Jarvis’s Classroom Rules/Expectations
Core Beliefs:
The students, faculty, and staff will work cooperatively with students and family to create safe and welcoming environment which embraces, challenges, and nurtures the diverse talents, interests, and learning styles of every student. All students will leave with self respect, respect for others, knowledge, and skills necessary to become independent, intellectually curious, and self-filled members of society.
21st Century Learning Expectations:
· Academic-Effective Reader
· Effective Writer
· Self Directed Learner
· Effective Problem Solver
· Social-Respectful Person
· Collaborative and Cooperative Worker
· Civic-Community Contributor
Every Day:
· Come on time.
If you are going to be tardy bring a pass.
· Come prepared (pencil, notebook, computer, and anything else that is needed)
These 3 simple things are keys to succeeding in this class.
· Don’t disrupt class
All I ask is no talking while someone else is talking. Raise your hand if you have a comment or
question. Coming late to class is highly disruptive.
Grading:
· 55% Quiz & Test Grades (15% Quiz & 40% Test)
· Pretty much every week there will be a quiz
· Tests comes at the end of a chapter or unit
· No makeup’s during class, only during a free period, after school or supervised study hall.
· Occasionally a worksheet or section from the book will be collected and graded for a quiz grade
Homework:
· 15% of your total grade (Enough that you cannot pass if you do not complete the homework)
· Homework is assigned approximately 2X weekly
· If you have only 2 late homework assignments for the MP (quarterly), you will get 5 points extra added to your quarterly grade
Lab Activities/Projects:
· 35% Activities and projects are what science is about
· Detailed lab reports will be completed for most activities completed during class
· Most activities come with rubrics to follow to meet my expectations
· Any project or activity plagiarized will get an automatic “0” for a grade
Attendance:
· Everyone is expected to come to class on time, everyday!
· If for some reason you’re absent for the whole day, you can find your makeup work in the folder.
· As per the student handbook, you have two days for each day you were gone to make up your work. NO exceptions!
· If you are absent the day of a test or quiz, come to me and arrange a time to make up the quiz/test. Remember….no makeup’s in class!!!!
Our Classroom:
· From day one, there will be assigned seating. Seating is changed at the end of each quarter. There are several reasons why you have been assigned your
seat. (Learning Style, learning abilities, grades, behavior, standardized assessment scores)
· We must work very hard to keep our room neat and orderly. There is a lot of activity that goes on in this room.
· No food or beverages in the classroom. There will be NO gum.
· You are very fortunate in that OUR SCHOOL BOARD has invested a lot of money into your education. You have more 21st century equipment in this room
and school than ever before. Respect this as you work throughout the year.