Be Prepared!
Come to school each day ready to participate and learn.  Always have:
   -  pencil/pen 
   -  your science notebook
   -  your Agenda book
with you when you come to my class.  Textbooks are on each desk.   Pay attention!   80% of success is “showing up”!

Assigned Seats
At the start of the year, I alphabetically assign students to their seating location in my classroom.  This helps me learn and remember names.  I “adjust” seating as necessary to improve the discipline and communications within the classroom.  If students request a particular location in the classroom, I will try to accommodate them.

Textbooks
A shared “classroom set” of textbooks will remain in my class, for use by students in each period.  Student’s may “check out” a textbook, at any time, on a daily basis for use at home.  

Homework:

Science homework assignments are used to reinforce topics and complete activities introduced in class.

Tests:
We will have a quarterly exam on every major topic!   There will also be quizzes and pop tests.  Some tests (but not all) will be preceded by a day of formal review.  

Make-Up Tests/Work:
If you miss a day of class, homework assignment, test, etc., it is YOUR (the student's) responsibility to make up that work.  Students may be assigned to Working Lunch until assignments are completed.

Grades
My grading scale conforms to the Daniels Middle School Handbook:

        A =  93 – 100
        B =  85 – 92
        C =  77 – 84
        D =  70 – 76
        F  =  Less than 70
        FF =  Excessive Absences

Different activities will contribute to the overall grade, and be weighted in this manner: