About Mrs. Funk

Hello!  My name is Sarah Funk, and I am new to St. Joan of Arc this school year.  I am very excited to begin the next phase of my teaching career at this impressive school.  I received my Bachelors of Arts degree from Purdue University, and am currently working towards my Masters degree.  This past school year, I took the year off to stay at home with my two young children, but I am delighted to be returning to the classroom.  I look forward to living my passion for teaching and learning once again.

Mrs. Jeatran and I will be sharing the 7th grade homeroom as well as 6th, 7th, and 8th grade language arts.  While Mrs. Jeatran will teach grammar and writing skills, I will focus on literature and improving reading comprehension skills.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at anytime.  My email address is sfunk@sjoa.org.

I'm looking forward to a great school year ahead . . . . 

About Mrs. Jeatran

My name is Betsy Jeatran, and it is my good fortune to be the seventh grade homeroom teacher and the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade language arts teacher.  I received my Bachelors of Science degree from Bradley University and my Masters of Science degree from Indiana University.  I am also a certified mentor for teachers throughout the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.  I enjoy teaching and work hard to instill in my students a love for learning.

It is my goal to instill within each student an interest and understanding of all areas of language arts.  However, my role in our language arts curriculum will be teaching grammar and writing skills; my partner, Mrs. Funk, will be teaching reading and literature.  We are both very excited to begin the new school year.

You are always welcome to stop in for a visit or contact me at any time.  My email address is bjeatran@sjoa.org.

Welcome!

Welcome to 7th Grade Homeroom! We're very excited about the start of the new school year.

Welcome to your SJA eClassroom

Your eClassroom is a new tool to enhance the educational experience for you, your students and their families

An eClassroom is Essentially a Blog
Perhaps one of the most fascinating tools that has emerged from the Internet cloud in recent years is the Blog. A shortening of the term Web log, the Blog is an online publishing tool that enables people to easily publish their loves, passions, dislikes, peeves, discoveries, and insights.

Blogging is also showing up in schools, where teachers have known for a long time that students develop better communication skills when they are authentically communicating. A number of educators are helping their students developing their writing skills by having them publish their work as blogs, and then invite comments from people in the outside.

There are many freely available tools that facilitate blogging, but none seem especially suited for the classroom. That is the reason for developing the eClassroom for SJA. This online blogging tool is explicitly designed with teachers and students in mind, where the teacher can evaluate, comment on, and finally publish students' blog articles in a controlled environment. It is and will be constantly in development. We need your input to refine the look, content, layout of the eClassroom.

There are many options available to teachers who utilize web journals (blogs) to enhance the learning experience. Teaching in a participatory culture can be challenging, but rewarding. Today, teachers have to learn to communicate in the language and style of their students—who some call digital natives (inhabitants of the Web 2.0 world).

Assignments, etc.
For students in grades 4—8, the eClassroom will be the source point for classroom activites, supplemental learning resources, assignments, long-tern projects, links to relevant sites, field trips, etc. How you integrate your eClassroom may vary from other teachers, but understand that with regular use, this tool will become a vital part of your curriculum and teaching style.