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Mr. Yost
Central High School
550 Warrior Way
Grand Junction, CO 81504
Phone: 970-254-7317
Email:
Charles.Yost@d51schools.org
THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR
W: Wisdom
A: Accountability
R: Respectfulness
R: Reliability
I: Integrity
O: Ownership
R: Responsibility
THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR
W: Wisdom: The sum of learning through the ages
A: Accountability: an obligation or willingness to
accept responsibility
R: Respectfulness: 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.
Website:
1.
http://chs.mesa.k12.co.us/ . Click on
Departments. Click on Mathematics. Click
on Mr. Yost Page.
OR
2.
Just type in the web address:
http://chs.mesa.k12.co.us/Departments/mat
h/yost/index.htm
OFFICE HOURS
:
Room: 320/323
BEFORE SCHOOL 7:00 - 7:25 (except Monday)
7th Period
LUNCH
AFTER SCHOOL
(Depending on Season)
2:50 -
CLASS RULES
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Be respectful toward yourself and others
2. Be respectful to any equipment used in class
3. Have a good attitude
4. Be able to work well with others
Electronic Devices
(Cell phones, ipod, mp3’s…)
1. Do not use them in class.
2. Do not let me see them in class
3. If any electronic device is being used in class, I
will take it and you may pick it up at the end of
the day.
4. Please make sure your cell phone is off
when you come in
FOOD AND DRINK
FOOD
1. You may have food in class if it does not
disturb others and as long as it does not affect
your mathematical performance
DRINK
1. You may have water in a clear plastic container
2. No soda, coffee, etc…
HALL PASSES
1. The hall pass must be taken whenever the classroom is
left.
2. Please ask for permission.
3. Please do not make it a habit or there will be
limitations placed on an individual basis.
4. No hall passes will be given the first and last
10 minutes of the block (10 minute Rule).
5. You must have your ID to use the pass.
6. If you are late you forfeit your hall pass privileges.
TARDIES
1. You will be allowed 2 free tardies per 9 weeks
with no questions asked. After 2 tardies you will
make up the same amount of time you were late
immediately after class. After 5 tardies you will
be referred to the office.
2. If you are more than 15 minutes late to class it
will be considered an absence.
Math 2:
What you need, what you will do, and class
expectations.
MATERIALS
1. Book
2. Paper, graph paper or
engineering paper
3. Pen/pencil
4.
Scientific calculator
or
TI-83 plus (optional)
Warm-ups
1. Warm-up problems should be written down
seperate from examples and homework problems
and kept in a notebook
2. Warm-up problems will be done as soon as the bell
rings, and include mathercise, CSAP, and review.
3. Warm-ups will be collected at the end of each week
4. If you are absent you will need to come in and do
the warm-ups you missed or check the web site.
CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK
1. Classwork problems should be written down
separate from example problems
2. Classwork not finished in class will be
homework
3. Classwork will be graded on completion and
accuracy.
MAKE-UP WORK
CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK
1. If you are absent you are responsible for checking
the internet for the day you missed.
You may also ask me or a classmate for the work
that you have missed
2. If you are absent you have 2 days for every
absence to make up your work
3. If you are not absent and you are missing work
you may turn it in the Chapter Test only with penalty
(10 percentage point drop per day)
Tool Kits
Tool kits are your notes.
You are allowed to use
these on tests and quizzes.
QUIZZES
1. Quizzes will be given at the end of every lesson.
2. Students will be able to use their toolkits on
most quizzes.
TESTS
1. Tests will be given when appropriate and will
be given appropriate point values
TEST CORRECTIONS
1. If you are unhappy with your test score you will
be able to correct your incorrect test problems.
2. Test corrections must be done at lunch.
You will be given a week to make corrections.
3. The problems you correct will give you half of
the points you missed back.
4. To take advantage of this test correction policy, you
must have turned all of your homework for the unit
tested.
5. You are only allowed 1 test correction per quarter.
Quiz corrections are unlimited.
TESTS: MAKE-UP
1. If you miss a test/quiz you have two days to
make it up if the absence is excused and only
one day if the absence is unexcused
2. All make up tests and quizzes must be done by
setting up a time with Mr. Yost
GRADING SCALE
A
B
C
D
90 80 70 60 -
100%
89%
79%
69%
If you have a D or an F you will be assigned to
Warrior Period for 2 weeks.
GRADING BREAKDOWN
Tests/Quizzes*
Homework/Warm-ups*
Investigations*
65%
20%
15%
*All percentages are approximations %
Projects
There will be about 1-3 projects
that you will have to complete in
this class.