My name is Jerry Leever, and I am excited to begin my second year at St. Vincent de Paul School. I received both my Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education/Language Arts (1984) and Master of Arts in English (1993) at the University of Kansas. I have taught high school English in Houston (Westbury), TX, Lincoln (Northeast), NE and Faucett (Mid-Buchanan), MO.

I am looking forward to having the opportunity to serve and teach your child. I hope to challenge each child in my English class, and that everyone will learn of the power that language has to create meaning and communicate ideas. My goal is to equip your child with the tools he or she needs to be life-long writers.

For both 7^th and 8^th Grade Spelling/Vocabulary, every other week, students will receive a new list of 20 words. This year I will also focus on common prefixes and root words that are on each list. Students will be tested over that list at the end of the second week. I encourage students to spend a little time nightly going over their spelling/vocabulary words. Homework will comprise 40 percent of the grade, weekly tests, 60 percent.

Grades for 7^th and 8^th Grade English will be determined by homework, 15 percent, quizzes, 25 percent, tests, 30 percent and written compositions, 30 percent.

If you would like to contact me, please email me at leeverj@svdpomaha.org.