Grading Policy - Milwaukie High School

Chemistry GRADING POLICY1. Your letter grade will be based upon the percentage of the total possible points you earnduring the grading period. The percentage scale is as follows:GRADING SCALE90.0000 - 100.0000 A80.0000 - 89.9999 B70.0000 - 79.9999 C60.0000 - 69.9999 D0.00000 - 59.9999 F2. Points will be earned from the following:• Homework & Laboratory assignments (about 40%)• Quizzes & Exams(both announced and unannounced) (about 50%)• You may use a cheat sheet of notes on a test. They MUST be written in your hand.• Classroom participation (about 10%)3. We will usually set the high score on any given piece of work at 100 % and then curve therest of the scores to their respective percentages.4. All assignments MUST be completed on time, or you will suffer the penalty of loss of points atthe rate of 10% per class day. Our assignments are handed out. Make it a point of getting themaximum value for the work that you accomplish in this course. Our assignments will comeout in Unit packets with all the assignments, labs and computer assignments contained in onedocument (also available online at www.milwaukiehigh.org/chemistry). You will hang on tothat packet all the way through the unit and we will assess that packet in class. Makecorrections per your teacher’s instructions during the unit. If you get behind you can still makeup the homework and get partial credit. At the end of a unit, on a test day, you will hand inthe packet and we will enter it into the gradebook and hand it back when you are finished withthe unit exam. You can still make up missing work in the packet afterwards to receive partialcredit. Prior to the exam we will hand out an exam review. It is not an assignment (worthpoints) but it will definitely help prepare you for the unit exam. We will post answers to thereview on the Chemistry Website and we will post them in Room 303 as well, so you cancheck your work prior to the Exam. We will not be giving retakes on exams this year with theexception of the Unit 1 Exam (since you need to experience a Chemistry Exam). If you aregoing to opt to retake the Unit 1 exam, you will need to demonstrate you have preparedsufficiently, but doing a second Review along with having all your assigned work completedbefore we will allow you to take it. Preparing for Unit Exams is a very important process andwe ask you to focus on that. You will be allowed to use a cheat sheet on the exams, it must bewritten in your handwriting (not word processed, or copied). You will also be allowed to use allresource documents we provide to you.5. Students with excused absences will have one day per day excused absence to make up workbefore the penalty applies. It is the students' responsibility to find out what they have missed

on the first day back. Students will need to schedule a time to make up the work with theirinstructor ASAP. Make sure you get your late work in quickly, so you do not get behind, wemove at a fast pace in this course. If you miss a lab, you will need to schedule a time to comein and make that lab up. We will make every attempt not to give you busy work, we believe allof our assignments have value in doing them !!!!!!! Let’s work together to make sure thatevery student in this course achieves success in their learning and completes their work in atimely fashion.6. No course credit can be earned unless the required work is turned in, 60 % of the totalpossible points accumulated, and the minimum competencies achieved.7. It is your responsibility to be in class when the tardy bell rings. If you are tardy, please informme as to why you were tardy, I view being tardy as a “cup half full” and focus on the fact thatyou DID come to class. There is a school wide policy for tardies, in which after three tardies inthe semester, the fourth tardy (and every tardy after that) will result in serving detentionbefore school, or after school. Please make every attempt to get to class in a timely fashion.If you arrive after 10 minutes, it is school policy to record this as an absence, please excusethe absence downstairs in the Attendance Office.8. We highly recommend you get to know others in the class since we are confident you will bespending a sizeable amount of time with each other. We will all need to collaborate toaccomplish many of the tasks in front of us this year.9. Whenever you get stuck, please do not hesitate to call Mr. Linman at 503.515.3590 (cell)(Please leave a message with a phone number and I will call you back if I am not there). I donot want you to stare at the problem, that is a waste of your time. I can usually get you ontrack in a couple of minutes, so give me a call and let me help you. You may call me up to10:00 PM on school nights and I am also available on weekends. Sundays, I am out on thesoccer pitch, but just leave a message on voicemail and I will return your phone call. You canalso e-mail me at jlinman@techcadre.com . I arrive at school each day by 7:15 AM in the TechCadre(Room 309) and that is where you can usually find me (or in the Chem Lab Room 303). Iam also there after school daily and would be more than happy to assist you in any waypossible. Mrs. Schipper will be here after school in Room 303 on Day 1’s to assist you as well.Since we are sharing curriculum and lessons this year, either one of us can help you. If youare Mrs. Schipper’s student and need to come in before or after school on a Day 2, Mr. Linmancan help you and vice versa.10. Always doing your work in a timely manner will pay great dividends this semester. There willbe a lot of individualized learning where you will decide how much work you do. That couldbe a very positive situation for you OR it could ruin the whole semester. Do yourself a favorand go for broke, We guarantee it will be worth your while. This course is for motivatedstudents who want to learn about the world around them. Make this year a great experiencefor all of us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11. This year, we will be trying to streamline notes, lectures and accessing assignments. You canaccess almost all information for Chemistry this year on the high school Web site(http://www.milwaukiehigh.org/science/chemistry). You will also be able to see whathomework is due for each day as well (Calendar). If you do not have Acrobat Reader on yourComputer system, go to http://www.adobe.com and download a copy (it is free!). We would

appreciate feedback from all of you letting meus know what else we can do to improveefficiency of our learning organization. We will have all our PowerPoint notes, assignmentpackets and links to helpful resources available on the site.Let’s all work together to make this learning organization work for ALL OF US!!!Where to find Mr. Linman. ?????Before School (7:15 and on…. )Tech Cadre Room 309 or 303 (Except Wednesdays…staff meetings)Day 1Period 1: Chemistry Room 303Period 2: Chemistry Room 303Period 3: Tech Cadre (1 st Lunch) Room 309Period 4: Physics Room 307Day 2Period 1: Physics Room 307Period 2: Chemistry Room 303Period 3: Prep Room 303/309Period 4: Chemistry Room 303After School (3:45 to ?????) 303/307/309If you are going to call and leave a message for me: my cell phone is best…………….I always have it.Cell Phone: 503.515.3590School Phone: 503.353.5840 ext. 38388Cadre Phone: 503.353.5840 ext. 38420Where to find Mrs. Schipper. ?????Day 1Period 1: At ClackamasPeriod 2: Traveling to MHSPeriod 3: Chemistry(1 st Lunch) Room 303Period 4: Chemistry Room 303After School (3:45 to ?????) Room 303Email Address schippers@nclack.k12.or.usVoice Mail/Phone 503 353 5840 ext 38598During Periods 3 and 4 ext. 38388Clackamas Phone: 503.353.5000 ext. 38050Hours/Days of Availability Day 1 (after school)