DISCLOSURE
DOCUMENT
FOR
HONORS
CHEMISTRY
TEACHER
LARRY
RASMUSSEN
COURSE NAME:
Honors CHEMISTRY
TEXT: Chemistry,
Glencoe, McGraw-Hill
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
The purpose of this course is to prepare
students for AP chemistry. It begins
with basic chemistry and moves rapidly to a level of chemistry that would be
found on the college level. This course
will give a very complete coverage of college level chemistry and should not be
for a student desiring a normal college prep course. Students will find this course rigorous and
will need to be prepared to meet its challenges
COURSE GOALS:
1. Develop an understanding and ability to
utilize scientific thinking.
2. Create an interest in science and how it
applies to the student's world.
3. Provide an in depth beginning knowledge of
chemistry
4. Development of each individuals self esteem
and an awareness of their importance to society.
5. Develop an appreciation of the need and
importance of education and learning.
6. Help to develop basic skills and habits for
success.
FEES: $15.00
MATERIALS: Each student needs to bring the textbook, a
notebook, a pencil, and any requested material to class each day.
ATTENDANCE AND
TARDIES: The school attendance policy
will be followed. Ten activity points will be given each day for attendance in
class. The total of these points will be
20% of the student's 9 weeks grade. Each
tardy will reduce the students activity points for that day by 5 points. Excused absences reduce the activity points
to zero for that day. If students are
required to attend ARC to remove a no credit, their participation points will
be restored for those absences or tardies requiring attendance restoration
class.
CLASS
ACTIVITIES: The classroom will be designed
with a variety of activities. Activities
will consist of large and small group discussions. There will be many lab and
hands-on activities.. Exposure to the
outside world through field trips, short excursions, and community resource
people will be designed around course objectives and will be used to direct
class activities necessary to meet those objectives. Homework will be assigned on an individual
basis determined by the ability of the student to reach course objectives. Examinations will occur after each unit and
will be designed to measure the student's understanding and ability to
accomplish course objectives.
GRADING PROCEDURE: Quizzes, homework, and class work will be
treated equally with a total of 15% toward the class score. Examinations, papers and major projects will
be treated equally with a total of 65% toward the class score. Activity points will account for the
remaining 20%
You should plan to
spend, on an average, about thirty
minutes on chemistry each night.
Results from class work and quizzes
will be given immediately.
Results from writing assignments
and tests will be given within one week.
Assignments are to be handed in on the date and time due. Late assignments will be reduced one full
grade for each day of lateness. All test can be retaken within a two week
period after the test until an 80% has been reached. However, all work must be completed to
receive a final course grade. In
addition to informing students of individual assignment grades, each student is
informed of their mid-term grade.
Students who are failing or are in danger of failing are again informed
by two weeks after the mid-term.
MAKE-UP WORK: Make-up work for all absences is the
responsibility of the student. Unless
special arrangements are made by student/parent with the teacher, all make-up
work must be completed within 3 school days after the student returns to
school. Quizzes and laboratory class
work will not be able to be made-up.
However, one lab and two quiz grades will be excused. Extenuating circumstances for individual
students will be taken into consideration.
The grading scale
is as follows:
94-100
A 80-83 B-
67-69 D+
90-93
A- 77-79 C+
64-66 D
87-89
B+ 74-76 C
60-63 D-
84-86
B 70-73 C-
59 AND BELOW F
CLASS RULES:
1. Be on time to class and in your seat when the
bell rings.
2. No talking without permission when class
discussion is in progress.
3. During the class period do not leave class
without permission from the teacher and the approved hall pass.
4. No food or drink in the classroom
5. Desks are to be kept clean and unmarked
6. Late students should report to the teacher
immediately upon entering the room and give the admit slip for their tardiness.
7. Anyone caught cheating will receive a zero for
that score.
8. Each student is expected to be aware of and
abide by the material in the current Student Handbook.
ACTIVITY POINTS
AND HANDWRITTEN WORD ASSIGNMENTS FOR CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR:
When one of the
following rules is broken, your name will be recorded and five points will be
removed from your total of 10 activity points for the day. If your name is
recorded three times in one day, you can be asked to leave the room. If you are asked to leave class, your parent
and/or an administrator may be contacted before you are allowed back into
class. You will also have to write a 500
word handwritten essay on a science topic of your choice for course credit. If you are asked to leave, you must remain
outside the door and report to me after class.
If you do not do this, you will be considered un-excused and required to
write a 1000 words for `course credit.
If the problem persists for the following behaviors, you will be asked
to handwrite 100 words on a science topic of your interest in order to receive
a course grade.
1. Not bringing required materials to class.
2. Having to be told to take notes or do other
class activities.
3. Not paying attention in class.
4. Talking without permission during class
discussion
5. Leaving class without permission. (Automatic
500 words)
6. Eating food or drink during class.
7. Marking desks
8. Using cell phones, musical items,
calculators, and other miscellaneous items that distract from class attention.
DISCIPLINE PLAN:
In the event a
student breaks the class rules and/or behaves inappropriately, the student can
expect the following steps to be taken.
1. The student will be cautioned and counseled
pertaining to the problem, the type of changed behavior required, and the
consequences, if the required behavior change does not occur.
2. If the problem continues the parents will be
contacted and appropriate steps to solve the problem will be established.
3. If the problem remains unsolved, the student,
parent and a principal will meet to decide further action.
4. If safety of other students is involved, or
if the student directly challenges the authority of the teacher, it may be
necessary to proceed immediately to step 2, and notify an administrator.
CONTACT OF TEACHER:
I can be contacted
during the regular school day at (225-3120)
AFTER READING THIS
AND DISCUSSING IT WITH YOUR CHILD, PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN.
PARENT/GUARDIAN STUDENT
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