Scottsbluff Public Schools - Every Child, Every Day
In this course, students explore the biomedical sciences by playing the role of real-life medical detectives as they collect and analyze medical data to diagnose disease with investigate healthcare professions in the medical field. They will solve medical mysteries through hands-on projects and labs, measure and interpret vital signs, create large-scale models of body structures, and set-up and observe the effectiveness of antibiotics on bacteria growth. Towards the end of the quarter, students will demonstrate safety procedures in a dissection lab of a sheep’s brain to better understand the anatomy and functions of the human brain!
Students will receive a progress report in class during the 3rd week of the quarter. If their grade is below a C, they must get a parent’s signature on their printout and bring any work they are missing by the following Monday. Parents can reach me through e-mail at scelli@sbps.net, call the school at 635-6270 or message me on Parent Square. The best time to reach me is during my planning period 7:45 - 8:30am or after school.
All classroom rules are based on the three major Bluffs Middle School Expectations:
Be Respectful
Be Responsible
Be Safe
Entering Class: Gather binder from the shelf, find your assigned seat, and begin working on the starter posted on the board. You will be given until attendance has been taken to finish your starter.
Restrooms: Students are expected to use the bathroom during their passing time between classes. If class has started, students may only leave during independent work time to use the restroom, not teacher instructional time.
Food, Drink, Gum & Electronic Devices: Personal food or food from the cafeteria is not allowed in the classrooms, hallways, or lockers. Water bottles are allowed in the classrooms but may NOT have a straw and may only hold water. Absolutely NO GUM! Electronic devices like phones, watches, and wireless earbuds are not allowed in the classrooms. They must be shut off and kept in lockers.
Exiting Class: Within the last few minutes of class, students will wrap up what they are working on, put materials in their binders and return binders to the shelf. The teacher, not the bell, dismisses you upon completion of these tasks.
Absences: If you are absent, it is your responsibility, not the teacher’s, to find out what you missed and get your work turned in.
Late Work Policy:
Daily work assignments and assessments are considered late if submitted after the teacher’s established due date.
The highest grade a student may earn on a daily work assignment and/or an assessment submitted after the teacher’s established due date will be a 70%.
Daily work assignments received one week after the teacher’s established due date will not be accepted and be given a final grade of a zero.
A 3-ring binder to keep in the classroom
15-20 pieces of notebook paper to be kept in the folder
Charged Chromebook
Writing utensils (pens or pencils)
A positive attitude, a sense of humor, & an open mind
Tardy #1 10 minutes with teacher after school
Tardy #2 10 minutes with teacher after school
Tardy #3 10 minutes with teacher and a documented phone call to the parent/guardian will be made
Tardy #4+ Office referral
Students who fail to serve 10 minutes with teacher after school will receive a Low Level Referral for “Non-Compliance”