Teacher: Mr.

Andrew Walker
Email: awalker@psdschools.org
Office Hours: Wednesday/Thursday 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Classroom Conduct: As students at PGA, you are expected to abide by the rules
laid out in the student Code of Conduct. Be respectful to your classmates, classroom
instructors (including me, Ms. Stevens, and any other teacher or classroom helper in
the classroom.) Be grateful. Be positive. Be an excellent digital citizen. Do your best
to keep away from distractions and keep on task with schoolwork. Please dont
hesitate to contact any of your teachers if you are having trouble staying focused on
schoolwork.
Attendance: Since class is only held once a week, for one hour, our time together
is vital. Any online or face-to-face absences should be excused with the front office
by a parent or guardian. Students should contact me to receive your make up work
as soon as you are able. It is your responsibility to seek make up assignments for
any live class days missed. Please refer to the PGA student handbook for any other
information on unexcused or excused absences.
Required Revisions: Over the course of the semester, students will focus on
writing goals and learning targets, and will prove their mastery in reading and
writing through many different types of assessments. One way we will measure your
skill and growth is through required revisions. You will work on a piece of writing
until it is complete. This could require any number of revisions. You are required to
complete revisions on assignments, but in contrast, could earn up to 100% through
your work. Revisions will have deadlines that will be communicated to you the
student. It is your responsibility to be proactive with these deadlines. Generally, all
revisions will be due by the end of each quarter.
Late Policy: Due dates and deadlines will be posted in the course calendar, and
often in the class announcements. You will be responsible for completing
assignments before live class, and throughout the week. You may submit late work
for only a late penalty of 25% if the missing assignment is submitted during the
course of the current unit. After the end of the unit, it may still be submitted, but
will be docked 50% of the points possible.
For example, if the assignment was worth 100 points, and is submitted late during
the current unit, the new maximum is 75 points (only docked 25 points = 25%). If
the assignment were turned in after the unit ended, it would have a maximum of 50
points. Late work can be detrimental to your grade, but nothing is more harmful to
your progress than a zero. If late assignments ever become a concern, you and I will
work together to create a catch up plan.

All missing work, either excused or unexcused, is due by the end of the
quarter in which it was assigned. You may return to missing work from a
previous quarter with a parent-student-teacher conference and a game plan for how
you plan to finish the assignment.
Late Passes: You will receive two late passes. These can be turned in with a late
assignment, either online or in-class. These may not be used on final projects
or tests.
Student Success Policy: In order to receive credit for this class, you must pass
with a 60% or higher. A 59% or below will cause you to fail the course. If your
grade drops below a 60% over the course of the semester, you will be
required to attend office hours on campus until the grade is returned to a
60%. You and your parent will be notified of this via email.

No Stress Policy:

Online and hybrid learning requires concrete academic

skills. Time management, self control, persistence, and organization are a few of the
many executive skills youll need to be successful in this course. With time and
effort, these skills improve. However, if for some reason you find yourself
overwhelmed with the class, assignments, or work load, you need to communicate
with me immediately (do not wait!). I am committed to your academic success
and we will work together to create a plan in order for you to succeed. I honor
communication as an academic skill and we will get you on track.
Scholastic Dishonesty and Cheating
PGAs policies can be found on page five of the student handbook. Cheating and
academic dishonesty are not tolerated. Plagiarism is using other peoples ideas
and words without clearly stating the source of that information (whether
intentional or unintentional).
Examples of plagiarism:
1. Restating someone elses words in your own without giving credit to the original
source. (Paraphrasing and summarizing)
2. Copying pieces of an article found on the Internet into your research paper
without using quotation marks and identifying the source. If its not in quotation
marks and cited, youre claiming you created it. This includes paraphrasing.
3. Putting your name on someone elses work and saying it is your own. (Dont let
your friends copy your work! Youll BOTH get in trouble.)
4. Using anything as small as a sentence, to a paragraph, or "Free Research
Papers.com" (any source: book, magazine, web site, film) without citing the source.
When in doubt, cite it. Plagiarism is taken very seriously at PGA and PSD, as it is in
the real world. If you plagiarize, you will receive a zero on the assignment, your
parents will be contacted, and the principal will be informed. If you plagiarize twice

in the same class, you may be given an F grade. Academic dishonesty may include
incidents for which there is no intent to cheat, but are outside the domain of
responsible, honest, and acceptable academic work.
Suggested Consequences for Offenses:
1. First offense: zero on assignment.
2. Second offense (school-wide, ex: one incident in English and a second in science
= second offense): Suspension according to Code of Conduct, Board of Education
policy and administrator discretion. Recommended three-day suspension for second
offense.
3. Continued offenses: Suspensions with time proportional to offense. If three
offenses occur in the same class, the student may receive a failing grade for the
class.
4. Fourth offense: Possible expulsion from school.