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Welcome to Mr. Brown’s Math

My name is Dan Brown and I am beginning my 16^th year teaching math at Sylvan.  I love teaching math and  work hard to make class interesting, challenging, and life applicable.  I have a wonderful wife, Noel, and three beautiful daughters, Kennedy, Campbell, and Piper.  I coach track at Sylvan and enjoy playing soccer and flyfishing in my spare time.  I also run a youth program for teens with disabilities.  I am looking forward to a great year!  Following is an outline of my expectations for the year.  I will be sending home a notebook with this information inlcuded.  If you would like to receive my periodic emails concerning important classroom events, please click on the envelope icon on the top right corner of this web page.  If you need to contact me, my email is dbrown@sanjuan.edu.

Grading

Tests / Quizzes            (70%)            Given every 2 weeks

Homework:                   (20%)            Assigned 4-5 times per week.  Students begin in class and have 15-30 minutes left to finish at home.  Graded on completeness and neatness.  Late work given ½ credit.  Late assignments only accepted 1 day past due date.

Projects:                      (10%)            Assigned once per quarter.  Graded on accuracy and neatness.  Late projects go down 1 letter grade each day

                        3 sharpened pencils

Spiral Notebook

Calculator  (Scientific calculator for Algebra students)

                                    Graph Paper (Algebra students)

Grades:

You can check your child's grade any time using our online grade program called ZANGLE or by looking in your child's notebook. Grades are always current.

Homework

Homework will be stamped every day. Full stamp = 2 points, ½ stamp = 1 point.

Homework collected as packet after 5 assignments are complete. (10 points).

Promotion

Students will be promoted to the next math course if they receive an A or B average each quarter.

Students receiving a C average will need to pass the year-end final to be promoted.

Students receiving a D or F average will repeat the course.

All curriculum is California Standards-based.  Please refer to link below:

http://www.cde.ca.gov/