman Foundation and run by TEA at the University of Colorado. If you would like to see the website I have built about my visit to Japan, it can be found here.

Room 16 Expectations

Here are my classroom policies. I have tried to make my classroom expectations clear and simple. Click here to see them.

Students will need to come to lessons Ready to Learn. Click here to see what they need.

Check out the Junior High Assignment page for today's homework. Click on the Junior High Announcement Page to find out what is happening at Morrison Junior High.