MEET OUR TEACHERS
Darby Adams
English & History (general & honors) - 6th Grade
Email: darby.l.adams@gmail.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/missdarbyadams
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Daily Supplies:
• One bound Notebook (composition or full sized notebook)
• One binder Section or Folder for each class
- One for ELA, and one for SST
- Use whichever method works best, as long as you have a section for each class.
- Binder dividers with pockets work best!
• Loose Leaf Paper (in Binder/Folder)
• Pen, Pencil, Highlighter and Eraser
• Reed Middle School Agenda Book
• USB Flash Drive (recommended)
• Colored Pencils (recommended)
One Time Supplies:
• One Inch Hard Cover Binder
- Suggestion: Get your favorite color. Trust me!
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“Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.”
–W.B. Yeats
Rachel (Bobrosky) Kinsey
History (general & honors) - 7th & 8th Grade
Email: rachel.bobrosky@lausd.net
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/msbobrosky/
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Supply List:
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8.5 x 11 spiral notebook, only used for history class (3 subject best)
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Blue/ black pens, pencils
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LOTS of glue sticks
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Colored pencils + sharpeners
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Highlighter
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Scissors optional
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Composition book
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“Let us read and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
–Voltaire
Patricia Hendley
Math & Science (general & honors) - 6th Grade
Email: pxh8421@lausd.net
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Supply List:
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Planner (Reed Planner or Notebook)
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One spiral bound notebook for Math and a separate one for Science (100 pages or more) for each semester
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Box of markers or colored pencils
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Number 2 pencils and sharpener
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Pens (Blue or Black and Red)
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Highlighter
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Ruler
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Glue sticks or tape for their interactive notebook
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“You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
–A.A. Milne
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Stefania Holbrook
Math & Science - 6th Grade
Fabienne Melkanoff
English & History (general & honors) - 6th Grade
Email: fxm0926@lausd.net
Website is being updated and will be live soon.
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Supply List:
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2 college ruled 5-subject notebooks (w/ tab separations, if possible)
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Small pair of scissors
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#2 Pencils (at least 4) & Pencil sharpener with receptacle
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Blue and/or black pens (at least 2)
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Green pen (at least 2)
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Pink or yellow highlighter
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Colored pencils
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Glue sticks (to be replenished throughout year)
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12 inch ruler w/ metric measurement
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Various art supplies (keep at home until asked to bring to class)
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Loose leaf college ruled paper
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“Be the change that you want to see in the world.” –Mahatma Gandhi
Laura Montiel
Science (general & honors) - 7th & 8th Grade
Email: leb5742@lausd.net
Website: https://mssciencegal.weebly.com/
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Supply List:
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8.5 x11 spiral notebook (thick cover)
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Lined Writing Paper (you will be completing lab write-ups, classwork, homework from your textbook on loose-leaf lined paper)
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#2 Pencils & pencil sharpener with case (if needed)
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Pens (blue or black). Colored pens are acceptable for corrections or labeling.
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Markers, colored pencils, highlighters
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Notecards
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Post-its
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MULTIPLE glue sticks
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Ruler
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Mini-Stapler with staples
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Scissors
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” –Oscar Wilde
Kerry Siminski
English (general & honors) - 7th & 8th Grade
Email: mrssiminski118@gmail.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/mrssiminskisclassroom118/
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Supply List:
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5 Subject spiral notebook with pockets
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Pens
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Markers
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Glue sticks (to be refilled throughout the year)
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Scissors
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Reading book
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Access to a variety of art supplies at home (Poster board, colored pencils, modeling clay, stickers, etc.)
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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." –Benjamin Franklin
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Michele Szymanski
Math (general & honors) - 7th & 8th Grade
I will be sending weekly emails, updating homework, projects and scores in Schoology - please make sure to sign up!
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Email: mszymanski827@gmail.com
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Supply List:
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9 1/2 by 11 spiral notebooks (at least 3 subject)
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Pens
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Pencils, Hand Sharpener & Erasers
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Markers
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Colored Pencils
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Mini Stapler
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Small pack of loose leaf paper
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8th Grade: small pack of graph paper
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"Math can be boring, but with the right attitude it can be fun and exciting!" –Michelle Szymanski
