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 * Team Policies, Procedures, and Rules **

** I. Supplies (Wish List) ** The following supplies are necessary.


 * 24+ **pencils**/9 weeks
 * Ink pens dark blue or black ink
 * Loose leaf notebook paper
 * 1 box colored pencils/9 weeks (4 total)
 * 1 highlighter/9 weeks (4 total)
 * 2+ boxes of tissues for the class
 * For home use a TI 34 calculator is **suggested**
 * 1 ½ ”-2” 3 ring binder with dividers and pocket folder OR (4) 1” binders w/ pocket folder
 * 4 – “black/white and/or marble” composition book
 * Hand held pencil sharpener
 * 4 Book covers
 * Thumb/jump/flash drive
 * (2-3) reams of white copy paper (8 ½” by 11”)
 * hand sanitizer

**__ Please NO ROLLING book bags. __**


 * II ** . ** Homework (see Craven County Handbook). **

Students will receive approximately 25 minutes of homework per night per class. **__Students__** should write their homework assignments in their agenda each night. All homework is due the next day unless otherwise specified. Home work is graded for completion.

Parents and students can now go online and retrieve homework assignments, projects and our latest team announcements from home.

We ask that you stress to your child how important it is to learn to meet deadlines that are set for them. These deadlines help students learn an important lesson in time management and organization. All class work, home work, projects etc… is due upon the declared deadline. Late rework, if accepted, can only earn a grade up to a 70.
 * III.** ** Late Work: **

When a student is absent from school, it is **__their__** responsibility to gather all of their make-up work on the first day of their return. Students will have **5 school days** to make up the work and turn it in **__if the absence was excused__**. If a test was administered that day, students will need to arrange a time with the teacher to make up the test within 5 days. **Any work not made up within 5 school days of the __excused__ absence will result in a zero.** If a student receives an unexcused absence, it is left up to teacher discretion whether or not the student can make up the work. **If your child will be absent for more than 3 days** due to illness, or other reasons, please call the counseling center 444-7208 and request work so that your child does not fall behind in his/her classes. Parents should not call for make up work if their child is absent for only **__one__** day.
 * IV. ** **Make up work:**

In order to help our students be successful, we have put in place a rework policy in each classroom. This policy will not only improve your child’s scores on low grades, but also help them learn from their own mistakes and gain a better understanding of the material.
 * V.** ** Rework Policy **


 * __The Rework policy is as follows__**:


 * //__THERE IS NO RE-TESTING ON OPEN BOOK OR OPEN NOTE TESTS OR QUIZZES. (This does not apply to grammar or vocabulary tests)__//**

Students may only rework any grade 69 or below on a **closed book** **test** or **quiz** in any CORE class. (LA, SS, SCI, MA)
 * 1) Rework must be turned in 3 days after it is returned to you.
 * 2) Parents must sign the **original** quiz/test paper.
 * 3) On a separate sheet of paper, students will correct all incorrect answers.
 * 4) Students must staple corrected paper **__on top__** of original test/quiz and place rework in the rework basket.
 * 5) Students can earn up to a 70% on reworked tests/quizzes


 * VI. __Grade Scale__ **
 * A 93-100**
 * B 85-92**
 * C 77-84**
 * D 70-76**
 * F < 69**

Each Timber Wolf teacher will provide tutoring each week for students who need additional assistance with the classes. Students are required to:
 * VII. TUTORING**
 * 1) Be on time
 * 2) Sign in
 * 3) Be picked up on time.
 * 4) Students staying after school, **must** give a **24 hour notification** to the teacher**.**

While each teacher will have a different set of class rules, we will all follow the Team rules set forth in this packet.
 * VIII.** ** TEAM RULES **

a. Book bags and large coats must be stored in lockers during the day.
 * __Team rules are as follows:__**
 * 1) No food or drinks allowed in the classroom, except for a healthy snack and water. **__NO chewing gum is permitted.__**
 * 2) All textbooks must be covered. Please do not use adhesive covers since they leave sticky residue when removed, thereby ruining the face of the book.
 * 3) All personal grooming should occur in restrooms. NO types of spray or scented products are allowed in the classrooms. No aerosol products are allowed on school property.
 * 4) Students are required to be on time for class and must have all required materials in place to begin work.
 * 5) Students must pass all classes with a minimum of 70 in order to be promoted to the next grade.
 * 6) Respect the rights and properties of yourselves and others.

One or more of the following discipline actions will be taken with your child if he/she should violate any of the team rules or individual classroom rules. This list is not all inclusive.
 * IX**. ** Team Discipline: **


 * Verbal warning/refocus * Parent contact
 * Silent lunch *Conference with the student
 * Reflections Room *Referral to administration
 * After school detention

We feel that these interventions will be an effective way to handle the disciplinary matters within our team and will reduce the need for administrative involvement. This program, like others in our school, is made effective by parental support.

Student agendas will be furnished again this school year. Unlike the sixth grade, seventh grade teachers do not check to make sure homework is written down and sign the agenda’s daily. However, from time to time, we will place quick notes, current averages and end of quarter scores in the agenda. Please continue to have your child use their agenda for homework as a means of organization, and check the agenda frequently to keep up to date with your child’s progress. Each agenda will include a signature sheet to check for parent signatures that will require parents logging in to engrade and recording the numerical grades for each core class.
 * X. AGENDAS **

If we can be of assistance to you at any time this year, please call the school counseling center to set up a conference or leave a message. We will return your phone call as soon as possible. The counseling center phone number is 444-7208. It is also pertinent that guidance be able to share confidential information with your child’s teachers. In order to ensure the success of your child, it is imperative that there is an open line of communication between your child, guidance, teachers and you as parent or guardian. Forms of communication include, but are not limited to, progress reports, phone calls, notes in student agenda, emails…
 * XI. Teacher Contact, Conferences, etc. **

Teachers can also be reached by email. You can email us directly from our school web page []. This is a convenient and fast way of communicating that fits everybody’s schedule. Teachers check their email every day.