Be on time Students should be in the room by the time the bell rings and they should be in their seats, quiet, and ready to learn by the time the period begins. School policies concerning tardies will be followed. Cell Phones All cell phones should be put away and turned off or on silent. Any cell phone seen in class will be confiscated and turned over to the Dean's Office. Failure to surrender a phone upon request will result in disciplinary action for insubordination. In addition, a cell phone that is out during a quiz, test, or any graded activity will be interpreted as cheating and will be dealt with as such. Mr. Weir wants your answers, not ChaCha's answers. Food and Drink Food and drink should be enjoyed in the commons and not in the hall or classrooms. Materials You will need a notebook, a #2 pencil, and a blue or black pen along with your textbook. You will need a way to retain handouts and other materials handed out in class. Keeping papers stuffed into your textbook is not acceptable. Picking up assignments and turning in homework Any work that will be undertaken during the course of the class will be placed on a stool near the classroom door. Students should pick up one copy of the assignment prior to taking their seats. Homework should be placed in the basket on the table located near the classroom door. All assignments should be turned in prior to the start of class (when the class bell sounds). All assignments are due when the bell rings. Late work will not be accepted. Mr. Weir will post a class schedule on the class web site. It is the responsibility of the student to keep track of activities occurring in class and due dates. Following school policy:
When you are absent When you are absent, the very first thing you should do is check the class website. Check to see what you've missed. Of course, since we have the schedule posted on-line for about a week at a time, you'll know BEFORE you are absent what you've missed. Students should routinely check their webgrades to see what work was graded (and perhaps missed). You can assume that the teachers will help you with what you've missed. However, it is still the student's responsibility to take charge of their own learning. This can be accomplished in many ways: working with a National Honor Society tutor, checking out the tutorial sites on-line, email or call Mr. Weir. How to make up a missed quiz or test It is the student's responsibility to make up work missed. School handbook policy for making up work is followed (page 29 labeled as Section D: Make-up Work). Your makeup work will be determined by your teacher. If you miss a quiz, then come in before / after school, during your lunch period, or see Mr. Weir for a pass during your study hall. Remember, if you missed just one day of school, the quiz must be made up prior to the next class meeting. If you are going to miss only one or two periods due to an appointment or field trip, you must take the quiz prior to your departure. Test can be made up by filling out a MAC pass. The passes can be found at the front of the classroom above the table where you pickup and turn in assignments. Grades The school grading scale will be used.
All work done will be assigned a certain number of points. Grades at the end of each six weeks will be on a straight percentage basis which is then translated into the letter grades above. Grades will be calculated to the tenths (an 89.49% is a B+). Approximate percentages distribution for determination of nine week grade:
If you need extra help The primary thing that you need to remember is that your teacher is here to help you. But, the primary responsibility for learning still needs to be yours (the students). Just about all Government students need help at one time or another -- this is perfectly normal -- even acceptable! In fact, those students who routinely come in for extra help typically do better than those students who do not. When you want extra help, remember that some effort on your part needs to have take place prior to asking for extra help so that help can be better directed and more effective! Coming in and saying, "I don't understand anything" will likely not be a productive use of your or the teacher's time. Have some concrete questions to ask.
Cheating OK, so we all know that cheating is plain-old WRONG. Don't do it. Remember, you have to CHOOSE to do the right thing. In the long run, cheating will only hurt you so, stay honest. Not sure about what cheating is? Some examples of cheating include:
All students who receive a quiz from a teacher is required to turn back in the quiz. Failure to return quizzes puts the teacher in the position of assuming that the student is choosing to be dishonest. This cheating infraction will be noted in the student's discipline folder in the dean's office. Consequences for cheating will result in a zero for that activity for 1st time offenders, a zero for the 9 weeks for 2nd time offenders and an F for the semester and withdrawal from the course for 3rd time offenders. However, if a student is caught cheating and evidence is presented indicating that multiple incidents of cheating has occurred, an F for the marking period will be recorded. Cheating on the CORE 40 exam will result in an automatic F for the semester grade. All cheating will be documented in the student's discipline folder in the dean's office.
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