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**__General Information for the Parents of OLGC Eighth Grade Students__** **2014-2015 Academic Year** Joseph Dollard—Honors Mathematics and Mathematics Elizabeth Imms—Mathematics Kevin M. Madison—Religion Donna M. Marchetti—Social Studies Patrick McGhee—ELA Seamus Mee—Science and projects.
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 * 1) 1. Teachers and subjects they teach to your children:
 * 1) 2. Grading may differ somewhat with each teacher, but in most cases grades include tests, quizzes, activities/maintenance sheets, class work, homework,

both individually and collaboratively. We must decide what works best to maintain good order and a safe learning environment with over 100 pre-adolescents and adolescents.
 * 1) 3. Classroom management and discipline must be determined by the teachers,

each subject area. It is unrealistic to expect the homework assignments to be identical.
 * 1) 4. Homework, degree of difficulty and quantity, differs with each teacher and in


 * 1) **5.** High School nights will be held at **St. Andrew, Newtown-Sept. 25th and at St. Christopher, Somerton-Oct. 29th.**


 * 1) 6. High school Visitation Day: **Thursday, Nov. 13th.** Students are permitted to visit and spend the day at any **//Archdiocesan//** high school. The overwhelming majority of our students always go to Archbishop Wood on that day. This does not include private Catholic high schools and/or academies. You will have to make separate arrangements for your sons and daughters to visit those schools on other days. This is called **//shadowing//,** and we encourage it if you are seriously considering a private high school. **You must make the transportation arrangements for both the visitation day and shadowing days. OLGC will not provide transportation to and from the high schools.**

Recommendations cannot be expected or required of a teacher. If you would like to ask a teacher’s recommendation, kindly send that teacher a written request, along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope for the school you’re interested in having your child attend. **//All parental release forms//** procedures require much time and consideration, we ask you to be serious in requesting them. In years past, much time and effort have been spent in writing recommendations and gathering information for many students, only to have large numbers of them decide against attending any private schools in the end.
 * 1) A teacher recommendation for any high school is up to the individual teacher.
 * //requesting records to be forwarded to the various high schools should be sent to the OLGC School Office. These parental requests must also include//**
 * //stamped, self-addressed envelopes for the various schools//**. As all of these


 * There have also been several changes in the handbook regarding conduct. First, if any student receives 3 tardy slips during a trimester, he or she must stay for detention- Any student who arrives after 8:25 is considered tardy, unless it is due to their bus being late. Next, any student who receives 3 demerits during a trimester must also stay for detention. One detention in a trimester will result in a maximum of 3 for their Conduct grade, two detentions will result in a maximum of 2, and three detentions will result in a maximum of 1; however, tardiness does NOT count against a student's conduct grade. Finally, three detentions will result in a suspension.**
 * Detentions will be held every Tuesday from 3:15-4:00 PM. We ask that parents pick their child (ren) up as soon as detention is over; otherwise, we will bring them down to CARES.**

Students are expected to complete all missed work by the school day following their return to class. Barring any extraordinary circumstances or prolonged absences, any missed tests or quizzes are to be completed on the day //after// the student’s return, as to give him/her a chance to go over any missed work.

Contact info: kmadison@olgc.org dmarchetti@olgc.org