Lincoln Southwest Math Department
The 2009-2010 Math Parent Letter below. | Download as a PDF
Lincoln Southwest High School Math Department
7001 S. 14th St.
Lincoln, NE 68512
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Welcome to Lincoln Southwest High School. We are looking forward to working with your student this year. I ask that you please read the following departmental policies on this page. Your student should provide you a signature page for you to sign. (Calculators can only be checked out once the signature form is returned.)
Inventory—Textbooks and Calculators
Your student will be issued a textbook during the first week of class. It is your student’s responsibility to report any damage that may already be present with the textbook they receive so they are not held accountable at the end of the course.
Depending on which class your student is in, he or she may also be checked out a TI-34 scientific calculator or a TI-83+ graphing calculator. These are $16 and $88 pieces of equipment, respectively. The student is responsible for the calculator. Should it become damaged, lost, or stolen, the student is expected to pay for the repair and/or replacement, just as they would for a lost or damaged textbook. (Naturally, your student may already have a calculator; thus they will not need to check one out.) We strongly advise your student to keep possession of the calculator at all times.
After checking out a calculator, your student has one week to verify that the calculator is in working order. If it does not work properly, the calculator may be exchanged for one that does work. After the first week, any damage or malfunction will be assessed the appropriate fine.
If your student already owns a calculator, we urge you to engrave or otherwise mark his/her name on it.
Extra Help
Math Help is available! We desire to help all of our students the best we can in the 90 minutes that we meet during class. However in the past, some of our students have asked for additional help outside of class. Again, we are here to help! Check with your teacher. We are more than happy to work with your student before or after school should they need extra help. We urge your student to get help as needed! Many of our teachers are available each and every day before school and after school.
Making up Tests and Quizzes
We staff a Math Testing Room five days a week for any student to come in and make up tests, quizzes, or other assessments. The room is located in B105.
Hours:
Morning |
Afternoon |
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Monday |
closed |
3:15 – 4:15 |
Tuesday |
7:15 – 8:00 |
2:15 – 3:15 (PLC day) |
Wednesday |
7:15 – 8:00 |
3:15 – 4:15 |
Thursday |
7:15 – 8:00 |
3:15 – 4:15 |
Friday |
7:15 – 8:00 |
closed |
When a student misses an assessment, we ask that they work with their teacher to set up a plan to make up that assessment. The Math Testing Room is a convenient resource available for your student.
Electronic devices (e.g., cell phones and ipods)
Please ask your student to refrain from bringing these to class. Reference the LSW student handbook for more information.
Tardies
Please encourage your student to come to class on time. Again, reference the LSW student handbook for more information
Teacher Websites
Each of our teachers maintain a website. On the teacher’s website you will find course information, assignment logs, students grades, etc. (Naturally you will be only able to check your student’s grade given your students login and computer password.) We encourage you to check your student’s grade and correspond with his/her teacher with questions or comments.
Mathematics Department
We encourage you to contact your student’s teacher if you have any questions or concerns. You may contact them by email or phone. The email addresses are listed below as well as links to websites.
Angela Bates |
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Shayla Bushhousen |
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Jim Campbell |
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Jeff DeVries |
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Shukria Gharzai |
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David Hartman |
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Jill Phipps |
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Arlene Rea |
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Kyle Schumann |
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Cullen Stevens |
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Christin Sutter |
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Ashli True |
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Chris True |
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Jerel Welker |
Please sign the parent permission form signifying that you have read this letter. Your student cannot be issued a calculator until this form is signed and returned. We also ask that you provide your most current email address (if applicable). We look forward to working with your student this year at LSW.
Sincerely,
David Hartman
LSW Mathematics Department Chair