Be in Class Always! Attendance is very important, we will be doing new things every day.

Be Seated And ready to work before class begins. There should be no tardies, all tardies are unexcused and will result in a loss of points from the student’s nine weeks grade or one half hour make up session before school.

Be Prepared Bring your three-ring notebook, paper, pencil, book, and calculator, every day. The recommended calculator for Algebra 2 and beyond in the sequential path is a TI-84+. For those in Core+ classes the TI-84+ is also recommended. Algebra 1 students may use any calculator. Those who do not want to purchase their own TI-84+ can check one out from the book depository, the procedure is similar to checking out any text book but you will need to get a signed checkout form from me before going to the book depository.

Do Your Homework! Before each class period begins.

Be Respectful Of everyone else in the room and the property in the room. Please do not eat, drink anything but water, wear hats or wear sunglasses in the room.

Grading You will be given points for each assignment you do, grades will be based on a percent of the total points for the nine weeks and for the semester.

Core+: One test will be given per unit, tests will be worth approximately 40% of your nine weeks grade. Quizzes may be announced or unannounced and will total about 30% of your nine weeks grade. Investigations, Check Your Understanding (CYU) problems, and On Your Own (OYO) problems will make up the other 30% of your nine weeks grade.
Sequential: Tests count approximately 60% of your nine weeks grade, they are usually given at the end of a chapter. Quizzes count approximately 30% of your nine weeks grade, they may be announced or unannounced, they may also include group work done in class. Homework is worth about 10% of your nine weeks grade, it will be graded approximately twice per chapter, once when the first quiz of the chapter is given, the second time when the chapter test is given. Homework is kept in your three-ring notebook, which should be neat and organized.

Make-ups/Absences It is the student’s responsibility to find out what material s/he missed by being absent. There are five ways to find out: see me before school the day you return from an absence, check the web site by going to the high school web site then clicking on staff web pages then clicking on my name or go to http://oocities.com/toppermath, e-mail me at s.anderson@laschools.net, call me at 663-2553, call a friend in the class. If I don’t hear from you, I will assume that you have gotten the information and are ready to move ahead with the class. If that is not the case, you must see me in person before school the day your class meets.If there is a test or a quiz on the day that you return from an absence I will expect you to take it with the rest of the class unless you have spoken to me before school about rescheduling it.

Help I am available for help daily before school. I am available after school on most days also. You may also see me during my planning periods which are 1A/B and 4B. Please let me know if you plan to come in during a planning period so that I can meet you in C-2.

Unexcused Absences For any unexcused absence, you will receive a zero for the day’s test, quiz, or activity or a 3% reduction from your nine weeks grade, whichever is worse.

Cheating Will not be tolerated and will result in a zero for the assignment, test, or quiz.

What should you do in math class? Math classwork and math homework!
Please do not do, or ask to do, work for other classes in this class.