Adventure Crew 2025-2026

Miss Beight (English Language Arts/Social Studies)

Mrs. Kurtz (Math/Science)

Mrs. Olesky (ELA Intervention)

Mrs. Clark (Math and Science Intervention)

Expectations and Discipline Procedures

All fifth-grade students on the Adventure Crew will...

• be prepared and organized for each day.

• listen to our teacher and each other.

• try our best in everything we do.

• be patient and polite to everyone. Use our manners!

• respect everyone around us...including our classmates.

• be happy working together to achieve our goals.

• always try to be a person of good character.

Consequences

1st offense– verbal warning

2nd offense– student-teacher conference    

3rd offense– call home / note

4th offense– detention

5th offense– principal referral

Steps may be skipped if needed. All violations result in the loss of the student’s participation point that day.

These expectations and discipline procedures have been reviewed with students during the first week of the school year.  If needed, the expectations and discipline procedures will be revisited in class throughout the year. 

Contact Information:  

Miss Beight’s Email:  abigail.beight@howlandschools.org

Mrs. Kurtz’s Email: megan.kurtz@howlandschools.org 

Mrs. Olesky’s Email: kelli.olesky@howlandschools.org 

Mrs. Clark’s Email: alexis.clark@howlandschools.org 

Phone:  (330) 856-8250

Classroom website:  www.howlandschools.org  (click on “schools” then “Howland Middle School”--go to “Contact Staff” under the menu tab; find name of teacher; this is listed alphabetically)

Google Classroom:  We will access this as soon as all Chromebooks are distributed

Grading Policies and Procedures:

Grading Scale

A = 90 – 100%

B = 80 – 89%

C = 70 – 79%

D = 60 – 69%

F =   0 – 59%

Parent Assist/Progressbook:  Please make sure to create and check your Parent Assist account to monitor your student’s grades. I will update grades at least once per week, usually early in the week, on Monday or Tuesday.

Types of Assessments:

Students, you will primarily earn your average grade from tests, quizzes, homework completion, and participation as described below.

Tests:

 We will always announce     tests ahead of time, and they usually take place at the end of each chapter.

Tests are worth more points than quizzes and will cover a significant amount of content.

Tests may either be delivered via Google Classroom or pencil/paper

Quizzes:

We will usually announce quizzes ahead of time but not always.

Quizzes will vary in point value, but each is important to your final grade. 

Students will have a Math bellwork quiz every Friday.  This will coincide with the bellwork given Monday-Thursday.

Students will practice their math facts.  There will be a timed facts quiz every week that will be taken for a grade.  We will begin with multiplication.

Homework:  

Science and Social Studies written homework may be assigned periodically, but students should be studying their vocabulary nightly to prepare for quizzes/tests.

English Language Arts homework includes reading for at least 15 minutes nightly

Math homework will be given Monday - Thursday. Homework that is not completed during class time, will be sent home to be completed for the following day. Homework completion points will be included in your overall math grade.