(1) Assignments handed in past the due date other than those from excused absences are treated as late work and penalized half of the possible points; no late work from a given quarter will be accepted one week after the end of instruction for that quarter without a home contact.
(2) The instructor will allow students to complete Rubric Exercises assigned during absences which are excused; the student will be given the same number of days absent, plus one day, to complete the assignment without penalty.
(3) It is impractical to maintain Lab setups indefinitely and many labs require collective activity during the scheduled lab period. Students who miss labs are at a serious disadvantage; practically speaking the fairest possible solution is to provide students with an excused absence an alternative assessment, a rubric exercise subject to the conditions of the above policy. Students with unexcused absences must do the best they can to complete the lab exercise as late work.
(4) Students will makeup Missed Tests on the date they return to class if this was the only day of instruction missed; if student missed a test during a prolonged series of absences other arrangements may be made at the discretion of the instructor. The instructor may require the student to take an alternative version of the test or a take-home essay examination; students who for whatever reason are unable or expect to be unable to take either the fall or spring semester finals must have their parent or guardian contact Mr. Hatfield.
(5) Homework (other than rubric exercises) should be handed in for extra credit; ten points will be awarded if the work meets all the standards for the homework rubric, five points if it partially satisfies the requirements.
(6) Quizzes distributed at the beginning of class are used as a diagnostic tool by Mr. Hatfield to correct undesirable homework, in-class or attendance habits. For this reason, quizzes may not be made up by absent or tardy students, who should instead use the extra-credit homework to restore lost points.
(7) Mr. Hatfield reserves the right, with the support of and in consultation with the parent or guardian, to require additional makeup work to assist students. |
