Course Expectations

Quick Note from Mrs. P:

Please make sure you study & do your homework...

please follow rules and regulations below at all times.

Rules & Regulations

  • Have your eyes on the teacher (or whoever has the floor) when he or she is speaking.
  • Make sure you have your I.D. Badges on, at ALL times!!
  • Be in your seat and ready to work when that bell rings.
  • Raise your hand to speak and or to be recognized.
  • Keep hands, feet, objects, and inappropriate comments to yourself.
  • Follow directions the first time they are given.
  • No eating or drinking (water is ok) in classroom or lab AT ANY TIME!!!!.
  • Show respect for the teacher, other students, yourself, and school property.
  • Absolutely no hair brushing, putting on make-up, or usage of sprays of any kind in this classroom. Penalty for breaking this rule will result in the loss of your property.
  • Please see the parent handbook for details about cell phones. In addition no cameras, IPODS, MP3 Players, CD players, video recorders, or similar technologies are allowed in my classroom.
  • There will be a penalty for late work received, unless accompanied by a legal excuse (doctor/parent/etc.).

Tardies To Class:

1st & 2nd offense: Verbal Warning

3rd offense: Call Home

4th & 5th: Dentention

6 and more: Referral to Administrator

Consequences:

1st offense – Verbal warning

2nd offense – Student conference with teacher, and parent phone call.

3rd offense – Discipline (Referral) form to administration and parent phone call.

Severe Clause:

* If, in the opinion of the teacher, a student’s behavior warrants, any level may be skipped, and a referral maybe given.

* If at any time I feel, as the teacher, that proper lab safety is not being observed, all labs will be canceled until further notice. (This will be on an individual basis or as a class).

Absent Policy:

If you are absent, it is your responsibility to acquire and make up missed homework, classwork and/or quizzes and tests. Be sure to check the “Absent” folder for any missed work to make up. You may come see me before or after school with any questions regarding missed work and/or to set up a time to complete any missed labs or quizzes/tests.

For all makeup work, please write “Absent” on the top of homework assignments and leave them in the homework box for your class. Note: if you do not write “Absent” on makeup work then it may be marked late.

Cell Phones/Technology:

Cell phones are great! I have one too believe it or not… However, they are a distraction to learning, and should be turned off/silenced and kept in pockets or bags during class time. If cell phones are seen during class then they will be confiscated. Please see HHS Rule Book for consequences.

If cell phones are out during quizzes, tests or any type of assessment, it will be assumed that the student is cheating and will receive a failing grade for that assessment. So please keep them away!!

Plagiarism:

It is expected that all students will complete their own work, in their own words. It is commonly believed that plagiarism is only copying and pasting information from the internet, but it includes all of the following:

· Copying another student’s work (homework, lab reports, papers)

o Lab partners may have similar work, but it should not be identical

· Taking information from the internet or another source without citing it

· Taking credit for anyone else’s work

In the case of plagiarism, a 0 will be given for any and all assignments with no exceptions.