CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS AND PROCEDURES CONTRACT

JohnA.FergusonSr.High School

Mr. Richard Lopez, Room 1046

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Dear Student/Parents:

I am looking forward to another academic year, here at John A. FergusonSr.High School. I ask of every student to come with a cooperative attitude of wanting to learn to do his or her personal best at all times. The past year has provided you with the framework of transition into an educated professionalism, but as you advance academically so do the challenges and responsibilities. These aspects are vital to your success! Yes, your attitude does determine your altitude, in other words, your motivation to be responsible and consistently involved in your classroom and home learning will establish your future academic and professional success. My priority is to assist you in your educational journey.

Parents, as you discuss these expectations with your child please sign in the appropriate space. This will be each student’s first graded assignment, so it is urgent that this contract and parent receipt page is returned with respective signatures.

DUE DATE: FIRST CLASS MEETING .

Classroom Policies and Procedures:

  1. You are to be seated when the bell rings. If you are not seated, you are late. Once you have accumulated three unexcused tardies, you will receive an administrative referral and a conduct cut. Every tardy thereafter also results in an administrative referral and conduct cut.
  2. If you are late to class for any reason, you must have a pass. If you do not have a pass, the tardy will be considered unexcused, and the procedures outlined in number 1 will be followed.
  3. If you have English 1st or 2nd period, the 7:20 bell is your late bell. If you are not inside the classroom seated quietly working, you are late.
  4. Bells do not release students; teachers do. Remain seated at all times unless you have been given permission to stand up. Save trash during class time and discard at the end of the period.
  5. Unless advised of in association to class curriculum, the use of cell phones, ipods, gaming units, and other electronic devices are prohibited from being used during school hours. If found in violation of this, the device will be confiscated and you will receive a zero on the assignment upon which you are working on.
  6. Attendance is essential! Students with excused absences will be allowed to make up work. Make up work is due the next class session. You will be permitted to turn in work after absences ONLY if you have a stamped excused note from the office. If your absence is unexcused, your work will not be graded; however, I will accept it because I will not deny any student the opportunity to complete an assignment. It is your responsibility to find out what you missed from a fellow student, either before or after class.
  7. If you are on a field trip or in the building for a school activity, you MUST in any assignments that are due the same day as if you were in class. If you do not, you will receive an automatic zero.
  8. I am here to serve your education, so if you need to make up work, discuss your grades, or take a quiz./test, make arrangements with me immediately.
  9. Late work will not be accepted unless prior arrangements have been made. This approval is made at teacher’s discretion.
  10. Bathroom passes are for emergencies only. Students will receive three bathroom passes per nine weeks. If none of the passes are used at the end of the grading period, the student will receive 35 extra-credit points toward 9-week total/final points. Students may not use the restroom during a lesson. Each pass submitted after the 3rd will result in -15pts/infraction off 9-week total/final points.
  11. Gum is not permitted in class.
  12. Sleeping in class is not permitted. Such behavior will result in an administrative referral and a conduct cut.
  13. No grooming of any kind will be tolerated in class. This includes hair combing, nail painting, perfume, makeup, etc. Failure to comply will result in a conduct cut.
  14. Respect yourself, your classmates, and your teacher. Do not talk when anyone else, either the teacher or another student, is talking.
  15. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BEHAVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH POLICIES SET FORTTH BY THE DISTRICT WILL RESULT IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

Intellectual Dishonesty and Plagiarism:

The definition of plagiarize as defined in Webster’s New World Dictionary is to take ideas, writings, etc. from and pass them off as one’s own.

Plagiarism in any form will result in an automatic zero on the assignment without the opportunity

to make it up. You will receive an ‘F’ in conduct for the nine weeks. An administrative referral

will be written. Penalties handed down may be as severe as non-acceptance to or expulsion from the IB Diploma Program.

All parties involved will be subject to the above policy.

Academic Requirements:

  1. You should be prepared with proper materials everyday. This means that you need to bring both your notebook and appropriate book to class each day.
  2. Your work must be turned in on loose-leaf paper. Work done on spiral bound paper will not be accepted!
  3. Your work must be done in blue or black ink. Work done in pencil will not be accepted.
  4. Any work not turned in will receive an automatic zero.

Required Material- Must be brought to class DAILY!

  • 1 composition book
  • Required textbook/reading
  • Three ring binder with loose-leaf paper.
  • Pens (blue, black, red), Pencils
  • Minimum of 7 different colored highlighters
  • 6 Dividers (Warm-up, CW/HW, Notes, Handouts, Writing, Vocab)

Evaluation Procedures:

  • Quizzes will be given at any time to make sure students are grasping the material, as well as, to monitor self-discipline in completing tasks required
  • Expect a home learning assignment every night
  • Expect unit exams upon the completion of units of study.
  • Expect at least one writing assignment a week.
  • Conduct grades are determined by your class participation, attitude, degree of effort and cooperation, and overall behavior.

Grading Scale:

90 – 100% A4.00 - 3.50

80 – 89% B3.49 - 2.50

70 – 79% C2.49 – 1.50

60 – 69% D1.49 – 1.00

0 – 59% F.99 and below

Worksheets/Daily Assignmentsx 1

Quizzes/Testsx 1-3

Essays/Orals/Exams/Projectsx 3+

I have read and understand the policies and expectations. I also acknowledge that I have a responsibility to check Mr. Lopez’s website and calendar each day for assignments, information, and continued communication toward overall success.

Student signature Date .

Print Name (student) .

Parent/Guardian signature Date .

August 21, 2017

Dear Parents,

We would like to welcome you and your child to the 2017-2018 school year at John A. Ferguson Senior High. The curriculum for the 11th grade IB English classes is structured to develop internationally minded individuals who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of our planet help to create a better, more peaceful world. Studies for this class will be supplemented with appropriate readings, research, and interdisciplinary projects that are designed to help students explore concepts, ideas and issues that have local and global significance. Your child will be continuing their CASS project and may be involved in other community efforts as part of their IB studies. Your child’s Written Assignment will be due in April and the first of the English Oral Exams will begin in May. Both of these examinations are mandated by the I.B. curriculum and must be completed in order for the student to be eligible for the IB diploma.

The demands of this class will be rigorous and completion of assignments will be one key to your child’s success in this program. Your child will be graded on class participation, oral discussion, written assignments, and project work.

We encourage parental questions, suggestions, and concerns. Please feel free to contact us at any point during the school year. You will find a syllabus, IB calendar of dates, and the rules and supplies for your child’s class attached to this letter. Please indicate your examination of these materials by signing the bottom of this letter and having your child return the form. The best way to contact us is through the DadeCounty school e-mail. Please give us an e-mail address so we may respond to you as rapidly as possible.

Sincerely,

Mr. Richard Lopez

Mr. Robert Rowe

Pre-IB/IB English Literature

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