Please try to give me two days notice so that I can gather the necessary materials when they can be taken home. If you cut class and are assigned Saturday school, it is your responsibility to take work with you. Truancies will lower your citizenship grade so make sure to clear absences. D or three grades lower, and 11 or more truancies in a semester result in an F. Realize that students with excessive absences tend to get behind and fail. If you are referred out of my class for any reason and return during the period, you must have a timed slip from the Dean's office.
Questions regarding a referral are to be asked between classes, at lunch, or after school.
The GHHS discipline hierarchy will be followed in my classroom. When minor rules are violated, you will first be requested to change your behavior. If you choose to continue, you will receive further consequences such as a change in seating location, loss of classroom privileges, parental contact, time-out to another classroom, as well as documentation to the discipline office. Good behavior results in classroom privileges as described in the rules, such as being allowed to move freely about the classroom when needed, the use of more sophisticated materials, as well as music played during classtime. Remember, during class time may not be an appropriate time to confront me about a situation, just let me know that you need to speak with me.