COMPUTER
GRAPHICS
CLASSROOM
RULES & Procedures
It is important that we have a working
understanding of how things operate in this room. Being
mindful of the rules and procedures will help you keep the Classwork category
of your grade as high as possible! (Likewise, failure to follow the rules
and procedures will result in loss of Classwork points. "Forgetting"
the rules is not a valid excuse. As young adults, it is your responsibility
to be aware of the rules, and to remember to follow them.)
1. Enter the
classroom wearing your ID properly.
Please remember that it is your responsibility to ask for a temporary
ID from your first period teacher, in the event you arrive without your
regular ID. Beyone period
1, if you arrive without an ID, you will be sent to get one from a designated
area. This will NOT be an excused tardy and WILL result in loss of Classwork
points! Additionally,
students who must be stopped at the door to find, put on, or uncover an
ID will lose Classwork Points.
2. Be
in your assigned seat, ready to work, when the tardy bell rings.
.
3. Begin the warm-up immediately. Check
for instructions for the warm up. They can usually be found in the online
calendar, or projected on the board. In order to earn credit, warm ups
must be accomplished within the first few minutes of class, before the
lesson begins.
4. Do not talk. Hold
all unnecessary talking until after class, or until the teacher indicates
that talking is appropriate for the task. Particularly during the first
FIVE MINUTES of class, while the teacher is taking roll and dealing with
the business of starting class, NO one should be talking. Students who
must be asked to stop talking after the tardy bell will lose Classwork
Points!
5. Do not bring food, drink or liquids of any kind
into the classroom. This includes
cosmetics and lotions. Leave these items on the table provided by the
door. Points will be deducted from the participation grade if drinks or
food is seen."Forgetting" doesn't change this!
6. Handle the computers with care!!!
Do not bump or jar the computer or touch the monitor screen with your
fingers.). Also, be careful that you place the keyboard & mouse out
of harms way when you are not using it.
7. Adhere to the Code of Conduct & The Roosevelt
Way: Respect, Responsibility, Integrity & Kindness!
In the real world, if you are polite
and patient you have a much better chance of getting whatever you
want. That works here, too!
8. Move carefully in the classroom! We
have delicate equipment and many stools, cords, etc.
9. Personal electronic devices must be off and
out of sight! If you are
asked to put away an electronic device, assume that points have been deducted
from your Classwork grade!).
10. Back up your work weekly! This
is a requirement! Don't be caught short! Hard drives crash, and it is
your responsibility to be sure all your work is protected! EVERY YEAR...somebody
get's caught unprepared! Don't let it be you!
CLASSROOM
PROCEDURES:
Classroom
procedures are just as important as rules.
PART
I: ABSENCES & MAKE UP WORK:
If you are absent, it is your responsibility to make up the work.
It is my responsibility to make sure the work is provided to you. Most
often, this will occur via the class website, where assignments are kept
on the daily calendar. Remember that according to the county policy, you
have exactly as many days as you were out to make up the work.
Time in the Graphics Lab must also be made up following an absence. While
Graphics Lab time is technically expected to be made up within the time
allowed by the policy, I am open to some flexibility. We will work together
to find a time when you can come in. See me, promply after an absence,
to schedule a time the day that works for both of us. (Note: In most cases,
I would expect that 1/2 a period is enough time to make up the work or
practice time missed. Consider coming in the second half of your lunch
time. It's OK to bring your lunch with you! I'm also here, most days until
4:00 pm for make up work.)
TRUANCY:
Students who have an unauthorized absence for a day, portion of a day,
or individual class, is considered truant. All
Classwork points are lost for that day, and any work due that day will
not be accepted. Remember that the
only person who can excuse you from this class is your teacher,
your administrator or your guidance counselor. I expect that you
will be in class every day, not making up tests, finishing work for other
classes, etc. If you are not in class and do not have a documented, state
approved reason, you can expect to lose all points for the day, and any
assignments due that day. (Note: I am not usually unreasonable. If you
are a student in good standing, and have a need to be somewhere else in
the building, please check with me first!
Chances are good that I will say "yes"!)
OTHER THINGS YOU NEED
TO KNOW:
1.Late work is not
acceptable, and will not be graded. Turn in homework and classswork assignments
on time.
2. BACK UP YOUR WORK!!! It is your responsibility to back up your work,
either by using a flash drive, or by coming after school to burn a CD/DVD.
Hard drives fail! Don’t risk all your work by not following the
required procedure to back up each week! Any ungraded
work must be redone if work is lost due to not being backed up! (It happens
to some unlucky person every year!!!)
