CLASSROOM RULES AND PROCEDURES



Dear Parents:

Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year at Ironwood Ridge High School! Your son/daughter is enrolled in my Global Studies class. Please take a few minutes this week to read my syllabus, which you willfind on the IRHS webpage. It contains information such as grading procedures, class rules and policies, guidelines for success and a course description.

Your student’s first assignment (10 points) is to read my class syllabus, complete the syllabus scavenger hunt questions, and return the questions and this letter with student and parent signatures by Monday, August 14th. Please contact me with any questions. I look forward to working with you!

See you at OPEN HOUSE!

[pic] August 23rd at 6 p.m.

Sincerely,

April Kozubal, M.A.

Pre- A.P. Global Studies and World History Teacher

Co-Sponsor, IRHS History Club

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Global Studies- Ms. Kozubal

Ironwood Ridge High School

2475 W. Naranja Drive

Tucson, Arizona 85742

[pic]Course Description:

In this 9th grade elective class, students will study 20th century world history and how it has shaped our world today. Students will learn about the history, geography, culture and current events of Latin America, the Middle East, South and Central Asia, Europe, the Russian Republics and Africa. We will analyze complex issues such as globalization, the war in Afghanistan, the Arab-Israeli conflict, terrorism, overpopulation, genocide and the AIDS epidemic.

This class will be fun and informative.

For each region we study:

▪ we will complete political and physical maps

▪ we will learn about the region’s history

▪ we will learn about the various cultures of the region

▪ we will learn about the environment

▪ we will learn about current events and major issues

We will watch videos and slideshows and take virtual internet tours. When you are finished with this course, you will be an informed world citizen!

Biography – Mrs. Kozubal (Ka-zoo-bull) (It’s Polish!)

This summer, along with my colleagues, Ms. Gipson and Mr. Scrivner, I took students to Italy, France, Germany and Switzerland for a hands on global experience to visit places such as Heidelberg Castle, Dachau Concentration Camp, The Palace of Versailles and the Louvre. We learned so much about other peoples, times, and places and I can’t wait to share it all with students this year!

This is my 23rd year of teaching high school students! It is my 17th year teaching at Ironwood Ridge and my 5th year as co-sponsor of the IRHS History Club. I have been teaching at IRHS since it opened in 2001. I graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Arizona and then returned to earn a Master’s Degree in Teaching and Teacher Education. I am certified by the state of Arizona to teach Social Studies on the secondary level. I lived in Germany for five years and have traveled widely in Western Europe, including recent educational trips to Poland, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Great Britain, France and Switzerland.

My family is from Kankakee, Illinois. I have two amazing kids who are in 4thd and 6th grades. In addition to Pre A.P. Global Studies, I will be teaching World History. My previous experience includes serving as Social Studies Department Chair, National Honor Society Advisor and four years on the Teacher Advisory Council to the Superintendent. (TAC).

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▪ Grades are posted online. While I update grades every Friday, please note, we complete our work in units of study, three or four weeks long.

▪ All assignments must be completed on time.

▪ There are no “extra credit” assignments in this class.

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Student Expectations

In order to achieve success in this class, each student is expected to:

❖ Complete all assigned work, including homework.

❖ Participate in classroom discussions and activities.

❖ Ask questions if you don’t understand or you’re not sure.

❖ Have a positive attitude.

❖ Put forth your best effort. Turn in work that you are proud of.

❖ Get organized. Write down your homework and your due dates in a

student planner and bring required materials to class each day.

❖ Demonstrate respect toward other students and the teacher.

❖ Help create a classroom community.

Teacher contact

Students - Conference period: If you have any questions, concerns, or need extra help, please do not hesitate to ask. I will be happy to meet with you during conference period. You are encouraged to come to conference hour before school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Conference hour may be used for meeting with your teacher, tutoring, making up tests, making up missed work, meeting for a class project, researching in the library, club meetings, and parent/student conferences (by appointment).

Parents: The best way to contact me is by email at akozubal@.

Website: My website is located at . Select “Ironwood Ridge” and then “Contact a Teacher” and then select “Mrs. Kozubal” to reach my website.

[pic]Ms. Kozubal’s Classroom Policies

✓ Quality work policy

Students are expected to turn in neat, legible work. Illegible and/or sloppy work will be re-done in order to earn a grade. Answer all questions (except vocab words) in complete sentences ALWAYS.

✓ Tardy Policy

Students are expected to arrive to class on time. It is disruptive and disrespectful to the teacher and the rest of the class to come to class late. A student is late if they are not in their assigned seat and ready to work when the bell rings. This class starts when the bell rings.

1st & 2nd tardy per semester = verbal warning

3rd tardy per semester = lunch detention and/or parent contact

4th tardy per semester = office referral.

✓ I-pods, cell phone policy –They are not allowed in class. Must be in your backpack before the bell rings.

✓ Attendance Policy

Good attendance and promptness are essential to good performance in school. Absence from class is often the greatest single cause of poor performance and achievement. Whenever a class is missed, whether excused or not, that experience can never be completely made up. Completing the make-up work does not compensate for the loss of insight gained during class discussion or the loss of competency gained through explanation, drill, and supervised activities.

The attendance policy will be followed as outlined in the Student Handbook: students with excessive absences per semester will be placed on a behavior contract by IRHS administration and may lose the opportunity to earn credit for the class.

✓ Makeup Work Policy

Students are required to make up any work they miss when they are absent. A binder with each day’s assignments is located in the back of the classroom. Students may also find daily assignments on my website at . It is the student’s responsibility to check this binder for missed work, and to schedule any makeup tests. Students are allowed one day for each day of an excused absence to make up missed work; tests must be made up within three school days (during conference period or before school).

✓ Late work policy

Late work will not be accepted. (Please contact the teacher if there are exceptional circumstances.)

Cheating/Plagiarism

Students will abide by the guidelines of the IRHS Honor Code as outlined in the Student Handbook. Consequences for cheating/plagiarism will be decided on an individual basis, and may include redoing an assignment or receiving a zero; parents will be notified. Please note: Any talking during a test administration will be considered cheating and student will receive a zero on their test. Students may not talk until every student has finished with their test.

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1. College ruled paper

2. Black or blue pen and pencil for daily work

3. A box of Kleenex.

4. colored pencils

5. two pocket folder

Required Texts

▪ Textbook: World Geography (McDougall Littell)

▪ Website:

1) Be on time. Be in your assigned seat and ready to work when the bell rings.

2) Be respectful. Follow teacher’s directions. Treat teacher and fellow students with courtesy. Do not talk while the teacher is talking. Use appropriate language. Do not write or draw on any school property. Keep your work area neat.

3) Be productive. Use your classtime wisely. Complete your assignments. Participate in discussions. Socialize outside of class. No ipods, cell phones, or other electronic items that will distract from the classroom environment. These items must be turned off and be put in your backpack.

Consequences for breaking the rules:

If you choose to break a rule:

1. Verbal warning.

2. Teacher/student conference and/or seat change.

3. Detention/parent contact

4. Referral to Principal/ in-school suspension.

*Consequences for I-pods, cell phones, other electronics:

A. First time: verbal warning and confiscation of phone until the end of class.

B. Second time: lunch detention

C. Third time: your P.E.D. will be confiscated and turned over to admin. office at the end of the period. You will have to wait to be called down by admin . office to retrieve your phone.

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Grading scale:

A = 90-100% D = 60-69%

B = 80-89% F = 59 and below

C = 70-79%

Classwork = 25%

Homework = 15%

Class projects/Participation/Discussion = 25%

Tests = 20%

Final Exam = 15%

All percentages are approximate.

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