Black Team
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Mrs. Zdanavage: Language Arts, Social Studies
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Mrs. Petrosky: Math, Science
Red Team
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Mrs. Snyder: Language Arts, Social Studies
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Mr. Mellas: Math, Science
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All school rules apply, including
dress code.
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Students are expected to come
to school on time.
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Students may not be dropped off
in the morning until 8:40 am and,
for an appointment, should be
picked up before 3:00 pm.
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Students can check our teacher
pages for homework.
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Assignments and homework for
extended absences, will be made
up when the student returns.
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Information about the school
rules can be found in the student
handbook.
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Comprehension is the main
focus of this course.
There is a text, consisting of
condensed versions of books,
novels, current events, using
the newspapers/internet,
and book reports.
Students will be assigned a
book report during the
school term.
Progress monitoring will be
implemented three times
throughout the year.
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Students will be
responsible for current
events, usually on
Friday.
Students will be taken
to the computer lab for
various exercises,
including web quests
and Compass Lab
activities.
The students’ grades
will be based on a point
system.
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Writing assignments are
graded according to a
rubric which is explained
before each assignment.
Students are expected to
keep a journal. They will
make daily entries.
Journals will be graded
at regular intervals.
Tests and writing
assignments will be
graded and incorporated
into the reading grade as
Language Arts.
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Students will be
responsible for
information in text and
notes.
Tests will be given at
the end of each chapter.
Projects to be
announced.
Grading based on
homework, tests, and
projects.
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Students will utilize text,
notes, computer lab,
science kits, and
classroom discussions.
Assessments will be given
at the end of each unit or
activity. Rubrics will be
utilized.
Our point system will be
based on experiments,
group work,
presentations,
assessments, and projects.
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Students will be responsible
for text, homework and class
participation.
Students will be responsible
for keeping a notebook.
Tests will follow each
chapter or unit.
Quizzes will be announced.
We will be utilizing a point
system based on tests,
quizzes, and homework to
assess student progress.
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Students will meet weekly
for Flex time.
These classes will focus
primarily on Math and
Reading.
These classes will not be
included in the students’
grades.
These classes are meant to
prepare students for
PSSA/PA Core
assessments and provide
remediation/enrichment.
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“Stop and Think”
Promotes student
organization and selfcontrol.
Our main focus for prosocial is respect and
responsibility.
On Track
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We can be contacted during
the hours of 9:00-9:45 AM.
If you need to call at a
different time, please leave
a message with the office.
However, contacting us
through email is preferred.
If problems arise with your
child, we will be contacting
you for either a telephone
conference or an in-person
conference.
 Students are given a planner,
providing an organizational tool for
students to utilize. All homework
should be written in the planner daily.
Homework may also be checked on
our web pages.
 Students’ grades will be updated in a
reasonable time frame.
 We can also be contacted by e-mail
which can be found through the
Crestwood website at csdcomets.org.
 Links are provided on our web pages
for your convenience.
Thank you for
coming!
We are all
looking forward
to a great year.