Parents/Guardians:  Please note that sections 1, 2, and 3 are identical for all disclosure statements at South Jordan Middle School.

 1.  School-wide Rules / Citizenship Guidelines:

 

Snow Leopards on the P.R.O.W.L.

	H Honors	S Satisfactory	N Needs Improvement	U* Unsatisfactory
Prepared	Always comes to class with necessary books and materials	Generally comes to class with necessary books and materials	Has to be reminded frequently to bring necessary books and materials	Rarely comes to class with necessary books and materials
Respectful	Follows class rules without being reminded	Generally follows Class rules	Has to be reminded frequently about class rules	Does not follow class rules
On Time	0 – 1 Tardy	2 Tardies	3 – 4 Tardies	5 or more Tardies or a Sluff
Winning Attitude	Always strives to do his/her best	Generally strives to do his/her best	Has to be reminded to stay on task	Rarely puts forth his/her best effort
Listens and Learns	Pays attention and actively participates in classroom discussion	Pays attention and talks when appropriate	Talks and does not pay attention to what is supposed to be done in class	Continually interrupts and talks during class

 

Students will begin each quarter with 100 citizenship/behavior points.  Points will be reduced for violation of the school-wide rules based on the rubric guidelines.  Lost citizenship may be regained by consistent, appropriate behavior and/or by a contract with the teacher.  The final citizenship grade will be determined according to the following scale:

Honor            90-100%     Satisfactory 70-89%     Needs Improvement 50-69%            Unsatisfactory 0-49%

 

            Rewards                                                            Consequences

Points                                                                      Warning

            Praise                                                                       Point loss

            Parents notified                                                        Conference with teacher

            Class reward                                                            Parent notified or after-                                                                                                     school detention

            Personal Recognition                                               Referral to administration

            H in Citizenship

 

*Cheating and plagiarism may result in an automatic U.

2.  School-wide Grading Policy:  

1. All classes will use the point system.  Assignments, tests, quizzes, and projects will be assigned points.  Parents, please check Powerschool regularly.  Grades will be updated regularly, at a minimum of once per week.

      School-wide Grading Scale:

All teachers will utilize the following school wide grading scale for assignments, projects, tests, and final grades.  Individual teachers may weight grading categories differently. 

           A  100%-94%  A- 93%-90%  B+ 89%-87%  B 86%-84%  B- 83%-80%  C+ 79%-77%

           C 76%-74%    C- 73% 70%   D+ 69%-67%  D 66%-64%  D- 63%-60%  F 59%-below

  3.  School-wide Make-up Work Policy:

1.  If a student is absent, it is his or her responsibility to find out the work that was missed.

2.  For each day that a student is absent, the same number of days will be given to catch up on missed assignments, make up an exam, or meet assignment deadlines.

3.  Students who sluff will receive a “0” on all assignments, quizzes, and/or tests that are missed as a result of their sluff.

4. Additional grading policies

1. Assignments are due at the beginning of the period.

2. Students who are caught cheating will receive a zero.

3. Students are expected to actively participate in class. A reduction of participation points may result from having a bad attitude, arguing, yelling across the classroom, talking without permission, being disrespectful, not sitting in assigned seat, not working, not being on task, chewing gum, having food in class, and not prepared with supplies. 

5. Late Work Policy:

1. Students will be issued 3 class passes every quarter that can be used as a hall pass or late assignment pass.  Each pass may be used to receive earned credit within 5 school days. The only exception to this policy would be with a quarter project.

2. All other late work will receive half of your earned credit.           

3. There will be two cut-off dates for turning in late work. Each quarter, the first deadline will be the Friday of midterms and the second will be the last day of the quarter as defined by the teacher.

 6. Miscellaneous items:

1. Come prepared every day with a writing utensil and paper.

2. I am available for tutoring Wednesday mornings from 7:00-7:40 by appointment

3. Students may earn extra credit each quarter by watching a movie or reading a book from the approved list.