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Student Resources
In the math department, we expect students to take an active role in their learning and not to rely only on teacher lectures. There are several resources available to our students: the textbook, study guidebook, collaboration with other students, other math textbooks, the Internet, and teacher and tutorial assistance.
Make-Up Work
Only in the case of an excused absence will late work be accepted. If you have an excused absence, you have as many days as you are absent to make up assignments upon your return (for example, if you are absent for three days, you have three extra days to turn in all your make-up work).
Any student who has an excused absence on the day of a quiz must make up the quiz on the following Wednesday at lunch. Any student with an unexcused absence will not be allowed to make up the quiz. It is the responsibility of the student to see me for make up quizzes.
There will be no test make-ups for any absences (excused absences are no exception*).
A Benchmark test will be given at approximately every six weeks. If a student misses a test, a grade of zero will remain in the grade book until the six-week Benchmark test has been taken. A student may replace one missing test score with the score from the benchmark test during that grading period. When a student misses more than one test during a six-week period, one only will be replaced by the Benchmark test. The others will remain a zero.
There is no make-up for group activities or discussions. Whether or not your absence is excused, you will not receive participation points for that day.
Note: For serious, medically verified, illnesses special accommodations will can bemade for missed class tests or Benchmark tests only. Athletes with game conflicts must make prior arrangements for an alternate exam time for both unit tests and Benchmark tests.
NOTE: Avoiding missing work is vital to securing the grade you desire! Missing work is the number one reason for receiving poor grades. (Remember that your grade can drop with the blink of an eye. However, it takes a long time to bring it up again.)
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