Grade Policy
Grades will be based on tests, quizzes, homework,
attendance,participation and a semester exam. Grades will
be based on the percentage of total points accumulated
using the following scale:
A = 90-100% B+ = 85-89% B = 80-84% C+ = 75-79%
C = 70-74% D+ = 65-69% D = 60-64% F = 0-60%
• Homework - If all formative homework is turned in on time, you will be able to add 5% to your final grade, for every assignment that is missing, I will deduct 1%.
•Attendance is very important! We will follow the
Southwest attendance policy. If you come to class late,
make sure you come with a signed pass.
•You will not be allowed to go back for a pass.
•All students are expected to be attentive and polite.
Appropriate language is also expected of all students.
•Makeup work is the responsibility of the individual
student. You will generally be given the same number of
days to make up an assignment as days that you missed
•Academic dishonesty is not tolerated! Students are
responsible for completing their own work. Any violation of
this rule will result in a zero for the work.Students are
expected to bring required items to class daily.
Be sure that you bring the following to class EACH and
EVERY day: a pen, a #2 pencil, your text(s) and your
notebook.
• Remember - you have a limited number of hall passes
available to you each day. Don't waste them!If you need to
leave the classroom, you will need a pass. Please do not
request passes unless absolutely necessary.
Cheating/Plagiarism Policy
Academic Integrity is a set of attitudes and a pattern of
actions that describe how students learn. Students at
Southwest are expected to learn and demonstrate academic
integrity in all their classes and learning in preparation
for post high school education and career
development. Students who learn with academic
integrity:
• put
forth their best effort in preparation for all assignments
and class activities;
•
turn in work that represents their own best and original
thinking;
•
credit the words and ideas of others and cite the sources
appropriately;
• do
not turn in work that has been copied or downloaded from
the Internet
without crediting the source;
•
respect the counsel of teachers who make suggestions for
improvements;
• do
not take short-cuts in learning that infringe on the rights
of others or
violate their intellectual property rights;
•
resist the temptation to cheat;
•
expect their peers to uphold these same standards of
academic integrity;
• do
not give or receive aid on tests or assignments that
results in credit with
no learning.
Students, in Social Studies classes, who violate
any of the standards of the LSW Academic Integrity
statement, will be subject to one or more of the following
consequences at the discretion of the teacher:
•
informing the student they appear to be cheating, and to
adjust their behavior;
• a
grade of 0 for that assignment/quiz/project/test;
• if
a student copies someone's assignment or test, both will be
given zeros;
•
documentation of the incident may be sent to your
parents/guardians, department chair, your counselor, and/or
a building administrator;
•
being required to do a different assignment, test, project
for partial credit.
• a
minimum deduction of 5% from the final course grade;
• no
acceptance of extra credit points;
•
documentation of why you should not be considered for
National Honor Society
supplied to the Committee at the appropriate time or a
request that you be
removed from National Honor Society.