WELCOME BACK!

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WELCOME BACK!

• MR. FORSTER U.S. HISTORY
• PLEASE FIND A SEAT
• IT DOESNT MATTER WHERE YOU SIT, YOU WONT BE
  THERE VERY LONG.
• PLEASE TURN OFF AND PUT AWAY CELL PHONES.
• PLEASE GET RID OF ANY FOOD OR DRINKS.

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ARE YOU IN THE RIGHT ROOM?

• CHECK YOUR SCHEDULE FOR
• HOUR?
• ROOM G9
• U.S. HISTORY
• MR. FORSTER

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NEW SEATS

• PAY ATTENTION!
• SAY HI TO YOUR NEW NEIGHBORS.
• DO YOU NEED TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE FRONT OR CHANGE
  YOUR SEAT FOR ANOTHER REASON?

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PARTICIPATION CARDS

• PRINT ON THE FRONT
• FIRST LAST NAME
• YOUR CELL PHONE
• SKIP SOME SPACE PRINT
• YOUR PARENTS NAMES PHONE S

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BACK OF PARTICIPATION CARDS

• COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES
• THE BEST THING ABOUT AMERICA IS . . .
• THE WORST THING ABOUT AMERICA IS . . .

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WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR THIS CLASS?

• 3 RING BINDER
• 1-2 INCH, HARD COVER
• SET OF TABS DIVIDERS (9)
• PAPER
• MATERIALS CLASS RULES SIGNED DUE FRIDAY.

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WHO IS MR. FORSTER?

• I WAS NAMED AFTER TWO 1960s AMERICAN LEADERS.
• BOTH WERE ASSASSINATED
• WHAT IS MY FULL NAME?

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HERE ARE THE ANSWERS

• MY FULL NAME IS
• JOHN MARTIN FORSTER
• I WAS NAMED AFTER JOHN F. KENNEDY MARTIN LUTHER
  KING

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FAMILY

• MY FATHER IS A RETIRED PRINCIPAL FROM DETROIT
  PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• MY MOTHER IS A RETIRED PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER
  FROM BLOOMFIELD HILLS SCHOOLS

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FAMILY CONTINUED

• ONE OF MY SISTERS IS AN ADMINISTRATOR IN DETROIT
  PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• MY OTHER SISTER IS A TECHNOLOGY TEACHER IN HAZEL
  PARK
• MY YOUNGER BROTHER IS A RETIRED TEACHER (HE
  MARRIED A DOCTOR)

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FAMILY CONTINUED

• MY WIFE TEACHES IB BUSINESS AT NOVI HIGH SCHOOL
• SHE IS ALSO THE ADVISOR FOR DECA

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MY BOYS CONNOR (9), COOPER (4), COLE (7)
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MY EDUCATION

• I GRADUATED FROM BLOOMFIELD HILLS LAHSER HIGH
  SCHOOL IN 1988
• I GRADUATED FROM WAYNE STATE IN 1993 WITH A
  DEGREE IN HISTORY
• I EARNED A MASTERS IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM
  WAYNE STATE

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HOW DID I GET TO DEARBORN HIGH?

• I WORKED AT FORDSON HIGH
• FOR 15 YEARS
• THIS IS MY SEVENTH YEAR AT DHS
• I AM NOW IN MY 22ND YEAR OF TEACHING

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FORDSON TENNIS

• I COACHED GIRLS BOYS VARSITY TENNIS FOR 29
  SEASONS AT FORDSON

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WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT

• ME?
• THIS CLASS?
• ANYTHING ELSE?

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DONT FORGET

• TOMORROW BRING
• A PENCIL
• PAPER
• FRIDAY BRING
• CLASS MATERIALS
• RULES SIGNED
• BINDER, PAPER, TABS DIVIDERS