Homeroom

Welcome to a brand new school year! For freshmen coming into a new situation, with new teachers and new friends to make, high school can be a scary and intimidating place. Through this webpage, I would like to offer you solace and comfort in knowing that your homeroom teacher, me, is looking out for you. Remember, the seniors, juniors and sophomores were at one time freshmen, just like you. Over the course of this year, try to establish a counseling relationship with someone in those classes. I firmly believe that if you want to succeed at this school, you should model yourself after someone in the senior class. In my experience teaching high school, it is the seniors who have the most character and are the hardest working. Along the path to becoming Saint Louis Men, they are the closest to attaining this goal. In all of this, be mindful of your abilities as well. Pace yourself. Do things **one day at a time**. Never underestimate your skills, but by the same token, never overestimate what you are capable of either. You will learn most things in high school from your teachers, but you may get //more// from what you learned from those that have walked these halls before you. Be humble in that you are only //a part// of the Saint Louis Story, but know that it is up to you and your whole class to write your //own// chapter. To the parents of the class of 2015, there are a lot of changes being made to Saint Louis that are expected to improve our performance. Your sons are a part of that experience! With EdLine, Naviance, and this WikiSpaces Page, I will do my best to keep you current on upcoming events. I ask that you remind your son, and yourselves, to please check these resources daily as I plan to update them daily. Being that this is Saint Louis' first full year with laptops, I humbly ask for your blessings and your patience in dealing with our teachers and our administrators as we build the accessibility that laptops give us into our curriculum. It will be a slow, ongoing process and we need to take into account //all// variables in this process. I have made this site accessible to you, the parents, because you are the most important part in your son's education. And I am here to help make that a more meaningful experience, for you and for him. Thank you and let's have a great year together! Mr. Silva || Dress code: 1. Dress professionally and according to the procedures outlined in your **Student Handbooks**. 2. Any violators of the school dress code policy will be forwarded to counseling for disciplinary action. ||
 * Dear Parents and Students of Mr. Silva's Homeroom:
 * Homeroom Use:
 * 1) Homeroom serves as a vehicle for the Administration to communicate directly with the students, not a study hall.
 * 2) Students will use homeroom as an opportunity to prepare for their next level in life, whether it is college or some other form of post-secondary education.
 * 3) Consult your **Student Handbook** for an exact definition of how Saint Louis designates Homeroom Use. || Homeroom Motto(s):
 * 4) You reap what you sow
 * 5) Treat your neighbor as though you would like to be treated
 * 6) Be mindful of where you are.
 * 7) Time in the classroom is to be treated as a learning experience, not a social event. ||
 * Classroom Behavior:
 * 1) Please consult the Letter to Students and Parents, which has been posted on EdLine
 * 2) Read and sign this letter and return it to me ASAP || [[file:Parent-and-Student-Handbook-SY11-12.pdf]] ||
 * Links: (Updates coming soon!!) ||  ||