Team 842 Team Expectations

August 2012

Dear Parents and Guardians:

Welcome to Mountain Ridge Middle School. We are eager to share many rewarding and fun-filled activities with you and your child. At this time we would like to inform you of some of our team policies, which will help ensure a safe, positive, and productive learning environment throughout the year.

1. Honesty is always the best policy. We will set our standards high when it comes to students being honest. Academic dishonesty, which includes cheating, copying answers on assignments, and sharing test information, will not be tolerated and consequences will be given.

2. Students will exhibit courtesy and respect towards others and themselves.

3. Students are expected to be in their seats and ready when class time begins. Two tardies per class will be excused each quarter. The next tardy will result in a detention.

4. Students should come to each class with appropriate class materials including homework, books, notebooks, writing instruments, and calculators.

5. All textbooks must be covered throughout the year.

6. Team teachers emphasize spelling, penmanship, and neatness on all assignments.

7. Personal grooming should take place outside of class.

8. Students should use restrooms, drinking fountains, and pencil sharpeners before class begins. Students may not go to their lockers during class.

9. Student grades and homework may be accessed at any time by using our intranet online. Students are encouraged to check their grades using Infinite Campus at least twice a month. You can access Infinite Campus from our school website or from our district website: www.asd20.org. The team will do a formal grade check at mid-quarter.

10. Homework assignments are given by all academic teachers on a regular basis. It is the team’s feeling and part of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme curriculum that homework and good study habits are an integral part of a student’s education.

11. Due to new MRMS procedures, late student work will receive no more than 10% off. For our team, late points will be tallied in the “Life Skills” section of each teacher’s gradebook.

12. According to MRMS procedures, if a student has late or incomplete work, they will be expected to stay after school the following day for ASH (After School Help). Please make arrangements to have your student picked up at 4:30 pm.

13. All of the teachers will maintain high expectations and will emphasize organizational skills and use of a planner. Planners will be checked on a regular basis and may have a grade attached.

14. When a visiting teacher (substitute) is in a classroom, the students are to follow the visiting teacher’s rule; always treat a visiting teacher as a guest. If a visiting teacher finds it necessary to report disruptive behavior to the office or to the regular classroom teacher, all offenses will be investigated and dealt with immediately.

15. Anytime school is missed it is the student’s responsibility to get and turn in make-up work. After being absent, on the day the student returns, he/she must check with all teachers whether that class block meets Team 842 Team Expectations that day or not. Remember that absences due to school activities should be treated as pre-arranged absences. In other words, a student who is on a field trip in or out of school is responsible for all work as if they were in class that day.

We feel that success in school depends on a shared responsibility between home and school and therefore, would appreciate your help in emphasizing our team rules and those in the student planner. Please acknowledge these expectations by signing the sheet below. Feel free to include any comments you might have.

You may reach us at school between 7:45 and 8:30 at 234-3200. Email is the best way to reach us. When e-mailing us please put your student’s name in the subject line. Our team website can be found at http://mrms842.pbworks.com and is the best place to find team announcements, academic calendars, and assignments.

New for this year--both Math and Enrichment classes may be off-team; that is, your child may have a teacher different from the 842 team teachers. When contacting your child's teachers, please be sure to include any possible off-team teachers. We will discuss more of the off-team possibilities at Back-to- School night.

Thank you for your support!

Lindsey Hicks Eric Nielsen Humanities and Language A Language A

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Jean Hagerman Regina Miller Science and Humanities Math [email protected] [email protected]

Language Arts Novel Requirements To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee will be read by all students in the Springs. One of the following books will be read by your student in the fall: Fahrenheight 451 by Ray Bradbury or The Giver by Lois Lowry

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Movie Permission Below is a list of movies, their ratings and the class/curricular units to which they correspond. We show one or two movies per quarter, so not all movies on the list will be used. If there are any movies you do not want your child to watch, please write the name of that movie on the bottom of the front signature page. If you have any questions, please contact the team leader.

Movie Rating Class-Unit Freedom Song PG Humanities Jeremiah Johnson PG Humanities Mighty Times unrated Humanities Rabbit Proof Fence PG Humanities Tucker: Man and His Dream PG Humanities 12 Angry Men Not Rated Humanities 1776 PG Humanities Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee PG Humanities Disney’s Pocahontas G Humanities National Treasure (1 or 2) PG Humanities/Character Ed Night at the Museum (1 or 2) PG Humanities/Character Ed Murder on the Orient Express PG Humanities/Language Arts Stand and Deliver PG Humanities/Language Arts Glory PG Version Humanities-Civil War The Truman Show PG Language Arts To Kill A Mockingbird Not Rated Language Arts Hoodwinked PG Language Arts The Giver PG Language Arts Scottsboro Trial Not Rated Language Arts District Approved Math Videos Not Rated Math The Rookie/The Sandlot/Rookie of the Year PG Math Day Angels in the Outfield G Math Day October Sky PG Science Remember the Titans PG Science Second Hand Lions PG Science Disney’s UP PG Science The Incredibles PG Science National Geographic, Nova, Imax, Discovery Not Rated Science Apollo 13 PG Science/Aerospace Week Disney’s WALL-E G Science-Earth Day Team 842 Team Expectations

Your signature indicates that you have read the above sections of the attached material. It also indicates that your child may watch any movie listed in the movie permission section and read the Language Arts novel selections. If you do not wish for your child to watch a movie or read any of the novels, please note that at the end of the paper.

Student Name (Print)______

Student Signature ______Team 842 Team Expectations

Parent Signature______

Parent Email address______

Does your child have internet access at home? YES NO

Please note any movies or novel preferences which your child may NOT watch or read.

Best way for us to contact you (phone, email):

DUE AUGUST 23/ 24, 2011 IN YOUR STUDENT’S HUMANITIES CLASS