2. WET STUFF: Leave wet umbrellas and coats over on the side of the classroom.
Feel free to hang them on a chair...but NOT on the large tables.
3. CAREFUL OF ARTWORK! Be mindful of artwork laid out on the student tables!
It takes time and money to print...and injury can occur from moving items
or stacking things on top of artwork. Don’t do it! Be respectful
of other peoples work and handle it with care! Check with your teacher
for help.
4. Remember that it is the teacher’s job to answer the door. It’s
a big room. If Ms. Cunningham doesn't’t hear the knock, please call
her attention to it. Do NOT answer the door.
5.Do not borrow from my desk, or anywhere in the room, without asking.
You MAY use items on the Student Work tables. We always have tissue and
hand sanitizer for your use on the table by the door. Feel free to use
them!
6. If you are illegally tardy, sign the tardy log. Write neatly, and place
the date and time in the area provided. You might want to note why you
are late. I will take this into consideration, when determining how many
Classwork points to charge you. Failure to sign in may result in an unexcused
absence!
7. HALL PASSES: In general, I do not give out hall passes, unless it is
an emergency. Don’t plan to have too many (emergencies). Use your
class change time for personal business. If you have a medical reason
that necessitates having to leave the room often, please see me. We
will arrange to have a medical note on file, with the nurse, so that you
can leave anytime you feel it is necessary. Passes will not be issued
to go to your locker or take care of personal business.
8. Do not use the back door to enter or leave the classroom at any time.
It is open strictly for ventilation and will be closed permanently if
this becomes an issue.
9. If you bring balloons to class, secure them somewhere away from the
computers, as you come in. Static electricity is the enemy of computers!
10. TLC...Let me know if you need TLC today....We
all have those days!
PART
II: Notes, Yellow Slips, ID’s, etc.
IF YOU ARE ABSENT, follow these steps:
1. Upon returning, put your note (Period 1) or yellow slip in
the tray attached to my desk. Please pick it up on your way out.
2. Go online to the class website and check the calendar for that days
you missed.
3. Check the HANDOUTS webpage and the ARCHIVE DOCS if you've missed any
handouts.
4. See me after school or during the second half of my planning
period to get any information you may have missed. (Per
5. Come to the Graphics Lab for make up time. Because this is a skills
based class, you are expected to make up time and practice. This is how
you recover the classwork points lost when you are absent.
Most days, the Graphics Lab is open after school for 45 minutes most days.
Please let me know you are coming, so that I won't lock up and
go home!
PERIOD
1: NOTES
FOR ABSENCES should be presented first thing in the morning,
as we are taking care of attendance. Please realize that no matter what
I think, or how "legitimate" I think your absence may seem to
me....I must write your note in accordance with state law! Therefore,
your note must be written with one of the state approved reasons for being
absent. Please see the list below!
STATE
APPROVED ABSENCES
- personal illness
- court summons (MUST
INCLUDE PAPERWORK)
- state, local or
national emergency
- mental illness
- violent storm
- death in the family
- observance of religious
holiday
- lack of authorized
transportation
Listed below are items
that are NOT excused:.
- family problems
- personal problems
- weddings
- travel/family vacations
- babysitting
IN
THE EVENT YOU WISH TO TAKE A DAY FOR A COLLEGE VISIT,
PLEASE PLAN THIS IN ADVANCE. SEE MR. HORN FOR THE PAPERWORK THAT MUST
BE DONE PRIOR TO LEAVING, IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE AN "EXCUSED"
ABSENCE!
Need a Temporary ID?
PERIOD
ONE:
It’s your responsibility to let me know you need an ID if I don’t
catch it! Bring it to my attention after Warm Up.
BUS SLIPS
for late legal arrivals must have your name, and the stamped time and
date. Please staple them on the BACK of today's tardy log page. Be sure
it does not overlap the edges of the book, or keep me from being able
to read another slip.
PERIODS
2-7:
Please place your yellow slip in the tray provided on my desk marked "NOTES".
It is your responsibility to pick it up on the
way out of class.
PERIOD
8: Please
place your yellow slip in the tray provided on my desk marked "NOTES".
It will not
be returned to you.
OTHER STUFF FOR ME TO SIGN: Progress
reports, sports reports, field trip forms, or any other kind of form I
need to read and sign also go in the designated tray. It’s your
job to pick them up at the end of class. Please be responsible for getting
these forms to me on time. DO NOT interrupt other classes with these items.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT Sports, Field
Trips, and other school approved activities:
Many times students are part of a planned school event,
field trip, SGA event, Cheerleader activity or sports/team event. These
are considered excused, however, if you have homework due that day YOU
MUST TURN IT IN prior to leaving or participating in the event
in order to receive credit. This means, if you have a baseball game during
your afternoon class, your homework is still due that day! If you reported
to the building for any reason you are responsible for handing in any
work due that day! Follow the procedure above to see what you missed.
