Ms. cottrell's 7th grade science class

Hi, I'm Ms. Cottrell-

Currently in my second year living in the south, having moved from the east coast, so I'm starting to get a handle on the way of life down here in Houston. I'm from New York and studied molecular biology and psychology at Syracuse University, where I completed research as well as worked as a TA leading biology lab classes. Obviously the most logical career move after graduation was to get a job at a stunt company jumping off buildings and choreographing fight scenes for television shows like Law and Order and Shades of Blue hahah eventually I found my way back to being an educator and haven't looked back since.

Attached below is my class schedule, prior to 11AM I am in meetings, team and department planning sessions, and tending to other school business.

Currently my office hours are Mondays 4:30-5:00PM with tutorials Mondays 4:00-4:30 and Thursdays 4:00-4:30 but I am willing to work to work with parents needing to schedule conferences (use the parent resources tab up top) by appointment

• Students will attend Google Meet sessions during their assigned class period

  • students will arrive to the session on time using the link that can be found at the top of our Google Classroom

  • students will mute themselves upon entry

  • students will participate by answering questions if prompted to unmute or type in the chat as well as using the nod feature to emote (thumbs up/ raise hand/ clap/ etc)

  • students will keep their cameras on and be present throughout the session

  • students will be respectful to all in the session (please refer to GPISD and NSMS policy for virtual classrooms for further clarification)

• Students will complete the assigned independent work during the asynchronous portion of their class period

  • directions will be provided and a brief explainer will be given during the session

  • late work will be accepted (per GPISD grading policy) but i will begin to haunt students whose work is more than a week late

The link below shows the GPISD policy

https://www.galenaparkisd.com/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=18753&dataid=20698&FileName=Remote%20Learning%20Student%20Expectations.pdf