Ms. Smith - Social Studies & Ethnic Studies Teacher

Welcome to World History/ Ethnic Studies !

 

Along with the rest of the staff at John A. Rowland High School, I am happy to welcome you to the 2024-25 school year! I am  looking forward to a productive partnership with you to ensure our children can achieve their highest potential. My name is Leslie Smith, and I am thrilled to be serving as a History-Social Studies, ELA, & Ethnic Studies teacher at John A. Rowland HS. This year makes for my 28th year in Southern California in education and my 12th year here at RHS. I am continually exploring ways to increase student engagement and achievement through rigorous curriculum, research-based strategies and technology integration.

 

Before coming to Rowland, I served as project director for two Teaching American History grants in the Inland Empire and on numerous history education and curriculum committees. In an effort to increase technology use and close the digital divide, the students in my classes will be involved in creating digital reports, digital storytelling, blogging, digital collaboration, and much more. I continue to learn from my collaborative experiences and remain dedicated to improving my instructional practice.

 

I recognize that in order to be successful in school, our children need support from both the home and school. I know a strong partnership with you will make a great difference in your child’s education. As partners, we share the responsibility for our children’s success and want you to know that I will do my very best to carry out our responsibilities. I ask that you guide and support your child’s learning by ensuring that they:

 

1) Attend school daily and arrives on time, ready for the day’s learning experience

2) Complete all homework assignments given

3) Read daily to develop a love for reading and to improve literacy skills

4) Share school experiences with you so that you are aware of their school life

5) Inform you if they need additional support in my class (or any other)

6) Know that you expect them to succeed here in school and go on to post secondary education such as college or career/technical training

 

All in person/synchronous and asynchronous learning assignments, class announcements, resources, and handouts are posted on Google Classroom. The Google classroom will be my primary source of communication with your student, aside from when they are in class. If you would like an account that gives you access to your student's page, please contact me by email at [email protected] for an access code. I urge you to use this as it is the most effective method to ensure that your student is up to date with their assignments.

 

 

 

Username: s[permanent ID]@stu.rowlandschools.org

Password: Student birthday MMDDYYYY

Students will be forced to change their passwords once they login.

For example student Kurt Schlatter with a student permanent ID number of 0123456789 and a birthday of March 26 1976 would have the following user account.

Google UserName: [email protected].org

Google Password: 03261976