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Newbury Park High School Mr. Richard Kick
Mathematics Department 805.498.3676, x1328
Computer Science AP CLASSROOM POLICIES
Welcome to Computer Science AP, one of the advanced placement classes at NPHS. The following are general policies and guidelines for this class. Please read them, understand them, and discuss them with your parent/guardian. Any of these policies or rules may be modified as needed.
General Classroom Rules and Recommendations
0. You may bring a laptop which you use to do your on computer work. You may access the wireless student network for school
related work only.
1. Respect and be polite to students, teachers, administrators, and school staff.
2. Make all of your work accessible on a daily basis in electronic form (Google drive, email, cloud storage, etc.).
3. Be in your seat and ready to work when the bell rings.
4. Wait for me to dismiss you at the end of class; do not put your things away early.
5. No food, drink, gum near computer work areas.
6. Obey all school rules.
Homework/Classwork/Examinations
1. We will employ a spiraling curriculum model for presentations and discussions. This means
that concepts will be presented with the expectation that they will reappear multiple times in
the course, each time at a deeper level and associated with added breadth.
2. Classwork will be assigned and collected electronically on a regular basis through the Canvas course
management system.
3. Programming projects will include individual and group work.
4. Quizzes will cover portions of a unit.
5. Exams will be given at the end of each unit. These AP-like (multiple choice and free response)
cumulative exams will be given in electronic form and on paper. A final examination will be
given at the end of each semester.
Grading Policy
Your grade for the course will be determined by a percent average of homework, classwork
(both traditional and online participation), quizzes, and exams. Grading will be done using a
point system. Homework and classwork, including Piazza online participation, will be worth 10%
of your grade. Programming projects will be worth 20% of your grade. Quizzes will be worth 20%
of your grade. Exams will be 50% of your grade, with the final exam counting twice as much as a
chapter exam. The following scale will be used to determine your cumulative grade.
92% - 100%: A 90% - 91.99%: A- 88% - 89.99%: B+
82% - 88.99%: B 80% - 82.99%: B- 78% - 79.99%: C+
72% - 77.99%: C 70% - 72.99%: C- 68% - 69.99%: D+
62% - 67.99%: D 60% - 62.99%: D- < 60%: F
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