pallottirules

Welcome to the 2019 -2020 school year. Here are the expectations and rules for Mr. Marchand's classes.

The Basics

1. All students must have a loose leaf notebook with a specific section for each course.

2. All students are expected to date each day's notes.

3. All students are required to write down and answer the warm up at the top of each day's notes.

4. The notes on the screen are incomplete. Students are expected to "fill in the blanks" in notebooks.

5. If you are absent you are expected to copy the notes as posted on Plus Portals each day and complete them. You may work with Mr. Marchand or a fellow student to complete the notes.

6. Notes will be "spot graded" for completion.

7. Class participation will be graded daily on a scale of 1 or 2 points. Any unauthorized use of phones in class will result in a participation grade of 0 for the day, irregardless of contribution to class. There will be no exceptions to this rule. If your parents, family members or friends need to get in touch with you, they must contact the attendance office.

Expectations

1. Students should respect themselves. This includes eating something every morning before coming to school. Students who don't eat something (even a pop tart or a bowl of cereal) usually "run out of gas" about 10:30 or so and have a great deal of trouble concentrating. Care for yourself and your needs.

2. Students should respect others in the class. Students are expected to support other students in appropriate ways and to refrain from any negative or derogatory comments about any other person. Amelioration, not Approbrium!

3. A primary component of all of the courses is to read something every night. Most nights there will be assigned readings that follow up material covered in class that day. Students who read the sections and do the homework as a review will consistently take less time and understand more than students who try to find phrases in the assigned section.

4. Students should bring a notebook, their laptop/ipad and text to class each day, unless instructed otherwise by Mr. Marchand.

5. Students should CHARGE any media needed for class each night.

6. Students should be in class on time.

7. Students are expected to use their laptops/IPads to focus on material being covered in class.

8. All students must have home access to the internet. "I'm grounded" or "I'm on restriction" is not a valid reason for missing academic work. Parents, internet assignements will be posted on the class syllabus and on Plus Portals.

9. Hacking occurs. If a student or parent finds anything inappropriate linked to a web site or hacked to a legitimate web address assigned in class, please inform Mr. Marchand immediately at KMarchand@pallottihs.org so the site can be taken down.

10. If in conference with Mr. Marchand over a disciplinary issue, the student needs to focus on her own behavior. Referrals to other students behavior are not part of the discussion.

11. Take care of printing outside school.

Rules

1. Proper uniform at all times unless specified by school activity or policy. Respect yourself and your class by dressing appropriately.

2. No gum

3. No phones during class unless Mr. Marchand has asked for a "Google Search".

4. Water is the only beverage allowed in class and it must be in a clear reusable container. No exceptions, it may not be in a disposabe container. The water fountains in school are filter equipped. No colored or "enhanced" water.

5. No food in class at all for any reason. Food is in the cafeteria.

6. No "recreational surfing", game playing or checking e-mail on the laptop/IPad in class.

7. No ear bud/IPod use in class unless specifically addressed in an IEP. Students may listen to music while doing individual seat work. Otherwise, ear buds are to be put away.

8. One person at a time to the rest room. . Sometimes it is necessary for two students to go to the rest room. This exception should not be overused or abused.

9. No homework for other classes, remember it's called HOMEwork.

10. Any disciplinary issue will require a one or two paragraph essay from the student explaining the circumstances of the infraction. It is requested that each student concentrate on her own behavior and not cite the behavior of others in her explanation. It is hoped that the student and Mr. Marchand can agree on the problem, and find a permanent solution that will prevent the problem from happening again.

11. The procedure described in #10 does not apply to CHEATING or PLAGIARISM. Plagiarism includes copying other student's work and acquiring papers from internet sources. Cheating and Plagiarism will result in immediate consequences. While other disciplinary issues will not affect a student's grade, Cheating and Plagiarism will result in a "0" for the test or project, and will impact the grade of the student.

12. No gum EVER!!!

13. All email contact with teachers and other students is to be done using @pallotti.org email. If you do not have access to your e-mail, you must consult with Mr. Shipman to set it up. Email must be professonal and polite.

Thank you very much. Let’s have a great year.