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  School CLOSINGS during the 1st Marking Period will be:

Monday, September 5th - Labor Day

Monday, September 28th - Yom Kippur

Friday, October 16th - Teacher Furlough Day

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>>A-Day  Monday - 8/24/09  (DUE: Wednesday, August 26th)

HW_Day 01:     Get Course Syllabus Signed by Parent/Guardian

Get Batteries - One set of (2) AA & One set of (4) AAA batteries (within 1-week, if student expects to borrow classroom set of calculators & senteos)

Get Loose-leaf/3-ring binder, Two #2 pencils, Graph Paper & Ruler

NOTE:  Students unable to purchase necessary supplies must see teacher and/or guidance counselor for assistance.

>> B-day, Tuesday - 8/25/09  (DUE: Thursday, August 27th)

MATERIALS  REQUIRED:

          Algebra II Textbook(Publisher: McDougal-Littell)

           TI-83or TI-84 Graphing Calculator

           Loose-leaf binder with paper

          Pencils, preferably #2 (at least two of them)

           Graph Paper & Ruler

 GRADING POLICY:

Assessments   55%

 Homework & Research Project *  20%       

ClassWork 15%

WorkHabits 10%

* (1) Research Project per Semester is required at Arundel HS

ATTENDANCE  POLICY: 

All tests,quizzes, homework and class work must be made-up within 1-week from when you are legally absent.  Expect to make-up tests or quizzes on the first day you return from an absence, unless you've been absent for more than one day.

ASSISTANCE:

Algebra II tutoring - by me - is available on Monday & Thursdays only during the 1st-half of our WILDCAT HOUR in Classroom C113.   In addition, after-school help may be available only when prior arrangements with the teacher are made.  (Please realize that teachers may have prior commitments to school-arranged meetings and are not always available.)

PROGRESS  /  INTERIMS:

Arundel High School will begin an online grading program where parents/guardians can view their students' progress, at will.   Should you not have access to the Internet at home or work, please contact the Math Teacher and request either a hard-copy to be hand-carried home by student  - or -  via Email.

It will be announced in the SchoolNotes section (above) when an assessment (test or quiz), homework check, or project is due.   Interims, per AACPS calendar, are printed four times during the school year (once per markingperiod) and handed out during CATS Advisory period.