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To All My Students: Welcome Back!
To all my students: The most important and lasting skill I can teach you is how to take responsibility for your own learning. This website has been constructed to help you know what you need to know, when work is due, how to locate the resources you need to accomplish your assignments, and how to keep track of your progress. I feel very strongly that students are most successful when expectations are clear, and that it is my job to make sure you know what I expect. You will find learning objectives on your worksheets, and rubrics for all your major assignments so that you will know in advance how you will be graded. Powerpoints used in class will also be available on this site so that you can see what was covered in class, and know what concepts you are expected to know for tests. But only you can tell if you really understand the material and can demonstrate the proficiencies. If you don't understand something, please ask questions in class or come in for extra help. It's my goal that each of you becomes a master of your course material and I am happy to work with you as much as needed to achieve that goal. Additional Help and Make-Up Labs I will be available for homework help and make-up labs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:30 pm in room 314. Please make an e-mail appointment if you need more than a couple minutes consultation or to make up a lab. Late Work Policy One of the most important keys to taking responsibility for your own learning is to get work in ON TIME. In science, topics build on each other, and if you don't stay on top of assignments, it quickly becomes harder and harder to catch up. It does little good to turn in six weeks' worth of work at the end of the marking period. You will have needed to use and build on that material as it was assigned. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to put work into the in-box on the day it is due. In general, late work will lose 10% for each day late up to 10 days late, exclusive of days you are absent from class for illness or family emergency on the day the assignment was due. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED THAT IS MORE THAN 10 DAYS LATE. I will be date stamping assignments at the end of each day so that I can track late penalties. If you are absent, you will need to write "absent" and the dates you were out on the assignment if you want the late penalties rebated. I will open a duplicate webassign through the 10 day late window but assignments will NOT be reopened after that time. You can keep track of when assignments are due through the calendar on this site as well as through the white board in class, so "I didn't know it was due" is not an acceptable excuse. Most assignments can be downloaded from this site or are webassigns, so "I didn't get the sheet" is also not an acceptable excuse. The tools are here, so please use them. This year all WHRHS teachers will be using the new Genesis gradebook. This will allow me to e-mail you and your parents as needed with your current grades and missing assignments should you start to fall behind. However, It is your responsibility to know what assignments you have not turned in by checking the online calendar or white board in class to avoid the late penalties. Unlike Teacherease (which I used in the past) which gave you 24/7 access to my gradebook, you will have to rely on hard copy grade postings which I will update weekly on the wall by my office door. However, I do know that nobody's perfect so each marking period you will get two "No penalty" cards that you can attach to regular assignments to avoid the late penalties. These cards can also be used for an automatic one-day extension on a project or lab report. You will also be able to earn an occasional "no penalty" cards at various points during the year. Your cards are your own and cannot be shared with others, and they will not accumulate from marking period to marking period.
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Watchung Hills Regional High School
108 Stirling Road
Warren, NJ 07059
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