In Class

FINAL EXAM EXEMPTION:

If students meet the criteria below, they may exempt up to 2 finals per semester. Policies do not apply to magnet or AP classes.

* Course grade must be 80 or higher in the requested course(s)

* No ISS / OSS for the requested semester

* No more than 3 excused absences during the requested semester

* No unexcused absences in any class during the requested semester

* No unexcused tardies in any class during the requested semester

EOC RETEST STATEMENT: LATE WORK POLICY: “It is the expectation that any student who scored between 65 and 69 on an End Of Course exam retake the exam to attempt raise their grade regardless of their class grade.”

LATE WORK POLICY: Any late work will receive a highest possible grade of a 70 if turned in after the assignment is due.  The student will have until the unit test to turn in late work and will receive a highest possible grade of 70.  No work will be graded after the Unit Test.

ATTENDANCE AND MAKE-UP POLICY: If a student receives and excused absence he or she will be able to make up the work in class that was done for the day.  Each class has a rolling folder activity spot on the back wall.  It is the student’s responsibility to obtain their work from the wall and complete and return in a timely manner.  The student has up to the amount of excused absences plus one day to complete any missing work.  After that point the work will be considered late and will be graded as such.

TARDY POLICY:  

To avoid being counted tardy, students must be seated and ready for class when the bell rings.  School policy states that students may receive detention, In-School Suspension, and Out-of-School Suspension for repeated tardiness. 

1. Students will use appropriate language and represent themselves with dignity.

2. Students will not be permitted to utilize headphones, cell phones, or other electronic devices during class time.

3. Classroom disruptions by students will not be tolerated.

4. Students will not consume food or drinks within the classroom.

5. Students will respect the classroom environment and its occupants.

6. Students will use provided technology for appropriate, educational reasons.

Cheating is considered a serious matter.  Any student who is involved in cheating/plagiarism will receive a grade of zero on the material, an unsatisfactory in conduct, and his/her parents will be notified.

For this course, cheating is defined as, but is not limited to, the following acts:

• Copying anyone's answers to questions, exercises, study guides, class work or homework assignments

• Taking any information verbatim from any source, including the Internet, without giving proper credit to the author, or rearranging the order of words and/or changing some words as written by the author and claiming the work as his or her own, i.e., plagiarism.

• Looking onto another student's paper during a test or quiz.

• Having available any study notes or other test aids during a test or quiz without the teacher's permission.

• Collaborating on assignments when independent work is expected.