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Keep one copy for your records and sign and turn in the other copy to meKristian Richards, M.S.IB Biology HL239-734-1400 cellklrichar@volusia.k12.fl.us POLICIES AND PROCEDURESYou are responsible for keeping track of your assignments, making up missed work and exams, obtaining missed handouts and notes, and maintaining your portfolio of workAssignments are late if not presented at the beginning of classLate assignments MAY be accepted until the day before they are handed back. Late assignments will lose 10% of the awarded grade for each day that the assignment is late. If you are absent from class on the day that an assignment is due, but report to other classes, your work is considered late. Some problem sets will not be accepted lateMissed labs must be made up. If materials are still available upon return you may make up the missed lab before or after school or at lunch. Please bring a friend who has already accomplished the lab. Once a quarter, lab exercises will be offered to those students who missed lab and who could not make it up because of the lack of materialsAbsence from an exam or quiz requires a make-up be administered upon return to class. In most cases, make-up exams will be given IN CLASS the day of your return unless you come and see me before 7:25 am the day you return. If you delay the make-up and are in class that day you will lose 20% per dayIf you attend other classes the day of an exam or quiz but are not in my class (other than excused absences) you must take the missed exam/quiz at lunch or after school or take the make-up starting at 80% of the grade earned. You may avoid this by speaking to me beforehandAssignments given at least a week prior to an absence that were due during the absence must be submitted the day of return for full creditAll extra credit is due on or before the announced due date and will NOT be accepted after that date. This provision includes excused absences. Work ahead of due dates. If you have more than 5 absences/quarter that are not excused by either a doctor’s/coach’s note you will forfeit this extra creditMalicious activity such as deliberately harming animals, plants, equipment, students, the lab set-up of other students, etc. will result in a zero for the activity, a conduct referral, and possible permanent removal from the biology classPlagiarism as well as any form of cheating will result in a ZERO for the activity, a referral, and being reported to the IB department. There is no tolerance for cheating. All lab write-ups, research projects, extra credit projects, including data analysis and presentations, must be performed independently unless specified. Always cite references. If you did not write it, cite it.For safety reasons, no food or drink is allowed during laboratory exerciseAll of the regulations delineated by Spruce Creek High School, including dress codes, are in effect. During lab activities, you may be asked to wear more coverage than usual for safety reasonsYou may call me on my cell phone before 8:00 pm or text me any time for clarification of assignments, instruction, etc. I prefer text over call. Try to anticipate problems and ask questions before or after school or at lunchYour grade will be calculated by 60% summative assessments (exams and formal lab reports) and 40% formative assessments (quizzes, informal lab reports, data based question sets). Extra credit is limited and cannot total more than 10% of the summative assessment points. Volusia County guidelines determine the final letter grade (e.g. 90%= A). Gradebook is used but may not reflect extra credit until the end of the quarter.I have read and agree to the above Classroom PoliciesDate: _______ Student Name: ___________________________________________ Student Signature: ________________________________________Date: _______ Parent/Guardian Name: ___________________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature: ________________________________________ ................
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