Mrs. Karen Jones
Humanities - Room G5
Phone: 949-936-6558
Fax: 949-936-6509
Email: kjones@iusd.k12.ca.us
September 4, 2008
Dear Parents and Students:
Welcome to the beginning of an exciting new school year. I am pleased that you are a part of my class this year and I hope that this year is challenging, fun, and intellectually stimulating. In order to make this year a productive one, there are a few requirements for this class that you must be aware of. Please review this information together and call, write a note, or email me if you have any questions or comments. Also, please sign on the space provided below, return that portion of this letter to me tomorrow, and keep the remainder as a reference.
CLASSROOM RULES
1. Be in the classroom and in your seat when the bell rings with homework and appropriate materials out on your desk.
2. Follow directions the first time they are given.
3. Come to class with homework, textbooks, workbooks, pen, pencil, journal and any other required materials everyday (check the website if you aren’t sure what is required on a specific day).
4. Stay on task without disturbing or distracting others.
5. Raise your hand to speak when the teacher is teaching. When given permission to speak, use an appropriate, “indoor” voice.
6. Enter and exit the room quietly.
CONSEQUENCES
If you do not follow the classroom rules you will face these consequences:
First Time: A verbal warning
Second Time: Write 2 standards paragraphs(can be found under imp. docs on my webpage)
Third Time: Write 3 standards paragraphs and return with
a parent signature.
Fourth Time: Write 3 standards paragraphs and teacher contacts parent.
Fifth Time: See Mr. Bowman
The standards paragraph:
I know that in order to achieve my goals, I must
________________
_____________________________. Furthermore, as
I am a motivated and intelligent student, I will attempt to the best of my
ability from this point on to never again stray from the task at hand, but
always to work on following the instructions given by my teacher. (Write this
paragraph 2/3 times, staple it to this page, and do not have/have your parent sign it on the line below.)
Student
Name:________________ Parent Signature:________________
***If a
student does not complete homework or classwork, they
might also be required to stay in for snack and/or the last 20 minutes of lunch
until their work is complete.
CLASSROOM PRIVILEDGES, REWARDS & POLICIES
When
work is being collected, if it isn’t out to be turned in when it is being
collected, it will be considered late and receive up to a 10% deduction in
grade. No late work will be accepted after it is a week late. Assignments that are more than a week late
will be given a 0.
There
is no extra credit in my class.
3. During class time students are expected to stay in the room. They should use the restroom and have gone to their lockers before or after class. If an emergency arises, they may be required to make up the missed class time during snack or at the end of lunch.
4. Students may have water bottles in class. Except for special occasions, all other food, candy, gum, and drinks should be consumed outside of the classroom.
5. Students will only be given one copy of each assignment. If the assignment is lost or destroyed, they are responsible for regenerating that assignment sheet themselves. I make every attempt to put all paper assignments on my web page, but that is a courtesy. If a student losses or damages an assignment regenerating it is their responsibility.
Students and parents can check my
web page for assignments and due dates. Please check the web page
frequently to see changes in assignment due dates.
My web page address is: http://ranchoms.org/kjones/kjones.htm.
Students
may at times be expected to email assignments. If you need to send me information or
correspondence send it to kjones@iusd.com, all assignments should be sent to the following
address depending upon the period they have humanities:
Period ½ - jonesperiod1@cox.net
Period 3
- jonesperiod3@cox.net
Period
5/6 – jonesperiod5@cox.net
Students
will be given a test on the following information. Please review this with them. They can earn points if they go through the
web page with a parent to check on features and resources.
If you reviewed the web page with your child, sign here ____________________________________________________________.
Thank you for your attention to this,
Karen Jones Scott Bowman
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We have read the guidelines and policies information letter:
Student Name: _______________________________________ Student’s Email: __________________________________________
Student Signature: ____________________________________ Father’s Email: ___________________________________________
Parent Signature: ______________________________________ Mother’s Email: __________________________________________
Date: _____________________________________________