CLASS

E X P E C TAT I O N S

MS. N GU Y E N S 8 TH GR AD E
P H YS I CAL SC I E N CE S C LASS
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Mendez Fundamental, Room 307!

Once you have finished reading over the

Email: mllenguyen.a@gmail.com!

procedures, please sign your name at the

Tutoring: Nutrition, Lunch, after school

For the record:

bottom of this page and also include your

parent/guardians contact information. Please
return, by date TBA for your first ticket!

Curabitur leo

Maecenas

Students name (printed):_________________

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Students signature:_____________________
Parent/Guardians name
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Parent/Guardians

Be honest and trustworthy, and responsible

for your own good!
always give your 100% EFFORT and you will
succeed!!!

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Parent/Guardians Phone & email

THIS SEMESTER we will be working on our last

two units of Physics and Space Science.

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Unit 5 (1st half of semester): Motion and forces

-matter in motion, forces and motion, forces in
fluids
Unit 6 (2nd half of semester): Earth and Space
Science
-Stars, galaxies, and the universe, our solar
system

I am so excited to start o the

year as your science teacher! My
goal is to help you become
successful and prepared for your
future as science learners and
future scientists!!

BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THE

CLASSROOM
Rewards!

The scientist, by the very nature of his commitment, creates more and more questions never
fewer. Indeed the measure of our intellectual maturity, one philosopher suggests, is our capacity
to feel less and less satisfied with our answers to better problems. Gordon W. Allport

For good behavior and participation.

Tickets will be used to buy items on sale or
at the end of semester for extra credit.!
Earn them by:!
1) Warm Ups 2) showing improvement on
tests/quizzes 3) coming to my tutoring
sessions !
Prizes include:!
1 ticket pencils, pens, highlighter, lead pencils!
3 ticketsscience journal, snack bag, bathroom
pass, mystery prize, granola bar, water bottle!
5 ticketsget out of homework card!
10 ticketschoose your seat!
15-20 ticketsIll buy you Lunch from a nearby
place!
SIGN YOUR NAME on TICKETS right away or
it will be thrown away if found. !

BATHR OO M BRE AKS:

GRA DE S :
1) Go to the Mendez website (www.sausd.us/mendez)
to check your grades (you should know this by
now).

A
B
C
D
F

100-90%
89-80%
79-70%
69-60%
59-0%

ABS E NC ES : I T IS YOUR RE SPON S IBILI TY TO

MA KE UP AN Y WORK TH E DAY YO U MIS S ED I T.
IF N OT, T HE Y W ILL COUN T A S A Z ERO G RA DE .

Mandatory Tutoring and Quiz Retake

Policy
If students score below a 70% on a quiz, they are
REQUIRED to attend a mandatory tutoring to
retake the quiz. The tutoring session is 30
minutes and 15 minutes to complete the quiz.
They may choose between 1 of the four times or
make special arrangements to attend 3
nutritions in a row. If absent, make up when you
return.

!Tutoring times: nutrition, lunch

Retake times:
Tues following a quiz the previous week:
During nutrition, lunch, after school

It is your responsibility to use the bathroom during

nutrition or passing periods. In case of emergencies,
students may use the bathroom but must serve 5
minutes detention at nutrition or after school to make
up time missed in class. 3 tickets may allow you to
purchase a bathroom pass.
CO NSE QUENC ES :
For those being disruptive during class:
1st offense: Verbal Warning
2nd offense: 15 minute teacher detention
3rd offense: Asked to sit outside, parent phone call and
30 min teacher detention.
4th offense: Office referral.
DETE NTI ON / CHEATI NG :
There is a detention clip board in class on the right
hand side of the white board. If you serve detention,
you must write in day and time that best suits your
schedule on the clipboard. Detentions must be served
the same week assigned. If missed, it will be doubled.
Cheating in any form will give you a zero on the
assignment and a referral to the office.

Citizenship
Grade Scoring

Total Points
Reason

5=excellent

>90

4=great

Points Lost

Referral

15

80-89

Cheating/Plagiarizing

15

3=good

70-79

Detention

10

2=needs
improvement

50-69

Not serving bathroom detention

10

1=poor behavior

<49

Disrespecting property

10

Being rude or disrespectful to others

10

Dress code

10

Homework Card (given to those that do not

complete homework): 2 homework cards add up to
15 minutes of detention, 3 homework cards add up
to central detention.

10

Tardy Card

10

Not paying attention in class

10

Chewing Gum

10

Problems with substitute

Reading/writing/passing notes

Talking without permission

Food, or drink (other than water)

Touching my computer

Out of seat without permission

Throwing things

Missing supplies

Not ready when bell rings

Wasting time/Packing up early