I have read and understand Mrs. Milling’s and Mrs. Kangas’s classroom
expectations.Elise Milling and Kelly Kangas - 8th Grade Humanities - Expectations and Policies
Welcome to the 2009-2010 school year at Mesa Verde Middle School. The following are policies important to a productive learning environment. Please read through these with your student so that you both understand our classroom expectations. Please sign and return the attachments by Wednesday, August 26, 2009.
Materials: Your student has a shopping list of required items they will need for class. Please review this list with your student, as these items will be brought to school EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Absence Work: If a student is absent he/she must make up all work missed. It is entirely the students’ responsibility to ask for and return make-up work. Assignments must be turned in no more than one week after the student returns. No credit will be given after this time.
Additional Help: We are available most lunch periods. This will be the students’ opportunity to get extra help or to do make-up work and tests.
Web Page: Our web page contains an assignment calendar listing all upcoming due dates, student progress grades that are updated almost every Friday, and lots more information. Please visit our site at http://powayusd.com/teachers/kkangas/.
Class Rules:
1. Be kind. Respect all people and things. This includes not talking or doing something else when you should be listening, making fun of someone else (even if it’s joking), and all other common sense rules of courtesy.
2. Stay in your assigned seat and ready to work when the tardy bell begins to ring. Tardy results in a required detention and/or a phone call home.
3. All electronic devices must be off and stored in your bag. No exceptions.
4. Gum, food, or drinks are not allowed in class and result in a required detention.
5. Any personal item used during class will be taken away and returned in June.
6. Vulgarity or foul/disrespectful language has absolutely no place in our classroom. It will result in a referral to the office.
7. Vandalism and defacing any object in the class, including texts and furniture will result in a referral to the office.
8. When using our computers, students will be expected to follow school rules and our directions for appropriate computer use. If not, a student will lose their privileges.
9. And of course, cheating will not be tolerated. You will receive a zero, a referral to the office, and a “U” in citizenship on the upcoming report card.
* NOTE: These rules apply even in our absence.
Our goal for your child is to provide him/her with a solid foundation for high school and to foster good self-esteem. We are looking forward to an exciting year. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us both via e-mail at emilling@powayusd.com and kkangas@powayusd.com.
Hope to see you at Back to School Night September 9th, 2009.
Elise Milling and Kelly Kangas
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Parent Signature Slip Due Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Please visit our website at http://www.powayusd.com/teachers/kkangas/
and use the links to read our classroom policies and classroom library letters.
Next, sign and return this slip acknowledging that you understand our policies.
I have read and understand Mrs. Milling’s and Mrs. Kangas’s classroom
expectations.
I have read and understand Mrs. Milling’s and Mrs. Kangas’s Member-Supported Classroom Library. (Check here if you have attached the $5 membership fee.)
I have emailed Mrs.
Kangas and Mrs. Milling my contact information, including the best phone number
to reach me during the day. In the email, I have also included any information
regarding my student’s success in 8th grade.
emilling@powayusd.com; kkangas@powayusd.com
Parent’s Signature:__________________________________________