My name is Hope Paquette.  This year will be my 40th year teaching, but my first year teaching Geometry (33 years teaching Algebra and Pre-Algebra to 8th graders in Suffolk, VA).  This year I will have one geometry class that meets every day for 55 minutes, one seventh grade Algebra class that will meet everyday for 90 minutes, and two eighth grade Algebra classes that will meet on an even-odd Block schedule for 90 minutes every other day.