New CHESS Club at LSHS

To respond to the student interest in this area, I'm starting a Chess Club this year at LSHS. Last year during 5th period, Ms. Poole and I coordinated a chess tournament with 16 students participating. All eight of my students just so happened to be male, and her eight students were all female, coincidentally. Freshman Joel Navarrette was the ultimate winner.

I will be taking applications for chess club membership during the first few weeks of school. Tentatively, we will meet two times per week after school, the first for training and the second for game play. If you want to come to game day, you have to come to training day. That's fair, isn't it?

For more details, check the Chess Club page. 

Parent Letter for Active Reading and Intro. to English:

Parents:

Your son or daughter is in my "Active Reading" or "Introduction to English" class this semester. I am excited about the new semester and I know that you are, too. I am proud to be teaching at Lexington Senior High School and have high expectations and goals for the class and for your child.

Students in Active Reading were selected for this class based on their performance on the EOG and other tests, their classes, and a placement test that I gave them. Our school feels like this class could be an important way for your child to become a better reader and do better in school. Students in Introduction to English have this first semester to prepare them for English I in the Spring.

Please review the Course Syllabus (Active Reading or English I) with your child, which I have discussed with the class. I would like you to review it, particularly to note 1) class rules, 2) the types of assignments students will be given, and 3) the materials needed for class.

I have a class website that will be a very useful tool to help us communicate about class, post assignments and reminders, and use to link to learning resources. The terrific news is that our entire Freshmen class will be getting a personal laptop computer later this semester.

I also wanted you to know that I believe in communicating regularly with the parents of my students. An easy way for me to do that is through e-mail, so if you are reading this online, please go to my home page and submit your email address on the right hand side under "Get Email Updates." That way, you will get automatic email updates when I add something to the website.

This is my seventh year as a public school teacher. You can read more about me and my background on my About page at http://mrplastersclass.blogspot.com/p/about-mr-plaster.html.

If there is anything I can do to be of assistance, please let me know. Don’t hesitate to contact me at school (336.242.1574) or e-mail at splaster@lexcs.org. Please sign and return this letter with your child by Monday, August 29.

Sincerely,

S. Plaster

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