A social networking component where students may:

• Add friends
• Join groups
• Register for events
• Upload school photos
• Link appropritate videos

A bulliten board where students are encouraged to:

• Post class questions
• Seek homework help
• Respond/reply to others questions
• Discuss school/athletic events
• Submit extra credit articles

A directory of authoratative resources orgainized by subject area and topic to support classroom instruction.

• Tutorials
• Interactive lessons
• Websites
• Videos

In our documents section we expect to provide every resource used in class for download at home.

Whether you've simply forgotten a document that you need for homework, or are out of school for any reason we want to make sure that you have all the tools that you need to be successful when you need them!

Our news section provides students 100's of current news items daily that relate to our studies.

• Locate current, related news articles to summarize for extra credit
• Find ideas for further research, a project or presentation
• Become more aware of our studies relevance to your everyday life and future employment

Parental expectations, support, and involvement, are the single greatest factors in a students academic success. When parents work collaboratively with school professionals there is no limit to what a child can achieve!

In our parents section we expect to provide the information, links and resources that parents require to support highest student achievement at home.

Maintaining an open line of communication between school and home is essential in providing consistency for children and establishing collaboration between parents, counselors, and teachers.

Together, we can make a difference in our children's tomorrows by working together today!

Building better readers and writers are just a couple of our goals this year and we expect that the blogs will be a fun way to encourage that growth.

Blogs are limited to academic subjects or school related events and are open to all earth science students of Mr. Mason.