Homework: Students can expect homework 3 or 4 times a week. Homework is due on the day stated. Any homework handed in after the due date is late. The only excuse for late homework is an excused absence. At the beginning of each class, completed homework will be stamped. It will remain in your notebook. When tallies are annouced (see below), stamped homework will receive full credit. Unstamped homework will receive half credit. Therefore, if you do not complete the homework on time, do it anyways and receive half credit when the notebooks are collected.

Tallies: At the end of every unit, a tally with take place. Tally day will be annouced at least 3 days in advance and a tally sheet will be distributed. On tally day you must bring the tally sheet plus any homework. If you forget to bring the material, you will still receive credit but you will lose at least 20 points credit.

Absences: If you are absent, it is your responsibility to make up any work due including copying the Q of the Day and agenda for each day missed from a classmate. For other work due, you should:

• Check if a homework packet was distributed;
• Phone a classmate and find out what you missed on the days you were absent.
• If the homework was based upon a lab you missed, contact a classmate and use their data for your assignment. Indicate whose data you used.
• See a classmate and copy their lecture notes.
• If a test was given while the student was absent the student will be required to take the test as soon after their return at a time selected by the teacher.

If the absence was unexcused, no work will be accepted and the student will receive a zero for the assignment.

Classroom rules:
1. If the bell rings and you are not in your seat, you are tardy.
2. Follow directions the first time. Do not start any project until I say so.
3. Do not touch anything that does not belong to you without permission.
4. No food, gum or drinks are allowed in class.
5. Do not talk when the teacher or another student is speaking to the class.
6. Work quietly and efficiently when working in groups or pair. Speak softly. If a group or pair is not working, each member will lose points from the assignment. Ask a partner or group member for help before asking the teacher.
7. When answering or asking a questions or commenting during a discussion, raise your hand and wait until called upon.
8. You will be given only 2 hall passes per semester. Any additional hall passes may be purchased with a 15 minute after school detention.

Consequences:
1. A verbal warning. This is my way of alerting you to assess your inappropriate behavior. A warning to any one is a warning to all.
2. We have a conversation. You and I talk after school for 15 minutes. If I think it is necessary, a parent contact will be made.
3. Referral: At this point you will be given a referral. I reserve the right to skip any of these steps and write an immediate referral for any action I consider a serious breach of classroom behavior including any violent, illegal or rude action.

Cheating: Cheating is not tolerated in any form. Cheating consists of copying someone else's homework, lab reports, tests answers or anyone helping some one else cheat. Anyone caught cheating will receive a zero on the assignment or test, a referrel and a parent contact will be made.

Grading: Grades are determined as follows: 55% quizzes & Tests (including Final) 20% Homework & Tallies 25% Labs, reports and special projects Grades and scores will be posted(anonymously) on a regular basis. Any student whose grade falls to a C- or below will receive a NOF (Notice of Failure). Grades are computed as follows:

Labs: Lab work is a privilege, not a right. Any student caught abusing that privilege by mistreating the equipment, not following instructions or engaging in activities that endanger themselves or others will lose their lab privileges. They will be assigned alternative assignments until such time as the teacher feels they have earned their lab privileges back. Students will be responsible to pay for any lab equipment (especially the glass items) they break because of negligence, inattention or failure to follow instructions.

Extra Credit: Occassionally there may be an extra credit assignment. Also, an extra credit or bonus problem or question may be included in a test. A student may raise their grade with good class participation by as much one third of a letter grade.

Office Hours: I am here to teach. I chose to be a teacher. If you do not understand something, please see me after school or arrange to meet me during lunch.

Contacting the teacher: The teacher maybe contacted by dialing 657-3600 x 3655 and leaving a message or by e-mail at jfendell@fremont.k12.ca.us.

Basic Rule: You are responsible for your actions. I will treat you like young adults, with emphasis on the word "adult". Act like one.