In Class Expectations:

• Be Prompt

  • Get to class on time.

  • Use the bathroom during the passing period.

• Be Prepared

  • Come to class with a desire to learn.

  • Bring a positive attitude.

  • Have materials for class ready (science folder, science notebook, PENCIL, charged Chromebook).

• Be Productive

  • Participate

  • Ask questions

  • Add to discussions

• Be Positive

  • Control your body language

  • Leave drama and bad attitudes at the door

  • Bring a can do attitude instead of a can’t do attitude

  • Always try your best, even when it is difficult.

• Be Proactive

  • Stay on topic

  • Focus on things that you can control

• Be Polite

  • Respect everyone in the classroom. Including yourself, your classmates, and me.

  • Leave the room as you found it. Clean up after yourself and push in your chairs.

  • I dismiss you at the end of class, not the announcements. Wait until I give you the okay to leave.

  • Raise your hand and don’t speak while others are speaking.

Assignments/Grading:

Grading

A 100-92

B 91-83

C 82-74

D 73-65

F Below 65

Your average will consist of the following:

Assignments, Projects, Labs 40%

Tests/Quizzes 60%

• Assignments:

• Daily homework assignments will almost always be graded out of ten points.

• Some assignments will be graded on effort. If you turn it in and try your best, you will receive ten points.

• Most assignments will be graded on accuracy.

• Correcting or retaking assignments or tests:

  • You can fix assignments and receive points back by resubmitting.

  • The corrections must be turned in before the end of each unit.

  • If you correct an assignment, I will average your two scores.

  • Tests may also be retaken.

• Cheating:

  • If you are caught cheating, the assignment or test score will be logged into Skyward as a zero with a note (caught cheating) for all students involved.

  • The involved students will be reported to the office.

Absences and Tardiness

Expectation if Absent:

• If you are absent, the expectation is that you will check Google Classroom to see what you are missing.

• It is your responsibility to get these materials the day you get back.

Expectation if Absent for School Sponsored Event (sports, show chorus, FFA or other field trip):

• You will need to make sure you hand in or submit any assignments due, before your departure.

• You will need to pick up any new assignments before your departure.

• Failure to do so will result in a late grade.

Other Classroom Rules

• Students will be allowed to bring their own water bottle to class.

  • These will contain only water.

• Snacks are not allowed unless you require them for a medical condition I am made aware of.

• Leave backpacks and purses in your lockers.

• Leave your phones in your lockers. If I catch you with your phone, I will confiscate it and give it to the office for you to collect at the end of the school day.

• Work hard and have fun!!