Homework policy:
The quality completion of daily homework is absolutely essential to academic success in middle school, high school and college.
Homework is any daily assignment given to students to prepare them for the next class. Students who come to class not having done their homework come to class unable to benefit fully from the class experience-and unable to contribute fully to that experience. Homework is also any long-term assignment--i.e. a research paper, a project--for which students have to budget their time and effort.
Assignments can require reading, writing, studying, even just plain thinking.
All homework is to be completed on time unless excused for a valid reason, such as illness.
Excused assignments are to be made up promptly.
All students have been issued a homework assignment book and are expected to utilize it on a daily basis. Parents are encouraged to check the book nightly.
Finally, all homework is expected to be done by the students themselves (including typing/keyboarding), with only guidance from parents and siblings.
Homework and Grades
1. Your grades will consist of homework / daily grades, quizzes, writing, notebook checks, tests and projects.
2. Extra credit is permitted in certain situations to be decided as the need arises.
3. If you are absent, you have 5 days to make up missed work, tests, etc. If you are not absent, but for some reason do not have your work, you have 3 days to turn it in but the assignment will be lowered a letter grade for every day late.
Make-Up Policy:
Our policy requires every child to complete every assignment. Each teacher accepts only good quality work. Should a student have missing assignments, he/she will receive an "I" (incomplete) until the work is caught up or redone in a quality manner. Please check your child's agenda for their assignments. If your child is absent, please help him/her complete and turn in all make-up work as soon as possible.
Syllabus
1st Quarter
Unit 1: The Peopling of the Western Hemisphere & Native Americans
Unit 2: The Age of Exploration, Contact and Exploration & The Settlement of North America
2nd Quarter
Unit 3: Establishment of the 13 English Colonies, Life in the Colonies, & European Rivalries in North America
Unit 4: Breaking Ties with Great Britain, The American Revolution, & The Constitution of the United States
Unit 5: The Young United States & the Nation Grows
3rd Quarter
Unit 6: Slavery Divides the Nation & the Civil War and Reconstruction
Unit 7: The Changing West & The Nation is Industrialized
4th Quarter
Unit 8: Good Times and Hard Times & A Changing World
Unit 9: Our Neighbors
Grading Policies
Grading Policy:
Tests - 40% quizzes - 20% Homework - 20% Class Work - 20% A minimum of 10 grades will be recorded in each 41/2-week grading period.
Grade Reports:
1. Progress reports are distributed to all students every 4 1/2 weeks on the dates set by the county.
2. Report cards will be distributed at mid-semester and at the end of each semester.
Grading Scale:
A = 93-100 B = 85-92 C = 74-84 D = 70-73 F = 69 and below
Conduct Grades
Conduct Grades are assessed using the following criteria:
4 Consistently Exceeds
3 Consistently Meets
2 Approaching
1 Needs Improvement
0 No Evidence
Responsibility
4 - Never late and always prepared to learn
3 - One unexcused tardy and/or prepared to learn most of the time
2 - Two unexcused tardies and/or prepared to learn some of the time
1 - Often tardy and/or fails to bring necessary materials
Participation
4 - Student is a leader and enriches classroom activities and discussions.
3 - Student is actively engaged in classroom activities and discussions.
2 - Student, when prompted, participates in classroom activities and discussions.
1 - Student rarely participates in classroom activities and discussions.
Work Completion
4 - All assignments are complete and handed in on time.
3 - Most assignments are complete and handed in on time.
2 - Some assignments are complete and handed in on time.
1 - Few assignments are complete and handed in on time.
Mutual Respect
4 - Student is always respectful and listens to others.
3 - Student is respectful and listens to others most of the time.
2 - Student is respectful some of the time.
1 - Student is rarely respectful