Classroom Behavior
Classroom Behavior
Academic Dishonesty
Academic dishonesty includes plagiarism, cheating, or submitting another person’s material as one’s own violates school policy and
is unacceptable in this class and in the academic community in general. Any act of academic dishonesty will result in severe negative
consequences including but not limited to, a lower grade in the class, an automatic “Failed” in the class, and/or expulsion from the
class or from the school. Whenever you draw on the ideas or language of another writer, you must clearly indicate your source.
Tardy/Unprepared Students
This means that if you enter my class after the bell rings, you are tardy and after 3 of them, you will have a consequence such as an
afternoon detention. If you are not prepared for class and you have to go out to retrieve something, this is a tardy. There is
absolutely no leaving my classroom in the first or last 10 minutes of class. This is a school-wide rule.
A pre-arranged absence is an absence that is arranged in advance. If you are an athlete or involved in other traveling activities such
as music you will have to arrange with your teachers when you are going to be absent. It’s tricky for teachers to make sure that
student travelers have EVERYTHING they need before they leave on a trip. Sometimes plans change and some activities are in class
or participation based. I will always do my best to get you the work you need before you leave on a trip. Please follow these rules:
• Do not interrupt my class to ask about a pre-arranged absence. Please be smart and chose a time when it’s appropriate.
• It is absolutely your responsibility to get the work before you leave, I will not track you down to make sure you have your
homework.
A student who has an excused absence has as many days as he/she was gone in which to complete the assignment(s) he/she missed.
However, a student who was present for a paper or project assignment and then was gone for one day of the five he/she had to
complete the paper will not receive extra time to complete his/her project.
Unexcused Absences
A student who has an unexcused absence may not turn in work for credit. If a student thinks his/her absence will be excused at a
later date (if a parent was out of town or a doctor’s note was forgotten at home, etc.) the policy for excused absences applies (see
above). Students who are suspended from school or removed from the classroom for behavior problems will not be given the
opportunity to make up missed work.
Classroom Rules and Demeanor
EATing/DRINKing (water), and other EXITS only
during RECESS or LUNCH BREAK
Always STAY in the room/on your assigned SEAT
during CLASSTIME
BEHAVE at all time
BE PUNCTUAL and PREPARED for class
RAISE of HAND before speaking and after
acknowledged by the teacher
DO assigned task/s and DO your OWN work
BE RESPECTFUL to ALL including yourself
BE RESPONSIBLE for all the equipment, materials
and facilities available for your perusal
SUBMIT all assigned tasks, homework, and projects as
SCHEDULED within the first moments of class
SUBMIT an excuse slip in advance or upon returning to
class for acceptable reasons (illness/family emergency)
BY: VHICFSCHOOL