TEXTBOOK: Stregthening Family and Self, Leona Johnson

Instructor: Karen Weaver

Email: [email protected] Phone: (662) 536-3612 ext. 352 School website: http://dch.desotocountyschools.org/ TEXTBOOK: Stregthening Family and Self, Leona Johnson Goodheart-Willcox 6th edition ______

This class will include discussion and study of sensitive subjects of which you should be aware of , but are not limited to: character development, puberty, dating and marriage, teen pregnancy, STDs, reproduction, and family crisis such as child abuse. In past years, the Ready-or Not Tot babies have been used to teach the students responsibility. This year we will be replacing the babies with a different project that will be announced in class later in the nine weeks. If you feel a subject we are covering in class is too sensitive and would like you child to have an alternative assignment, please let me know. For example, when we cover “Crises in the Family” and you feel this is too sensitive for your child because a death in the family, please contact me. I will need at least 3 days advance notice in order to make the assignment and receive approval for your child to go to the library on the day of the assignment. The following movies could be showing in class. Please let me know if You have any questions or concerns about your student viewing these as they Pertain to the lessons we will be covering: Sex Still has a Price Tag, Teen Pregnancy: Real Stories Real Life, Battling Eating Disorders, Confessions Of a Shopaholic, Dying to be Thin, Father of the Bride, On Golden Pond, My Girl, and The Blind Side.

GRADING SCALE:

Tests / Projects / Labs = 50%

Homework / Daily work = 30%

9 weeks test = 20% Make-up work:

If students are absent from class, they should see me only before or after class. Make-up work is the student’s responsibility. Please refer to the DCS Board policy as to how make-up work should be handled

Classroom Rules and Procedures:

1. NO FOOD OR DRINKS OR CANDY IN THIS CLASSROOM!!!! Automatic WRITE OFF 1st time and 2nd time is an automatic WRITE UP!

2. There will be seating assignments in this class.

3. Be in the room and in your seat when the bell rings. I will give you a tardy if you aren’t.

4. Bell work will always be on the board waiting for you.

5. Do not leave backpacks out in the aisle.

6. Cell phones will be safe in my HONESTY BOX. It is there to protect you and keep you out of trouble during class. USE IT!!!!

7. You will have 2 bathroom passes during the 9 weeks. After they have been used, you will not be able to go to the bathroom. Please go the bathroom before you get to my class.

8. You will not leave my class to go to your locker.

9. No sleeping or putting your head down. If you feel bad, you will go to the nurse.

10. Ms. Weaver manages the dismissal time – not the BELL. Do not pack up your stuff/backpack to leave class until I tell you that you are dismissed or that you may pack up.

11. Always bring your student planner with you to class to serve as a hall pass.

Consequences for not following the rules:

 First – verbal warning  Second – write off  Third – call home to your parents  Fourth – write up referral or send you to the office ***If it is severe, I will go directly to the fourth consequence.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES:

1. Fire – all students will exit the door by walking calmly as a group down C-hall towards the Performing Arts Center and to the student parking lot. All students will stay together and will be accounted for by the teacher once they reach the parking lot.

2. Tornado – all students will exit the door to C-hall and sit on the floor against the lockers. 3. Lockdown – all students will sit in the area by the white boards closest to the hallways. The lights will be cut off and the doors locked. Students will remain seated quietly until further notice is given.