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Ms. Carolyn Vance

English Language Arts/PSAT English I-II/ACT Prep

901-413-4540

Courses Taught:

Gifted/Accelerated English II/PSAT I/II/ACT Prep/NHS Sponsor/Bus Driver Bus 175

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Welcome & Announcements


Welcome to my webpage. It contains basic information about me and the classes I teach.  For further clarification about anything specific please feel free to contact me through this webpage, email or the remind system.  I am here to facilitate anything my students may need.

Along with DCS and LCHS, I am here to offer resources, support, and direction for parents and students to ensure some continuity in their learning, even while students remain at home. Please let me know if there is anything additional I can do to assist students or families during this time.  

 

 Students' school email addresses should be their first and last initial and lunch numbers @dcsms.org.

Also, please join remind101 if you have not already done so.

(see below for appropriate classes)

 

Office Hours: Wednesday's and Fridays during 1st Block

Class Schedule

8:00AM - Doors Open

8:25AM - 10:00AM - 1st Block Planning

CTC 2nd Block Dismissal: 9:45AM

10:00AM - 10:10AM - Break

10:10AM - 11:55AM - 2nd Block Gifted/ACC English II

Swamp Productions: 10:10AM- 10:20AM

CBC Lunch: 11:30AM

CTC 3rd Block Dismissal: 11:45AM

12:00PM - 2:05PM - 3rd Block (includes lunch) ACT Prep

L1: 12:05PM – 12:30PM

L2: 12:35PM – 1:00PM

L3: 1:10PM – 1:35PM

L4: 1:40PM – 2:05PM

2:10PM - 3:45PM - 4th Block Gifted/ACC English II


Supply List

Every student in my class is required to have a 3-ring binder (not a spiral notebook) with loose leaf paper and 6 dividers to organize all handouts and returned work.  We will have a binder check at the end of each 9 weeks which will count as a test grade.

Dividers should be labeled in this order:

Class Starters

Vocabulary

Literary Handouts

Writing

AOW's

Quizzes and Tests

About the Teacher

Education

Christian Brothers University- Bachelor of Arts in English for Corporate Communications

Arkansas State University- Masters of Science in Reading


Experience

2003-2012:  Olive Branch High School- 9-10-11-12 Grade English

2012-Present:  Lake Cormorant High School- 9th/10th Grade English Teacher; PSAT/ACT  Prep Teacher; NHS Sponsor; Bus Driver


Bio

I have been teaching English for 19 years. I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and have lived in Desoto County for 23 years. My children are all graduates of Lake Cormorant Schools. Some things I have a passion for are getting to know my students, reading, singing in the church choir,and spending time with family. I am proud to be an LCHS Gator and am looking forward to a great school year!

Summer Reading List

All Gifted English students have required summer reading. The book choices and accompanying assignments are distributed to these students by their teacher prior to departure for summer vacation. Students are expected to have the work prepared for submission during the first week of the school year, regardless of the semester they are enrolled in English.This assignment is graded as a major test grade. Any questions that may arise during the summer can be emailed to me through my teacher website. Happy Summer Reading!

Using Teams

Here are the directions for setting up your account.

If you have not set up your email account you will need to do that. Go to http://dcsdms.org. In the blue column on the left click Office365.

Type in email address.

Email is first initial,last initial,last six numbers of lunch number. @dcsms.org. Click next.

It will ask for a password. The password is Welcome20.

Next you will create a PW. You just type in your current PW (Welcome20) and then type your PW in twice.

You will then have to give an alternate email or phone number in case you get locked out.

You then should be logged in to Microsoft office and see the app, teams
 

Remind Feed

All Remind feeds require student to join by sending the code 81010 to a particular class code.  Class codes for the 2019/2020 school year are as follows:

PSAT:  @s1psa

English II:  @s2englishi

NHS:  @f6d6he4

Bus 175:  @2019busr

 

 

 

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