Transcript Python Team The First Days of School

The Tiger Team
7th Grade Expectations, Rules,
and Procedures
2014 - 2015
MONDAY
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Lockers
PTA Packet
Tiger Team Packet
Lockers
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Lock: It should be on your locker at all times.
Name card: This should also remain on your locker at all
times!
When can you visit your locker?
 Beginning of the day
 After 2nd Core/Before Lunch and Electives
 After you return from 2nd Elective
 End of the day
Locker Assignment
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Take out your agenda and turn to page 2.
Use the lock you are given to fill in the following
information:
 On the first line for Lock Serial Number, fill in the
number on the back of your lock.
 Under ‘additional information,’ write down your
locker combination from your locker card.
Now you will be assigned a locker.
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Fill in the locker number in your agenda on page 2.
PTA Packet
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Take these materials home to your parents and
return them by Friday!
Tiger Team Packet
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Take this packet home to your parents and return
it to your homeroom teacher by Friday!
TUESDAY
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Morning and afternoon procedures
Hallway movement
Agenda Use
Hall passes
SSR
Absences
Morning Procedures
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Come into the gym when you arrive. Do not
come to core classes early or visit past
teachers.
Upon dismissal from the gym, go to your
locker and then report to first core.
You will be counted tardy if you arrive to
class after 8:15- regardless of what time you
arrived on campus.
Hallway Movement
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Hallways/Stairs
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You are to use the stairwell that is closet to
our team area! “Outside” staircase for now.
You are not permitted in any of the other
teams’ “pod” areas!
Core Class Transitions
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Line up silently outside of your next class,
and wait for the other class to completely
exit before you enter.
Dismissal Procedures
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You will dismissed by your teacher after the
announcements.
You are to get your belongings from your
locker and leave the hallway in an orderly
fashion.
You are to report directly to the bus loop or
carpool area.
Remember: No cell phones or iPods may be out
or turned on until you are out of the building.
Agenda Use
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You are REQUIRED to record the homework items
listed on the board in your agenda for each core class.
If you choose not to record your assignments in your
agenda (your teachers will do random checks), you
will receive an infraction for being unprepared.
There will be occasional agenda use checkpoints.
YOU MUST HAVE YOUR AGENDA WITH YOU
AT ALL TIMES!
Set Up Hall Passes
At this time, take out your agenda and follow
the instructions given to set up your hall
passes for the year!
 You will have 16 passes for the quarter—use
them wisely!
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SSR
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Your Tiger Team teachers will carve out time
regularly during the normal class time for SSR.
You are expected to have an SSR book with you
at all times so you are prepared for SSR.
You are expected to read silently to yourself
during this time.
Absences
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If you are absent from school, it is your responsibility to
make up work that you missed.
If you know that you’re going to be absent, check with
your teachers during Spartan Time before you leave.
If you can, check the Weebly for work while you’re
absent.
When you return, it is your responsibility to use Spartan
Time to catch up on missing work.
You have the same amount of days to make up work as
the number of days you were absent. (1=1, 2=2, etc.)
WEDNESDAY
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Behavior Plan
Incomplete Work Policy
Student of the Week
Team Behavior Plan
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Rewards: During Spartan Time about every 2 weeks, we
will have a reward day for students who have earned it.
During this time, students will enjoy a reward either in the
gym or on team for their good behavior.
Consequences: Students who have more than 3 signatures
will not be able to participate in this reward. These
students will stay in a classroom and complete a
reflection.
Behavior
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If you are found to be misbehaving in class or in
the hallway, the teacher will tell you to “sign the
pink sheet.”
You will place the date and the code next to your
name on the clipboard.
Behavior
Disrespect
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Late
(L)
Talking
back,
arguing, or
any
unsuitable
response to
teachers
directions
or being
unkind to
peers
Tardy
to
class
Unprepared
(U)
Following
Directions/
Off-Task
(T)
Missing
Spartan
Stamp
(S)
Arriving in
Failure to
class without
follow
supplies and directions;
materials
engaged in
required to
activities
work
other than
class work
Wrong
place for
Spartan
Time
Incomplete Homework
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You are expected to have all assignments with you in
class on the day that they are due.
If you don’t, your teacher will ask you to “sign the pink
sheet.”
In the column on the right labeled “Homework,” you will
place the date in one of the boxes.
If you get to 10 missing assignments in all of your classes
combined, you will be assigned After-School Detention
(ASD)
Students who maintain a high average of homework
completion will get the opportunity to earn prizes from
the prize box!
Student of the Week
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Each week, the Tiger Team Teachers will select
one student who exemplifies the characteristics of
the PRIDE acronym.
This student’s name will appear on the scrolling
announcements and a postcard will go home to
families.
THURSDAY
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Cell phone/electronic policy
BYOT Policy
Technology Survey
Weebly
Cell Phone/Electronics Policy
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Cell phones and all electronic devices (iPods, etc.) are
to be turned OFF when you enter the school building
in the morning.
If you have them with you, they must be OFF!
You may not have your cell phone turned on until 3
PM- when you leave the school building, unless
instructed by a teacher.
Technology Survey
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Please complete the survey!
BYOT
If a teacher allows students to bring a
device for classroom use:
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That student MUST have a signed BOYD
Contract!
The student must follow the school policy
for devices when they leave that classroom!
No Excuses Accepted! Example: ‘I have my
cell phone turned on because Ms. X allowed
me to use it’ will still result in consequences
per School and Team Policy!
Tiger Team Weebly
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Open to Page 2 of your agenda:
Tiger Team Homework Websitehttp://smstigers.weebly.com
FRIDAY
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Spartan Time
Spartan Time
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Time built into the day for remediation and
enrichment
Every day at 9:16-9:51
Spartan Time
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There are approximately 15 spots in each core
classroom during Spartan Time.
You should sign up for a spot on the sign-up sheet
if you need assistance from a teacher or time for
make-up work.
A teacher may assign you Spartan Time. They will
sign their initials in your agenda and you will sign
up on the sign-up sheet. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO
BE IN THE CLASSROOM YOU ARE ASSIGNED!
You’ll sign the pink sheet otherwise!
Spartan Time
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Teachers have “trump” days (Mon/Thurs: Math,
Tues: Science, Wed: LA, Thurs: SS). Core teachers
always “trump” SSR/Study Hall
/electives/other.
Spartan Time is a time for your to show initiative
in getting help and getting work completed! If
you don’t understand or need help, sign up for
Spartan Time!!
You are required to make good use of Spartan
Time if you are absent.
Spartan Time: SSR in Auditorium
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Students that are not assigned by a teacher to go
to one of his/her rooms will have the option to go
to the auditorium for SSR
You have to bring a book to be let in the
auditorium
You have to be there on time
Silent Space!!
Spartan Time: Study Hall Cafeteria
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Students that don’t want to go to SSR and aren’t
assigned to any classroom may go to the cafeteria
to work on assignments and homework
You must bring all materials in order to be let in
the cafeteria
You have to be on time
Silent Space!!
Spartan Time: Procedure
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You must have agenda always!
A teacher will initial your agenda if they want you
in a particular room for Spartan Time
When you show up for Spartan Time in the
appropriate room, you will receive a stamp in your
agenda.
If your agenda is missing a Spartan Time stamp for
any day, you will get a behavior tracker signature.
You should stay in the room you start in unless
instructed to do differently by a teacher.