Student Responsibilities

SC Middle School Policies

SC Student Handbook
Mrs. Christensen's Classroom Expectations:
- All backpacks will be stored in your locker: NO backpack will be coming into the classroom. A locker and lock will be provided for you on the first day of school.
- No phones are permitted in the classroom: they may be used during your lunch period. If watches become a problem, we will hold the student's watch for the day.
- No earbuds during class time.
- No food or drink (other than water) allowed in the classroom.
- No hats are to be worn in the building.
Students are responsible for coming to class prepared.
- Computers should be charged by the time students get to school. If you need to charge your computer during class, you are expected to do so quietly.
- Students should have pencils (or pens) every day for class. If a student needs a pencil for the day, they need to be responsible and ask for one.
Students are responsible for handing in work on time.
- Late work: 10% of your grade will be deducted every day the assignment is late up to 5 days late (50% of your grade). The window for late work is the beginning of the quarter till midterm, and midterm until the end of the quarter. Grades must be turned in by those 2 'cut off' time frames.
- Academic integrity: avoid plagiarism and cheating.
  - If caught cheating, you will automatically lose 50% of your grade.
  - If caught using AI primarily in your paper, your grade will automatically be a ZERO.
  - If caught plagiarizing, you will have a chance to redo the paper in your own words.
ACE policy
- ACE stands for Attendance-Citizenship-Effort, which is very similar to our elementary's SCRR (Safety-Caring-Respect-Responsibility) model.
- ACE points this year have been revamped: more info to come
- FDA: Failure to Do the Assignment: revamped, more info to come
21st Century Employability Skills Rubric
- Students will work on these skills throughout their 3 years of Middle School, being the very best version of themselves, and working on achieving a 3 or 4 in each category.

English 21st Century Employability Rubric - Legal

Mrs. Rusk's Class Policies

Students will use one 3-subject notebook for all 3 years they are in class with me. We will be building on to the information we learn year to year.
Students should have a 1/2 inch 3-ring binder to use for their KU Writing curriculum, that starting in 25-26 and will be passed up into High School.
Students are allowed to have water in class.
IXL's are due every Monday morning. IXL's are used as practice for skills we are studying. They should be completed to 70% within 30 questions. If you have mastered the skill, you will only need to answer 12 questions: ASK FOR HELP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
Assignments will be counted incorrect if handwriting is illegible. Students will have the opportunity to fix their work and return for credit. Most assignments are able to be completed on Google Docs.
Correct sentence structure, punctuation, and school formal vocabulary (no 'KWIM,' 'imma,' 'IDK,' etc) are expected on all written work.
Students are expected to have readings complete for book clubs on time; staying together for book clubs is imperative to their success!
6th-grade Spelling will take place every week. I am a firm believer that students should be challenged to do their best, which means students will be tested with different spelling lists, depending on where their academic need lies. Activities will be in a BINGO format for students to complete each week: practice must take place at home for this to be successful!
8th-grade Vocab sheets are due every Friday. Students are encouraged to use a dictionary if they are unsure of a definition, rather than guess. All words are expected to be spelled correctly, as the correct spelling is on the front page. Questions will be counted incorrect if they are illegible, misspelled, or do not have the correct suffix attached.
Each grade level will be given time to independently read during most school days. Students are expected to keep track of their reading, but I also monitor their progress.
- 8th grade is expected to read a minimum of one book per quarter (200 pages or another approved by me). This helps them get ready for the expectation of doing the same in High School.
- 6th grade is expected to read a minimum of one book each semester (200 pages or another approved by me), with different expectations for each retell.

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