MAGNET 2014-2015
Students will experience an integrated curriculum in Language Arts, Life Science, and U.S. History. Interdisciplinary projects are
driven by science or social studies curricula with language arts as the common connection allowing students to learn content and
language-based skill sets simultaneously. Magnet classes incorporate rigor and depth through high level questioning and discussion,
inquiry, and summative and formative comprehensive evaluations.
WEBSITES: Each of the Magnet teachers maintains a class web page with pertinent information.
ASSIGNMENTS: Students will have long-term projects, daily assignments, and homework as required. For some integrated projects,
students may receive an independent score, or a shared score among Magnet courses.
a. Complete all work by the due date. Work is due at the beginning of the period.
b. All work must be the student’s own. Plagiarism or cheating of any kind will NOT be tolerated. Plagiarized assignments will
receive a zero and the students will be referred to the office for discipline at the discretion of the teacher.
HOMEWORK POLICY
You are expected to turn in all assignments on the due date when you are in school. We do understand that doing so may not
always be possible, for a variety of reasons. Life happens.
1) We will accept late work until the final assessment of the unit.
2) "Late work" is defined as this: When you are present in school, if you're turning in an assignment that day and it isn't printed
when you enter class, or it isn't ready to turn in when we call for it, or is incomplete when you turn it in, it's late. Incomplete
work is not accepted.
3) Late work will be downgraded one full letter grade. Example: if you earned a B on the assignment, because it is late it will be
downgraded one full letter grade to a C.
4) Additionally, missing the original deadline on an assignment when you are present and have been in attendance on prior days
will result in a zero entered in the grade book for that assignment until it is turned in, which could effect extra-curricular
eligibility, and teacher phone call or e-mail home to your parents. It's much easier on you to just get the work completed on
time and turn it in :)
MATERIALS
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Thumbdrive/USB drive
Planner
Binder (sections for Magnet)
Notebook paper
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Pencil & Pen (including red
correcting pens)
Colored Pencils
Highlighter(s)
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One Composition Book for
Science Labs
Box of tissues
Box of pencils
*A lab notebook is a course requirement for science. The students will use a lab notebook to record all their class notes,
lab work, data collected, interpretations, questions, and personal thoughts about their science experiences. Lab
notebook format and organization will be taught and assessed in class. Lab book are used daily.
Powerschool On-line grading Access:
Please be patient Even though parents will be able to check grades 24 hours a day / 7 days a week, Magnet
course grades are posted mid-quarter and end-of-quarter, and earlier when possible. Large projects and pieces
of writing often take much longer to provide high quality assessment feedback.
Calculated course percentages and grades may seem low or high at the beginning of a quarter; grade averages in
the early part of a term can fluctuate greatly when even a minor assignment is graded. As more assignments are
scored, the calculated grades will normally be closer to the final quarter grade. Several missing assignments,
quarter projects or test grades will significantly affect the quarter grade.
If the student has questions or concerns about an assignment, he or she must talk to the teacher.