• One speaker speaks at a time and respect one another during instruction. Interrupting while someone is speaking and verbal intimidation, teasing and sarcasm earn strong consequences.
• Each student deserves and receives respect both from me and from fellow students.
• Each student has my respect right from the start. My trust has to be earned.
• All adults at the school deserve respect from the students. There is no talking back to adults, ignoring adults, or running from adults. Students who feel they have been treated unfairly by an adult will respond to the problem by discussing it with the adult or with me. 
• All students are expected to do the right thing in school and online - in the halls, in the cafeteria, in the gym- even when nobody is looking, regardless of what other students are doing. During Virtual Instruction, you are to be visible with your screen facing only you in a quiet secure place. You are not allowed to leave your screen during instruction.
• Doing the right thing is rarely rewarded with treats, tokens or stickers.  However, loss of privileges can occur for not doing the right thing. Problems will be solved appropriately, by discussion and negotiation, not with force. Problems and differences occur and can interfere with learning. Learning to handle these differences responsibly is a big step toward growing-up.

• All work should be returned by the end of the day.
• Homework should be handed in the day it is due. Avoid handing it in ahead of time.
• Late homework may not be accepted except when accompanied by a parent note.
• Tests and Quizzes  are the primary source of grades. There are many tests in fifth and sixth grade. Although I do grade some daily work, the grades from tests and projects such as reports have a much greater weight.
• Missed, incomplete, or late assignments count as a zero grade: except when you're absent you have 1 day to make it up.

 Grading System:

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT