Physics Mr. Robert Strawn Room D5003

Physics Mr. Robert Strawn Room D5003

Welcome to a new school year at AmericasHigh School.For many students, Physics is the most academically challenging class that they take in high school. To be successful in physics class a student must be self disciplined and be willing to work hard. Successful students study at least 30 minutes a day looking over their notes, doing practice problems, and homework or studying for test. They keep up with their work and turn assignments in on time. I want your child to be successful in my class, so we need to work together to insure that your child can achieve to his or her highest potential.

Class Rules:

1. Be on time and seated before the tardy bell rings.

2. Be prepared to learn and have all materials needed for the day.

3. Respect other’srights to learn and the teacher’s right to teach.

4. Take proper care of all materials and equipment.

5. Follow all school rules and district policies

Consequences for following the classroom rules and procedures:

1. Positive note or telephone call home

2. Certificate of appreciation

3. Special Privileges

4. Student may be honored as student of the week

Consequences for not following rules and procedures:

1. Warning,and student may be moved to another seat

2. Student –Teacher conference and student may be moved to another seat or be given a time-out.

3. Note or telephone call to parents or legal guardians along with all or some of the previously mentioned consequences which are up to the discretion of the Teacher,

4. Parent- Teacher- Student conference along with previously mentioned consequences (Parents may recommend consequences to use at school and at home.

5. Referral to an Assistant Principal (Assistant Principle may recommend consequences for behavior)

6. All students who take time away from the class by disrupting the lesson and stopping the teacher’s instruction to the class will be assigned detention after school on the next school day after the incident. Sometimes arrangements can be made for the student to serve detention on another day that is more convenient for the student and teacher. Students who do not report to Mr. Strawn’s classroom for detention at the designated time and day will receive an office referral to the appropriate Assistant Principal.Their detention time will also be doubled. Students who habitually interfere with the teacher's instruction and the other students' learning will be considered to be severe disruptors and may be sent to an Assistant Principal.

Any severe disruptions or infractions of the student code of conduct may be referred immediately to an Assistant Principal. Any behavior that results in diminished safety for the student or others will result in immediate removal from the classroom.

Grades:

Daily Work (Classwork, Quizzes, and Laboratory Reports) are worth 50% of the total grade

Major Grades (Test, and Some Major Projects) are worth 30% of the total grade

Nine Weeks Test is worth 20% of the total grade

Academic Dishonesty -Cheating:

Tests are independent activities and any talking during a test or help given or taken from other students will be considered to be cheating. Students caught cheating on a test will receive a grade of zero.Students who have cellular telephones, ipods, i-phones, or other electronic recording devices out of their backpacks or pockets duringa test will also be assumed to be cheating. Any assignments that are not partner assignments, group assignments or whole class assignments that are found to be copied will result in a zero.

Borrowing or loaning a paper, a computer disk, or any other type of an assignment will result in a ZERO!

There will be no chance to make up any assignments or test where the grade of zero is the result of cheating. A re-test will be offered but the highest grade that a student can earn is a 50 because the original test grade of zero will be averaged with the make- up or re-test grade.

Attendance:

Students must be in attendance 90% of the days that school is in session.

Students loose credit for a class after 9 absences the first semester. They can also loose credit after 9 absences the second semester. Students who loose credit because of absences must talk to the Assistant Principal in charge of attendance.

If a student is absent from my class, it is the student’s responsibility to obtain and make up the missed assignments. The student can copy the title of the missed assignments from another student’s Assignment page.The student must not interrupt the class, but may talk to the teacher before class or after class about the assignments. Usually, I leave the copies of the previous day’s handouts on the small table in front of my desk. The student willhave one day for each day that he or she was absent from my class to turn in the work. If the student missed a test, but was told that a test would be administered, the studentmust take the test the daythe student returns to class.

Tardy Policy:

Students who are late to my class will be asked to call their parents and notify them each time that they are late. They will also have to make up a minimum of 5 minutes of class time either before school or after school the next school day. Students who accumulate 20 minutes or more to make up will receive an office referral. Students who did not do the bell-ringer the day that he or she was late can do a make- up bell-ringer during the 5 minutes of class that they make up. Students who are late to class will not be allowed to use a rest- room break the same day.The teacher will call the student's parents if the student refuses to do so, and the student will loose the rest of his or her rest roomprivileges for the rest of the school year.

Thank you for caring about your child’s education. Working together we can help

Yourchild be successful and experience a quality education.

Sincerely,

Mr. Robert Strawn, Physics Teacher at Americas High School

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