Important Information

Cellphone Policy

• Eastside High School is a Personalized Learning School. Each student has access to a Chromebook for instructional purposes.  

• To increase student engagement and minimize distractions to the instructional environment, students are not allowed to use their personal electronic devices, including cell phones and earbuds, during any class.  

• Students may use their personal devices before & after school and at lunch.  

• Failure to comply with this policy will be treated as a refusal to obey.  A consequence matrix addressing infractions is included in the student handbook and on the school’s website.

• Neither the school nor the district will be responsible for any lost, stolen, or damaged electronic device or cell phone brought onto school property. 

MagicSchool AI Tools for Students 

This year, students will have access to MagicSchool AI, a generative AI platform built for schools that will help them learn to use the technology safely and responsibly.  

With tools like ChatGPT and others being used in the professional world, it’s important that students learn how to use the technology safely. By using MagicSchool in our classes, your student will be prepared for the future of technology in the workforce.  

While students use MagicSchool tools to receive real-time feedback, get their questions answered, generate images, and in other exciting ways, I will have access to their chats to ensure that they are used appropriately. Rest assured, MagicSchool does not collect or train on student data.  

Be sure to ask your child about how they’re using AI in the classroom and take a look at the engaging ways they’ve utilized the MagicSchool tools to enhance their learning!  

For more information, go to www.magicschool.ai or reach out directly with questions.

Eastside Chromebook Handbook 2025-2026

New Tardy Policy: (Don't be late to school or class)

 1st-3rd -Warning/Conference

4th-5th - Detention (ASD, Lunch, or Saturday)

6th-7th - Detention or ISS (Period or Whole Day)

8th + - ISS Multiple Days or OSS

Tardies would be reported by period.  Tardies could reset after each quarter or semester.

Make-up Work Policy

• Make-up work is defined as work not completed or turned in due to a student’s absence.

• This policy is set by the district.

• Students may be allowed to make up work due to absences that are excused, unexcused, or related to discipline with no penalty within 5 days or a reasonable time according to GCSD board policy.

• If a student misses work due to an absence, it is the student’s responsibility to coordinate time with the teacher within 5 days of return to make up the work.  Any work not submitted within the 5-day makeup period will turn into “late work.”

• Alternative assignments may be given for performance-based tasks that cannot be recreated in a make-up format.

• If a student is present on the day a test, quiz, or project due date is announced and then absent on the day of the test, quiz, or project deadline, he/she must be prepared to take the test, quiz, or turn in the project on the day he/she returns to school.

• Field trips and participation in other extracurricular events (such as athletics) are considered attendance days.  Work missed due to such events can be submitted electronically by midnight on the day that it is due.  Items that cannot be submitted electronically should be submitted the following attendance day.

• A zero may be put in the grade book as a placeholder until the assignment is completed, turned in, and graded.

• Students are encouraged to utilize the before and after-school tutoring programs to complete make-up and late work in a proactive manner.

Late Work Policy

Teachers reserve the right to alter this policy based on extenuating circumstances.  Extenuating circumstances should be discussed with the administration.

• Late work is defined as work not completed/turned in on time even though the student attended the class.

• Any assignment which is not turned in on time will be deducted 10 points off of the original grade earned for each school day the assignment is late up to five days.

• After five days, the student will be assigned a 0 for the assignment.

• Late work will not be accepted after the end of a grading period.

• Students who have 504/IEP/ESOL accommodations specifically allowing for extra time may exceed the 5-day window to maintain compliance with their respective educational plan.

• Dual Credit courses may have varying late work policies that are aligned with their parent university.  

• A zero may be put in the grade book as a placeholder until the assignment is completed, turned in, and graded.

• Students are encouraged to utilize the before and after-school tutoring programs to complete make-up and late work in a proactive manner.