Ms. Carolyn Vance
English Language Arts/PSAT English I-II/ACT Prep
Courses Taught:
Gifted/Accelerated English II/PSAT I/II/ACT Prep/NHS Sponsor/Bus Driver Bus 175
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
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
Using Teams
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.
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