Each student will receive an incentive sheet with categories about personal responsibility, academic responsibility, and categories for behavior. Please review this sheet for any checks received during each trimester. This sheet will be stapled into the student's assignment notebook.
According to the SCA Handbook, the following policy will be enforced for Academic Dishonesty:
Academic Dishonesty
St. Catherine of Alexandria takes academic integrity seriously. Any student that is deemed to have cheated will receive a consequence, including a zero on the assignment and a detention. Academic dishonesty may be defined as copying answers on an exam or homework assignment, providing answers to a peer, changing answers on an exam after the appropriate time, plagiarism, or accessing answers in an unapproved manner, including the use of an electronic device.
Classroom expectations:
1. Raise your hand to participate, ask questions, get out of your seats, or use the restroom.
2. Listen attentively while your teacher and classmates are speaking.
3. Respect each other's space and belongings.
4. Walk in the classroom.
5. Keep your area clean.
6. Always be kind and try your best.
All classwork, homework, projects, science labs, tests and quizzes will be point based.
For all assignments turned in late, points will be deducted for each day late and a homework check will be given. For each homework assignment, one point will be deducted from the total amount of points earned if the assignment is late. Students have five days to turn in any late work or it is a zero grade.
Information for projects will be posted on the direction sheet as well as on the weblog/Google Classroom. Project grades will receive a higher amount of points being deducted if the project grade is not submitted on time.
Any schoolwork completed in class will be due at the end of the period.
Students will receive a day to make up work each day that they are absent from school. I will have a sheet with the work that the student in my homeroom needs to complete. If a student has been absent for an extended period, I will review information that they would need to complete.
Grades are added to PowerSchool weekly. I will do my best to try and add grades when I have an opportunity.
Extra credit is offered during each trimester.
Grading Scale for SCA:
93-100 = A
85-92 = B
77-84 = C
69-76 = D
68-0 = F
I will be posting announcements and assignments onto Google Classroom in all subjects throughout the school year.
In Social Studies, the students will be learning from the Regions textbook. The students will also be receiving a packet of information for different units covered during the school year.
This school year, the students will be using the Science STEMscopes series.
In each unit, the students will be completing a spelling test and vocabulary test on separate weeks. For each unit, there will be activities completed in class/assigned for homework.
Students are encouraged to email their teachers if they have any questions related to their schoolwork.