MATERIALS TO BRING EACH DAY:
1. textbook
2. blue or black ink pen, or dark pencil
3. loose leaf notebook paper
4. folder with pockets to hold papers
RULES OF CONDUCT:
1. Bring all necessary materials to class everyday.
2. Be in your assigned seat and ready to work when the bell rings.
3. Courteously ask permission before talking aloud or leaving your seat.
4. Listen to the teacher and follow instructions when they are first given.
5. Make no derogatory remarks regarding an assignment or another person.
6. Leave gum, candy, and drinks outside the classroom or in the trash can.
7. Do not ask to leave the room; go to the restroom during passing period.
8. Return materials such as dictionaries to appropriate places after use.
9. Abide by all general policies in the Student Handbook.
CONSEQUENCES FOR VIOLATIONS:
1. After multiple warnings for minor offenses, detention after school under the teacher's supervision (ordinarily on the second day after assignment, to allow for the student to make arrangements for a ride)
2. Office referral for missing the teacher-assigned detention, or for committing a more serious offense than a mere breaking of the above rules
3. After a second detention within a six weeks period, written or spoken communication with parents regarding the reason for detentions
4. After three or more repeated detentions within a six weeks period, referral to the principal for disciplinary action
GRADING FOR SPANISH II
Tests and major projects 5O%
Daily Work 50%
GRADING FOR ESL
All work counted equally
GRADING FOR ENGLISH I
Tests and final drafts 5O%
Quizzes and rough drafts 30%
Daily Work 20%
GRADING FOR ENGLISH II
Tests and final drafts 5O%
Quizzes and rough drafts 30%
Daily Work 20%
SPECIAL NOTES
1. Submit assignments with your name and the date in the upper right-hand corner. There should be no other writing or drawing on the paper aside from assigned work and the heading. Points may be deducted for violations.
2. Work that is not graded, but only checked for completeness, will be returned with a mark as follows:
A check with a plus sign (+) for superior effort (100% credit)
A check for good work (90% credit)
A check with a minus sign (–) for an average effort (80% credit)
A check with a double minus sign (=) for passing effort (70% credit)
A minus sign (-) for inadequate work (70% credit)
At the end of the six-weeks period, an average of these credits is counted toward a grade in a category more heavily weighted than that of daily work.
3. A folder of assignments for the six-weeks period, collected in chronological order, may also be turned in at the end of the six-weeks period to be counted toward a grade in a category more heavily weighted than that of daily work. The folder will be graded on (a) completeness; (b) orderly arrangement; and (c) attractiveness.
4. Make-up work in all categories will be administered according to the rules in the Student Handbook. Vocabulary quizzes and tests must be taken according to these same rules, as previously arranged with the teacher, during tutorial period or during the time from 3:25 to 3:45 P.M. (immediately after the final class period of the school day).
For students who have missed school due to excused absences and extracurricular activities, Mr. Hicks will place notes of work to be made up in the student’s folder on the teacher’s desk. Otherwise, the student must take the initiative in arrangements for make-up work.
