Geometry
Mr. Yost
Email cyost@mesa.k12.co.us
Phone 254-7317
Website:
http://chs.mesa.k12.co.us/Departments/math/yost/index.htm
OR
Go to http://chs.mesa.k12.co.us/ Click on Departments. Click on Mathematics. Click
on Mr. Yost’s page.
WAY OF THE WARRIOR
W: Wisdom: The sum of learning through the ages
A: Accountability: An obligation or willingness to accept responsibility
R: Respect: Treating others as you would want to be treated. Understanding that all
people have value as human beings.
R: Reliability: Worthy of being depended on.
I: Integrity: Being honest, trustworthy and incorruptible
O: Ownership: Being responsible for your actions.
R: Responsibility: Having a sense of duty to fulfill tasks with reliability,
dependability, and commitment.
Office Hours:
Room 323/320
Before School 7:00 – 7:25
Warrior Period 10:37 – 11:00 (Not Always Available)
Lunch 11:00 – 11:33 (10:55 – 11:50 Mondays)
Block 7 1:18 – 2:45
After School 2:45 - (Depends on Season)
Your Responsibilites
Respect and Ownership
1. Be respectful towards yourself
and others
2. Be respectful to and equipment
used in class
3. Have a good attitude
4. Do Your OWN work and take
pride in it
Food and Drink
Accountability and Respect
1. You may have food in class if it
does not disturb others
2. You may have water in a clear
plastic container
3. No, soda, coffee, etc…
Electronic Devices
Cell phones, ipods, mp3’s …
1. Do not use them in class
(Respect, Integrity)
2. Do not let me see them in class
(Reliability)
3. If any electronic devise is seen, it
will be taken by me and can be
picked up at the end of the day
(Accountability Ownership)
4. Please make sure your cell phone
is off when you come into class
(Respect)
Materials
Accountability and Reliability
1.
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3.
4.
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Book
Paper and or graph paper
Pen/Pencil
Protractor/Compass
TI -83/84 Plus
Classwork/Homework (Accountability and Reliability)
1. Homework will be assigned daily
2. Homework will be due the next day, following the completion of each section
3. Classwork is graded on completion and on your effort. To receive full completion
credit, it is expected that all parts of each question assigned are completed.
4. Late work will be accepted but penalized (10 percent drop/day). Late work will
be accepted until the day of the chapter test, after that no work from the chapter
will be accepted.
Quizzes
(Wisdom)
1. There is a possibility of a quiz everyday
2. Usually there will be a quiz half way through each chapter.
Test/Test Corrections
(Accountability, Reliability, and Wisdom)
1. Test will be at the end of every chapter. Test will be completed by the end of the
period.
2. You are allowed to make corrections on 2 tests per quarter. The corrections must
be done with in 2 days of getting your test back. You will earn half your points
back that you missed. (This excludes the last test of the quarter).
3. To take advantage of the test correction, you must have completed all your
homework for that unit.
Grading Scale
(Wisdom)
A 100 – 90
B 89 – 80
C 79 – 70
D 69 – 60
F 59 – 0
All Students Must Earn a C or Better to Advance to The Next Level
of Mathematics
Grade Break Down
Homework
Quizzes
Tests
15%
25%
60%
Tests: Make-up
(Responsibility and Ownership)
1. If you miss a test/quiz you have two days to make it up if the absence is excused.
2. If the absence is unexcused no make up will be allowed.
3. All make up tests and quizzes must be done by appointment with Mr. Yost.
Hall Passes
(Accountability)
1. Hall passes will be taken whenever the classroom is left.
2. Please ask for permission.
3. Please do not make a habit or there will be limitations placed on an individual
basis.
4. No hall passes will be given the first or last 10 minutes of class.
5. If you are tardy to class you forfeit all pass priveledges.
Tardies
(Accountability and Ownership)
Students are expected to get to class with all needed materials on time. If students are
more than 15 minutes tardy it will count as an absence for that period. Excused tardies
will require a note from the previous teacher or the attendance office. 3 or more tardies
will require students to make up the amount of time tardy at the end of that class during
their passing period or they will have to arrange detention time with their teacher. Office
referrals will be given for 5 or more tardies in one quarter. Teachers have the right to
assign a different comparable consequence and may add additional consequences for ongoing or chronic tardies.
Attendance Policy
(Accountability and Ownership)
See School Policy