Mrs. Hernandez

1. What is your policy on recovery?
2. What is your policy on Make-up work?
3. What is your policy on late work?
4. What is your Cheating and Plagiarism Policy?
5. When is your website updated?
6. What is your disipline policy?
7. What is your policy on cell phones?

What is your policy on recovery?

Recovery:

Any student with an average of 70 or below by two weeks before the end of
the 6 or 12 week grading period may be eligible for a recovery plan designed
to provide an additional opportunity for mastery of the course objectives.
It is the student�s responsibility to request a recovery plan from the
instructor. The components of recovery are listed below:
1. All assigned work must be completed in order for a student to be eligible
for recovery (i.e. no zeros in the grade book).
2. Students should make an appointment to request recovery by completing and
submitting a �Request for Recovery� form to the teacher within three days of
learning of the 70 or below grade.
3. The nature of the recovery assignment is to be determined by the teacher
and may consist of a test, research project, report, etc. designed to show
the student�s mastery of the course objectives.
4. The highest grade that can be earned on the recovery assignment is a
70. This grade will be used to replace the lowest test grade the student
has earned to date.
5. Recovery work must be completed in the time period designated by the
teacher.
6. No recovery assignments will be made during the last two weeks of the
semester.

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What is your policy on Make-up work?

Make-up Work:
It is each student�s responsibility to make up any missed work due to
absenteeism. A list of assignments will be given to each student on the
monthly calendar. Students who bring a valid excuse are allowed the same
number of days to complete the make-up work, as he or she is absent.
For example, a student with an excuse is absent for two days, he or she has
two days to complete the make-up work. Students with unexcused absences can
make up the work within the same timelines, but will receive a grade of no
higher than 75. Refer to student handbook for a list of excused absences.

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What is your policy on late work?

Late work:
Students should make every effort to pass work in on time. Late essays,
projects, or homework is unacceptable; THEREFORE, I do not accept any late assignments.

Other late assignments: Late assignments for reasons other than absenteeism
are harmful to your grade.

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What is your Cheating and Plagiarism Policy?

Cheating and Plagiarism Policy:

HONOR CODE
The Westlake High School Honor Code is in effect at all times. Cheating
will not be tolerated!
Cheating is defined as giving or receiving information in any form that is
related to a gradable experience including the use of sources of information
other than those specifically approved by the teacher either during or
outside of class. Students are required to sign honor pledges as applicable
for major tests, projects, and/or papers.

Examples of Cheating include, but are not limited to:
� Plagiarism � using words or ideas from a published source without
proper documentation; using the work of another student (e.g. copying
another student�s homework, composition, or project); using excessive
editing suggestions of another student, teacher, parent or paid editor.
� Looking on someone else�s paper during a test or quiz.
� Cheat sheets of any kind.
� Knowingly accepting or giving information concerning the contents of
a test or quiz.
� Changing the appearance of computer printouts.
� Allowing another student to complete WebAssign or other web-based
activities using your name and login information.

Students guilty of cheating will receive a grade of �0� on the assignment or
test. The assignment may not be made up (students having zeros are not
eligible for recovery). Violations may be considered by faculty in making
future recommendations. Memberships in honor clubs will be jeopardized.
Students receiving an Honor Code violation may be assigned to serve two (2)
days of extended detention for the first offense.

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When is your website updated?

Website:

My website is updated daily and provides the student and parent with a
description of what happened that day, with a log of past assignments, and
with electronic copies of most documents given out in class. This is the
best way to find out what you missed if you are absent from school.

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What is your disipline policy?

� First Offense: Warning
� Second Offense: Parental contact
� Third Offense: If you continue to violate classroom or school rules,
I will request a conference with your parents and you.
� Fourth Offense: The fourth violation will result in an office
referral. An administrator will then handle the disciplinary process, which
may result in after school detention, in-school suspension, or out-of-school
suspension based on Alpharetta�s discipline guidelines.
**Certain offenses may result in an immediate office referral.**

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What is your policy on cell phones?

Upon arriving on campus, students must turn off their phone as well as
securing it in an unseen place. The cell phone should remain concealed and
off until the dismissal of school. Telephone messages are delivered to
students only in emergency situations and can only be accepted from a
parent/guardian. Telephones located in school offices are business phones
and are not available for student use; however for student emergencies,
there is phone located in the main office. Students who need to call home
should obtain a pass and report to the Attendance Office.

Parents your child is at school! Under no circumstance will I allow your
child to receive or make phone calls during instructional time. If it is an
emergency please contact the front office.

**If I hear or see a cell phone, I will take up the phone and turn it into
the front office. It will then be the parent's responsibility to retrieve
the confiscated cellular phone from the front office.

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