Policies

Communication

Dave Phillips
email: dphillips1@wcpss.net
website: www.accordingtophillips.com
office hours: 2:30-3:30 PM Tuesdays and Thursdays

Google Classroom:

3rd Period: xdilsbk
4th Period: lahf5yu

Google Meet:

3rd Period: https://meet.google.com/rmd-czzd-sef
4th Period: https://meet.google.com/zze-njng-hfe

Remind: bkdag9

Google Voice: (919) 926-9596

Expectations

1. Be kind. Act interested. Follow directions.

2. Sit only in your assigned seat. When COVID-19 cases break out, we must be able to contact trace.

3. Wear your mask. It should cover your nose, mouth, and chin at all times. Food and drinks are not permitted.

4. Only one individual may use the restroom at a time.

5. Silence electronic devices. Devices must be put away when instructed to do so.

6. Polite, civil behavior is expected! This includes but is not limited to:

Use respectful language. Profanity, racist, sexist, homophobic, and other offensive or judgmental comments will not be tolerated.
Please mute your microphone when joining meetings, unless asked to do otherwise.
Use formal academic English language when writing, including proper capitalization, punctuation, and spelling to ensure your message is communicated effectively.

Answer messages within 24 hours or less. If it you will take longer to compose a reply, send a brief response to the sender to tell them that.
DO NOT TYPE IN ALL CAPS!
Attempt to find your own answers before asking others.
Share, but don’t overshare. All WCPSS rules regarding inappropriate content apply to remote learning.
Respect others’ privacy. Don’t forward sensitive emails or share private pictures or videos. Use BCC (blind carbon copy) on large group emails to hide recipients’ addresses.
Be mindful of posts you make public and be inclusive. If you have a joke or comment for one or a few individuals, send a private message.
Fact-check before reposting! Before you share controversial information, verify it with Politfact, Snopes, FactCheck.org, OpenSecrets.org, or another fact-checking website.

7. Your participation is essential to success! This means:

read everything thoroughly for detail!
log into Google Classroom daily and following the latest directions in the classroom stream

adhere to the semester schedule without falling behind or working ahead
keep up with readings and assignments, study vocabulary, and watch assigned videos
participate in daily instruction including collaborating with classmates in small group work and joining online discussion threads

submit work in the proper location; if asked to turn something into Google Classroom, don’t send it through Remind or email. Don’t make me hunt your work down.

Assignments

Grading scale:

A: 100-90%
B: 89-80%
C: 79-70%
D: 69-60%
F: 59-0%

Honors percentages:

Homework - 15%
Classwork - 20%
Quiz - 25%
Test/Project - 40%

Academic percentages:

Homework - 15%
Classwork - 30%
Quiz - 25%
Test/Project - 30%

Course Grade:

40% = Quarter 1
40% = Quarter 2
20% = FINAL EXAM

Assignments that are submitted on time and meet minimum completion requirements will receive no less than a 50%.
Assignment submissions are timestamped digitally. Late assignments received after a deadline will be accepted for a maximum of 70% of the grade they would have received if turned in on time for academic students and 60% of that grade for honors students.
Missing work will no longer be accepted after the day of a unit assessment for honors students. Missing work will be accepted up to one week prior to the end of the grading period for academic students.
All students will have the opportunity to recover grades through completing alternative assignments to demonstrate mastery, turning in missing work, and/or completing retests.
Students with a score of 84% or below on a test may retest one time for a maximum test score of 85%.
Extra credit will not be offered.

Prohibited Behaviors

Cheating: Cheating is an academic deception where a student intends in some way to receive or attempt to receive credit for work not originated by the student, to give or receive unauthorized assistance, or to give or receive an unfair advantage on any form of academic work.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is using passages, materials, words, ideas, and/or thoughts of someone or something else and representing them as one's own original work without properly crediting the source.
Falsification or Deceit: Intentional acts of falsification or serious deceitful misconduct that threaten the health, safety, or welfare of others, or that cause a substantial detrimental impact on school operations or other individuals are prohibited.

WCPSS Honor Code

WCPSS Honor Code Policy (4310) states: “Academic honesty is essential to excellence in education and is directly related to the Board's educational objectives for students to promote integrity and self-discipline in students. As all schoolwork is a measure of student performance, academic honesty facilitates an accurate measurement of student learning.

Each student, parent, family and staff member has a responsibility to promote a culture that respects and fosters integrity and honesty. Academic integrity and honesty requires that all stakeholders share responsibility in the fulfillment of this policy.
In fulfilling these responsibilities:

students will collaborate with their peers to foster a culture of academic integrity; refrain from participating, either directly or indirectly, in any form of cheating or plagiarism; and adhere to the honor code;
parents and family will actively support the honor code by encouraging their child(ren) to foster and uphold a culture of academic integrity;
staff will establish and annually teach expectations regarding academic integrity and honesty; and promote the honor code.

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