An example:
You play tennis. You will be missing 7th period Computer Graphics due
to a tennis match. There is a journal (homework) assignment due that day.
You must turn in the journal (homework) assignment prior to leaving, in
order to receive credit. You may bring it buy between classes, before
school, or send it with a buddy (realizing that if the buddy doesn't follow
thru, it will be your responsibility!) Late assignments are not accepted,
so you will receive a failing grade if you turn it in the next school
day.
HOMEWORK
and Sketchbook/JOURNALS
Homework is DUE at the beginning of the period. Turn homework in to
the designated tray as you enter the classroom, on your way to your
seat. This tray will disappear shortly after the tardy bell rings.
Homework submitted after this time will not be graded. Homework left
anywhere else, including my desk, will be not graded. Late homework
will not be accepted. ( Note: A green pass does NOT guarantee that I
will accept the late homework or journal assignment. I will
use my own discretion as to whether this is an acceptable late arrival...or
a ruse!)
About Journals:
Each week, you will receive a journal/sketchbook assignment. The due
date is the following day, unless otherwise announced. Journal/sketchbook
assignments are an OVERNIGHT assignment.
(I may however, choose to have you bring them in on another day so that
we can look at them together. This is called a class critique.) Students
are expected to have the journal finished and ready to evaluate the
day after the assignment is given. Also, be aware that any day you are
in school you must make arrangements for your journal to be turned in
on time. Sports events, trips to the nurse, SGA activities and other
school activities do not keep homework from being due! (If you are too
ill to make it to class and must report to the nurses office, please
ask the nurse to send her student aide to me with your homework.)
TESTING
ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY:
ALL WORK TO BE GRADED is included in the Integrity Policy.
Violation of any part of the Integrity Policy will result in a zero
on the assignment or test. Refer to your Integrity Policy for details.
Students will be required to sign (or write) the Integrity Policy prior
to any test.
This will include a statement that they did not "give or receive
help in any form".
In this class,
you are expected to do your own work.. Here is a partial list of some
of the things that will be considered cheating: (1) Sharing
of work, (2) doing work for someone else to turn in, (3) sharing and/or
copying any information such as test answers, homework, classwork or
warmups,
(4) turning in work, projects or papers that have previously been turned
in to another class for grading or credit,
(5) using electronic devices (phones, computers, etc.) to get information
during a test or graded activity (except where allowed), etc.
These and other violations will result in a zero for both parties. It
may also result in further disciplinary action.
Infractions will be reported to advisers of any team, organization,
sport or honors organizations to which the student belongs or participates
in.
And it’s OK to say NO. If someone asks to view your classwork
or homework for the purpose of copying, just say no. Tell the other
student you will not jeopardize your grade, or your academic integrity
standing for anyone. Remember that a real friend would’t ask!
See me privately if you have any problems with this issue!
TEN RULES FOR TEST TAKING:
During a test, quiz or exam the following rules will
be in effect. Failure to follow the rules will result in a zero. There
are no “second chances”!
1. Come to class prepared with BOTH pencil and pen.
Many tests will be scantron, necessitating a pencil. It is your responsibility
to come ready for the test. Scantrons taken in pen will not be scored,
and a zero will result.
2. Do not talk, speak aloud, use sign language or communicate
in any way.
3. Eyes must be kept strictly on your desk, your test
and/or your computer screen. Looking at your neighbor or his/her work
is considered a form of communication.
4. All materials except writing utensils must be put
away during the test and not touched until the test is over. During
a test or quiz, unless it it clearly written on the test, no notes,
notebooks or any other written or digital
information may be used. Do not get into notebooks, bookbags, purses,
cell phones, etc., during the test.
Computers must be logged off unless otherwise instructed.
5. Electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, etc.) may
not be on or visible during the exam.
6. If you have a question, raise your hand and wait
patiently for the teacher to come to you. Do not leave your seat or
speak out.
7. When you are finished, raise your hand and wait
patiently for your test to be collected. Remain seated and quiet until
the test is over.Do not raise your hand unless it is an emergency. Do
not ask for a pass.
8. Students are to remain seated for the entire period,
or until Ms. Cunningham has verbally indicated that the test is over
and that students are free to move around. STAY SEATED!
9. When the test is completed, you will know it is
over because Ms. Cunningham will say:
“Everyone has completed the test and you are now free to move
around and speak”.
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GRADING
POLICY
(as prescribed by the Board of Education)