1. We start class right away, so be prepared!!! Be in your seat with materials out BEFORE the bell rings. Please place bags under your table or chair.
2. No talking during PA announcements.
3. No food or drink. Water bottles must be kept in a bag or purse. Gum: if I see it or hear it, you’ll have to toss it away.
4. Raise your hand to ask permission to leave your seat during instruction. During work time, you may leave your seat without permission if you need to sharpen a pencil or get a tissue. Please do this quickly and non-disruptively.

Responsibility

1. All student-handbook rules and policies apply, including the cell-phone policy.
2. Expect to remain in class all hour. Hall passes will be VERY limited (generally, bathroom emergencies only). You must have your student handbook/planner to request a pass.
3. Be on task and productive. When work time is given, work on assigned math work only. Calculators must be used for class activities only—no game playing, etc.
4. Cheating is not tolerated and results in a zero for all people involved.

Respect

1. Show respect for everyone in the classroom, including yourself. In particular, foul language and put downs are NOT tolerated. And a substitute teacher, if we have one, always deserves your best behavior.
2. Show respect for materials in the classroom and the classroom itself. Keep things clean and neat! Push in your chairs, and place trash in the trash can at the end of class.
3. Do not talk while someone else is addressing the class. It is polite to listen and to face the speaker. During work time or group activities, keep voices soft so as not to disrupt other groups.
4. Sleeping/heads down is not allowed.

Consequences

• A formal verbal warning will be given. If the issue still persists, a detention will be issued.

• Detention may be assigned immediately (no warning first).
• The student may be asked the leave the classroom if the problem persists or is disruptive to the learning environment.

• If a student is using a calculator inappropriately, I will confiscate the calculator and assign a detention.
• Students who are late to class (without an excused pass) will be marked tardy on the computer. This results in an office detention. Students who are chronically not in their seats and ready to go when class starts will earn a classroom detention.
• A student who needs a hall pass but does not have his/her planner will be assigned a detention. Remember, students will rarely be allowed to leave the classroom.
• If a student’s name is left by a substitute teacher, two detentions will be assigned.