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{{Infobox teacher|full name=Dr. Heather Mellows|preferred name=Dr. Mellows|classes=[[Chemistry H]], [[AP Chemistry]]|rooms=J-8|department=science}}
{{Infobox teacher|full name=Dr. Heather Mellows|preferred name=Dr. Mellows|classes=[[Chemistry H]], [[AP Chemistry]]|rooms=J-8|department=science}}


Dr. Mellows is a teacher of [[Chemistry H]] and [[AP Chemistry]] at Gunn High School. She is widely considered to be a more thorough teacher with a more accessible teaching style than [[Mr. O'Connell]], although she is more strict in her assignment of letter grades.
Dr. Mellows is a teacher of [[Chemistry H]] and [[AP Chemistry]] at Gunn High School. She is generally considered to be the better of the two Chem H teachers, although she is more strict grading-wise.
 
== Personality and philosophy ==
Dr. Mellows' personality is relatively cold and unemotional. She is very willing to answer questions about course content, but can be bit exasperated at procedural questions or slip-ups during labs, though she does not often get angry. (She was surprisingly calm when a student broke glassware.) She also occasionally displays a sense of humor in class.
 
== Policies and idiosyncrasies ==
On the first day of class, Dr. Mellows once said, "My first name is 'Doctor' and my last name is 'Mellows', and that is what you're going to call me".
 
She has a strict notebook policy in Chem H: students are to keep an up-to-date table of contents, number each page, and glue (but not tape or staple) pages into their notebooks. Although she never asks student to turn in notebooks for assignments, there is a notebook check during the second semester that checks that the preceding policies are followed. {{Stub}}
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Dr. Mellows
Full nameDr. Heather Mellows
Preferred nameDr. Mellows
Classes taughtChemistry H, AP Chemistry
DepartmentScience

Dr. Mellows is a teacher of Chemistry H and AP Chemistry at Gunn High School. She is generally considered to be the better of the two Chem H teachers, although she is more strict grading-wise.

Personality and philosophy

Dr. Mellows' personality is relatively cold and unemotional. She is very willing to answer questions about course content, but can be bit exasperated at procedural questions or slip-ups during labs, though she does not often get angry. (She was surprisingly calm when a student broke glassware.) She also occasionally displays a sense of humor in class.

Policies and idiosyncrasies

On the first day of class, Dr. Mellows once said, "My first name is 'Doctor' and my last name is 'Mellows', and that is what you're going to call me".

She has a strict notebook policy in Chem H: students are to keep an up-to-date table of contents, number each page, and glue (but not tape or staple) pages into their notebooks. Although she never asks student to turn in notebooks for assignments, there is a notebook check during the second semester that checks that the preceding policies are followed.