Course+Policies

[[image:http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/2Fhynz1_P9QL84vL1kd2WQ3790/GW94H62 width="94" height="62" align="right" caption="Expectations"]]I. **GENERAL PROCEDURES**
1. Students will be in their seats at the final bell. 2. There will be no eating (or pop) in class. 3. Students will not write on the desks, walls, etc. In some cases, Student might be required to pay the cost of repairing or replacing damage done to the equipment in the classroom. 4. Students will be in the seating chart. 5. Students will NOT be able to bring a visitor to class unless permission is cleared through the office. 6. The instructor (not the bell) will dismiss class. Student will be in their seats before they will be allowed to leave for their next class. 7. Student who need to be excused from class for a brief period must take and WEAR the hall pass. The room has only one pass and only one student may use it at a time. Also, the pass may not be used in the first ten minutes of class. 8. No student will wear a hat in class. 9. No student will bring a headphone radio, tape player, wireless phone, or beeper to class. 10. No student will be allowed into the classroom unless he/she is properly wearing his or her PHS identification badge. 11. All students will follow the school dress code or be removed from class. 12. All students will conduct themselves as good citizens in the classroom. (No profanity, No hitting, No harassment, etc.)

**II.** **EQUIPMENT**
1. Student will have a paper and pencil for class each day. 2. Notes and handouts in class will be placed in a three- ring notebook. This notebook will be neat, kept in chronological order, and each day’s notes will be dated and contain the goal for that lesson. 3. Each notebook will have a plastic pouch containing pencils, two pens, and two highlighters (of different colors).

**III. ATTENDANCE**
1. We will follow the school attendance policy. 2. If a student is absent, he/she must have either an excused or unexcused note from the office. If the note is excused, the student must then make-up the work missed for the absence to truly be excused. 3. If the student leaves the school grounds during the day, he/she must check out in the office. 4. If a student is more than 10 minutes late to class, he/she will be considered absent. 5. Ten unexcused absences will result in loss of credit for the class. 6. 2 times of being tardy will result in 30 minutes after school detention. 7. More than 2 times of being tardy will result in Saturday school.

**IV. MAKE-UP POLICY**
1. If a student is absent, it is up to him/her to get the assignments, notes, etc. that he/she missed. 2. If a student misses a test, he will have as many days as he missed to get it made-up. The best time to make-up tests will be after school. 3. If a student missed a homework assignment or notes, he will have as many days as he missed to get it made-up.

**V.** **WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS**
1. All assignments will be due at the start of class on the date specified by the instructor. 2. An assignment may be handed in one day late for late credit. 3. All assignments will have the following information located at the top right hand corner of the paper- your name, class and hour date, and description of the assignment. Assignments without this information at the top will not receive full credit.

EXAMPLE:
 * John Smith**
 * Technology Literacy**
 * Page 25, 36**
 * Jan 30th, 2010**

4. All assignments will meet the following criteria: a. NEATNESS- whether one uses pen or pencil, it will be written in a readable form. b. PROPER ENGLISH GRAMMAR- Answers or thoughts will be expressed in complete sentences with special attention being placed on spelling. c. EVIDENCE OF SERIOUS THOUGHT- Good papers is the result of some serious thought about the problem or thought presented. They can not be done with five or ten minute’s work. Assignments which fail to meet the above standards will not receive full credit or the student will be asked to re-do them for late credit.

**VI.** **GRADING**
1. Everything done in class is assigned point value-tests, daily assignments. 2. The student’s grade is figured on how many points he/she earns out of the total possible for the semester. 3. A student must be eligible before he will be allowed to take a unit exam. 4. If a student not eligible for unit exam, he will have three days to get eligible and take the exam.

VII. **CLASSROOM CITIZENSHIP**
1. It would be polite to gain recognition to speak or ask a question by raising one’s hand. 2. A student can not sleep in class. 3. A student must be on their best behavior for a gust speaker or substitute. 4. At no time should a student use profanity inside the classroom. 5. No student will physically or verbally ridicule, degrade, etc. a fellow student in the classroom. 6. A student will not work on another classes’ homework unless given permission by the instructor. 7. A student must work on the assigned task as directed by the instructor.

**VIII.** **CHEATING**
1. No student will cheat on assigned work or tests. 2. If caught cheating, the student will receive “0” for the work.