The following rules have been set in place to ensure all students have a
positive, successful experience in the classroom.
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Take responsibility for your own learning. |
Students must learn how to be good self-advocates for their learning. This includes getting caught up on work missed due to absenses, making corrections on assignments and quizzes, and ensuring that they understand all assigned work before beginning to complete it. Click HERE to view some initiatives that have been set up to help with student self-advocacy.
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Have respect for yourself and others. |
All students deserve to learn in an environment where they feel comfortable and relaxed. Therefore, any student demonstrating behaviour that detracts from the learning environment or that is considered unsafe will be dealt with in an appropriate manner including detention, meeting with the vice-principal, loss of priviledges, and/or a phone call home.
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Be prepared for class. |
It is an integral part of student success to arrive to class with all of the required materials as well as being an active participant in the lesson. The responsibility of being prepared is that of the student. Therefore, if the student is missing a required material (e.g. protractor, calculator), they will be responsible for finding their own before the class begins. If the class has already begun they will be considered late to class.
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Be on time. |
All students are required to arrive to class on time and be ready to begin when the class begins. This will ensure that the time available for asking questions, reinforcing concepts, and completing activities can be maximized to the students' advantage. If one student arrives late, not only have they missed the beginning of the lesson, but they also disturb the class as they get settled.
Click HERE to see consequences of being late for class.
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Do homework regularly. |
| Studies reveal a strong link between student reports of time spent on homework and student achievement. Students are asked to complete homework regularly, ask for help if homework assignments or expectations are not clear, and prepare appropriately for upcoming lessons, projects, and tests. Click HERE for consequences for not completing homework and assignments |
In order to ensure fair and consistent enforcement of the above rules, the following consequences
have been set up.
A behaviour record will be kept for each student for the length of the
school year and will be used to assess the student's learning skills on their report card.
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Late to class. |
Description:
Student arrives to class after the class has started.
Consequence:
The door to the classroom will be closed when the class begins. Students arriving to class after this time are to sit quietly in the hall until the door is re-opened by the teacher. This will ensure adequate time for the teacher to commence the class without the late student disturbing the environment. Any portion of the lesson missed due to lateness or truancy is the responsibility of the student. Once the student has accumulated three lates, the student will have to serve a lunch detention. Students late to homeroom or Period FIVE (after lunch) will be given an office detention automatically.
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Failure to complete homework. |
Description:
Student has NOT completed, has completed only a portion of the assigned work, or has NOT completed the task as explained by the teacher (e.g. did not show all rough work when solving problems).
Consequence:
Students failing to complete their homework (as described above) three times will receive a phone call (or email) home notifying the parent. If the student continues to submit incomplete homework assignments, that student's homework will be collected and marked as an assignment, leading to an unsatifactory result on their report card.
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Late assignments. |
Description:
Student has NOT completed the assignment by the assigned due date.
Consequence:
Students failing to complete an assignment on time must fill out a Late Submission Contract (which can be downloaded from the FORMS section of the website or can be picked up in class) which is to be filled out by the student and signed by the parent. This contract MUST accompany the assignment upon submission. Students will be given TWO days following the original due date to fill out the contract and complete the original assignment. Following this time, the assignment will no longer be accepted, the student will receive a mark of NE (no evidence, equivalent to 30%), and the parents will be notified. |
Note:
Violent and drug related incidences, as well as unapproved absences,
will be referred to and dealt with by the administration.
One of the major goals in grade seven and eight is to teach students to take responsibility for their own learning. In addition to arriving to class prepared, completing all assigned work on time and with quality, and being an active participant in the lessons, the following initiatives have been set up to help those students looking to improve their grades. None of the initiatives are mandatory, and therefore students not opting to complete the below tasks will NOT be penalized.
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Fischer Fours |
Description :
These cards are rewards for extra credit assignments, excellent behaviour, or success in team challenges. A "Fischer Four" card can be redeemed for any component of an assignment, lab, quiz, or test BUT can not be redeemed for assessment pieces that were not submitted (i.e. received a mark of "no evidence"). When redeemed, the lower mark will be changed to a Level Four.
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Class Website |
Description :
In order to help students organize their work, assignments, and homework, this class website has been designed. The website will be updated with daily homework, a calendar of upcoming due dates and events, and important course documents which can be downloaded for student use. The website can also be used by parents to help their child with time management and assignment completion. This year, the website will feature online practice quizzes and tests as well as additional e-resources for students to further reinforce the concepts taught during class.
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Extra Help |
Description :
During lunch, the classroom will be opened to those students requiring clarification on recent topics covered in class. This will also be time designated to those students who missed writing a quiz, test, or in-class assignment due to an absence. As no set "help days" will be scheduled, students must arrange with the teacher a day to meet. General extra help sessions will be scheduled before major tests in both science and math. Extra help will also be offered before or after school by appointment only. |
Created by:
Ian Fischer
St. Joseph High School
Ottawa, Canada
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