Hello and Welcome,
I am very excited to be your English teacher this year and plan on having a very productive and enjoyable school year. If there is ever anything I can do to make the class a better experience please let me know. You will be challenged to work hard, but all that hard work will bring with it great reward. I plan on incorporating some classic literature along with more modern selection, so you will be receiving a well-rounded education.
If there is something you think would benefit our classroom, let me know, I appreciate feed back. Remember this is YOUR education, so I hope you play a larger role in it than sitting quietly in the back of the class until the bell rings. Your opinions and feedback will fuel the class and drive our discussions from lesson to lesson.
Schedule
Period 1: Hall Duty
Period 2: CPT
Period 3: Peer: Advanced Peer Mediation {Classroom code: fe5hvb4 }
Period 4: English: Languages of Power and Social Justice {Classroom code: 52oorr3 }
Period 5: Lunch
Period 6: Peer: Advocates for Social Justice {Classroom code: ncdao2f }
Peroid 7: Peer: Peer Mediation {Classroom code: e7vdnf6 }
Period 8: English 10
Period 9: Prep
To create a balance inside the classroom, teachers, students, and parents must stay on top of policies and procedures.
School Policies
I will enforce all school policies. Here I provide the most commonly enforced policies. To become knowledgeable of all the school polices, please read the Memorial High School Handbook located online on the main website. It is also given to every student. I will be giving a tutorial on the handbook to all my students on the first few days.
Dress Code
Dress code will be enforced. Under the Memorial High School Handbook, "Schools uniforms must be worn at all timeswhen the student is in the building or on school grounds...any student in violation of our policy should be sent to the appropriate administrative office immediately"(35).
With that said, please be in uniform i.e school shirt, black or khaki pants, and ID around your neck. NO JEANS
Tardy/Cuts
Under the Memorial High School Handbook, "If a student is late to class, the Class Teacher may assign detention in the auditorium on the same day at 2:30 pm"(58).
Unless the student provides a note from a teacher or administrator as to why he or she is late, the student will be given a detention if late for homeroom or class.
Cutting is not tolerated in Memorial High School.
Cutting policy is as followed:
1st Cut- detention + parent notification
2nd Cut- detention + parent conference
3rd Cut - Saturday detention + parent conference
4th Cut- Extended Saturday detention + parent conference
5th Cut- Out-of School Suspenion + parent conference + loss of credit/30 day probation
6th Cut - Dropped from class
Plagiarism
"Plagiarism is presenting someone else's words, ideas, or data as your own work"(74). I DO NOT tolerate plagiarism. As young adults, you are responsible for your own work. Suspicion of plagiarism will result in:
Strike 1: Student teacher conference after class
Strike 2: Conference + a grade of zero
Strike 3: Conference + a grade of zero + a scheduled parent teacher conference