If students are absent, they must see me before or after school or at lunch to find out what was missed, to hand in work, or to make up tests. Students may check out textbooks overnight. Each student has been given a pass to get to my class before school or at lunch, and may stay after to use textbooks in the classroom.
Extra passes are available.
Arrangements to get home should be made ahead of staying after school. There is a computer and printer with Internet access in the back of the room for student use during class, before and after school, and during lunch. Successful completion of 8 th Grade Pacific Northwest History, a semester course, allows a student to meet the high school requirement for Washington State History. A major requirement for Pacific Northwest History is the Independent Field Trip. Each student must go to a site that is important in Washington State and write a report.