Tips for beginning remote learning:

• As soon as available, review your schedule. Make sure your classes are correct.

• Check on the start and end times for each of your classes. Make a chart to refer to at any time, and make one for your folks too!

• Visit the websites of each of your teachers in order to become familiar with them.

• Set up a work area for yourself and use it consistently. The work area should be as free from distractions (such as television, pets, family traffic, and noise) as possible. Keep paper, pens/pencils, and other necessary materials nearby.

• Remember that remote learning this year REQUIRES your attendance at class meetings, and that assignments will be graded. Working from home will be a "thing" for many of you in the future. Learn to take it seriously now.

• Contact me, Ms. Walden the 8th grade counselor, or Ms. Peoples, the 8th grade administrator, with any questions you might have.

• I grew up in Michigan and taught school in Flint, Michigan for 6 years.

• I attended the University of Michigan, where I earned a Bachelor's Degree in secondary education and a Master's Degree in literacy.

• This is my 20th year at West Cary, and I love it here!

• I live with my husband Jonathan, our daughter Isabella, and our cats, Butterscotch and Midge.

• I love gardening, cooking, reading, and the beach!