8th Grade Open House

Room B224

Website: https://mccullough.conroeisd.net/Teachers/formes/

Email: formes@conroeisd.net

The best way to reach me is via email. I will check emails before and after school.

Born and raised in Indiana.Graduated from Purdue

University.Lived in Sugarland, Pearland, and

now here! Collegiate Athlete (Volleyball &

Swimming) Millikin University – Division IIII look forward to having a wonderful year getting to I look forward to having a wonderful year getting to

know you and your students, both in the classroom know you and your students, both in the classroom and on the court! and on the court!

To register from the CISD webpage: https://www.conroeisd.net Under parent/student, click on account

registration• Grades• Schedule• Attendance• Lunch Money• STAAR Scores• Bus Schedule• And much

more!

The Giver by Louis LoweryDevil’s Arithmetic by Jane YolenLord of the Flies by William

Golding SURF Requirements: Outside Reading

ALL Year Long▪ At your child’s reading level.▪ At least 300 pages per nine-week period.▪ Students MUST have a book with them in class every day.

MCC Language Arts Dept Guidelines• No extra credit. Ever.• No “second chances” on assignments.• If absent, student is responsible for makeup work (one day per day absent).• An assignment due on a day the student is absent must be turned in upon return.• Daily work is not accepted late.

Parents, please check your student’s planner to ensure that they are using is properly. This is a life skill that will help them in their future.

Students: Come to class prepared (planner, binder,

surf book, writing utensil) Complete and turn in ALL work on time Participate in class Demonstrate excellent behavior and

organization

Advisory Any day – ask for a pass.

Before school Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

(until basketball season).After school

It is available and ever-changing; therefore, there is an updated weekly schedule outside my classroom.

Conferences are scheduled on an as needed basis through the Counseling Center.

I am available for conferences at the following times: Red Days – 11:00-11:45A Green Days - 2:26 – 3:50P

SpellingGrammar usage and mechanicsJournal writingDaily oral languageFormal writingSTAAR writing and reading

comprehension assessmentsVocabulary (Sadlier-Oxford)

The McCullough faculty and staff wishes you the best school year ever!

“I don’t divide the world into weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures, those who make it or those who don’t. I divide the world into learners and non-learners.

-Benjamin Barber

“The athlete feels the water, the coach sees the stroke.” -Bill Sweetenham

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but even more to stand up to our friends.”

-Dumbledore, Head of Hogwarts SchoolHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rawlings