Pobedinsky Style

 

If you’ve been staying up at night worrying about which font to use for your essay, this should put you right to sleep.  (I’m a teacher; that’s my job.)

 

Typed work:

Times New Roman                                                            

11-12 point                                                                                      

Black ink                                                                            

White paper                                                                       

Double-space                                                                     

1-1.25” left and right margins                                             

1” top and bottom margins                                                             

No plastic covers or scents                                                

                                                                                                       

 

 

Cover sheets:

Title of the essay or research paper

Date the paper was due

Your first and last names

Times New Roman, 12 point, black ink on white paper; not bold or underlined

Center the title; date and your name can be centered or lower right

Unless specifically permitted, NO pictures, WordArt, colors, large type, fancy paper, plastic covers, scents, etc.

IF PICTURES ARE PERMITTED, only one or two.  They should take up no more than 1/4 of the total space on the page.

Professional:  Simple, plain and mature.

 

Email:

Send to Mary.Pobedinsky@ouboces.org

Be sure your first and last names are in the subject line

If your document is in a program other than MS Word, copy into the message body

I will save documents in your folder as soon as I am in school.

Please bring a backup copy of your file to school with you in case I am not there or your email did not get through.

I will confirm all emails as soon as I receive them.  If you do not receive a confirmation, please do not assume that I received your email!

Handwritten work:

Use clean paper; no dirt or smudges

Write or print as legibly as you can

Blue or black ink ONLY

Write on only one side of the sheet

Do not skip lines (single space)

Leave a margin of 1” on all sides (top, bottom, right and left)

Dot i’s with single dots, not flowers, stars or hearts or other funny shapes

Remove perforated sheet ends (from spiral notebook pages)