*pencil
*blue or black pen
*paper
*3-ring note book
*spiral vocabulary
*notebook
*Avancemos workbook
The teacher will NOT provide materials for you. You are responsible for material written on the board or overhead and/or covered orally in class. Your notebook may be checked for a grade. After entering the classroom you are not allowed to leave the room for any forgotten materials. Quizzes and tests will be written in blue or black pen or they will not be graded.
Classroom Behavior
It is your RESPONSIBILITY to behave in a way that shows RESPECT for:
*Yourself:
· Be intellectually honest
· Do quality work
· Speak up if you have concerns or needs
· Set appropriate boundaries
*Others:
· Honor diversity
· Honor space
*Time:
· Honor yours, mine, and ours
*Property:
· Take care of things (whether they belong to you, to your neighbor, to me, or to our school)
*Rules:
· Know the rules for both our school and our Spanish class.
+ Stay in your seat
+ Listen & follow directions
+ Speak when it is your turn
+ Use appropriate language
+ Personal grooming, note writing & doing other work are not acceptable
*The Environment:
· Reduce, reuse, recycle
· Keep your table/desk and surrounding area clean.
CONSEQUENCES
When these rules are not followed by the student, s/he will be given the following consequences:
*Verbal warning
*Teacher/student conference and/or detention
*Parent phone call
Severe or repeated behavior problems will result in an automatic detention or direct referral to the administrator.
Attendance and Tardies
There is a direct relationship between academic success and regular, punctual school attendance. Attendance and punctuality are the sole responsibility of the student and his/her family.
ON TIME MEANS: The student is in his/her assigned seat, with appropriate materials out, and is ready to work before the tardy bell rings. The school reserves the right to determine whether or not a student is tardy.
Any student not in his/her seat prepared to work when the tardy bell rings will be “swept” into a sweep room for the entire period.
THIS WILL COUNT AS ONE ABSENCE FOR THE CLASS PERIOD.
A student who reaches his/her thirteenth (13th) absence and/or tardy may lose credit eligibility in the class.
Make-Up Work
Students who are not in class are responsible for finding out what they have missed and for making up the work. It is the student’s responsibility, not the teacher’s. All work must be handed in to the teacher or the student will not receive credit for the assignment.
All quizzes and tests will be made up during a scheduled learning center and not during class time.
The consequences for not attending the scheduled learning center will be a ZERO for that particular test or quiz.
Test-Taking Procedures
Quizzes or tests are NOT announced ahead of time because students are tested on long-term memory. The following behavior is expected when taking a quiz or a test:
*Write in blue or black pen only
*All materials are put away in backpacks
*Eyes placed only on your own paper
*Raise your hand if you need help
*NO communication of any kind with others
Any form of test-taking violations will result in a zero (0) for that grade and an automatic U (Unsatisfactory) in citizenship for that grading period on the report card. Repeated incidents of test-taking violations will be reported to the administrators.
Grades
Grades will be given at the end of each quarter. The grading categories may include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
*Participation
*Notebook
*Classwork
*Homework
*Oral presentations
*Reports
*Quizzes / Tests
*District Assessment
A student’s total points earned will equal their grade.
The semester grade will be based on:
1st quarter …...40%
2nd quarter …...40%
Exam …………..20%
Total point percentages are :
90 – 100% = 1
80 – 89% = 2
70 - 79% = 3
65 - 69% = 4
64% and below = 5
Absences
It is the student’s responsibility to check grades and make up all missing work.
¨ GGrades are posted regularly in the classroom and will be available on the internet by accessing INFINITE CAMPUS.
¨ PParents must come in person with a photo ID to school to pick up a password and instructions for accessing the Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
DRESS CODE
Apollo’s dress code is strictly enforced!
The Student Handbook has specific dress code regulations.
ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Staff members are to confiscate any device (not limited to cell phone, mp3 players, cd players, cameras, and other) when seen on campus. This includes electronic devices that are displayed on “clips” or “cases.” SEE THE STUDENT HANDBOOK FOR CONSEQUENCES!