Mr. Leavitt’s Classroom Rules

1.	Students shall refrain from doing anything that disrupts the educational atmosphere of the classroom.  This includes talking at inappropriate times, horseplay, leaving one’s seat at inappropriate times, and doing anything that draws the attention of the other members of the class away from the assigned classroom tasks.
2.	Students shall come to class prepared to learn.  Each student will enter class with appropriate school supplies (i.e. paper, pen/pencil, textbooks, etc.).
3.	Students shall refrain from bringing anything to class that detracts from the learning environment (i.e. toys, food, drink, electronic equipment, etc.).  If a student brings something to class that in the judgement of the teacher is distracting it will be taken from the student and given to the dean, arrangements will have to be made with the dean for the item’s return.
4.	Cheating will not be tolerated!  Cheating on any assignment will result in a loss of credit for the assignment and a double point value penalty (for example if a student were to be caught cheating on a 10 point quiz they would receive a zero on the quiz plus a 20 point penalty as punishment).
5.	Any flagrant violation of the above rules, or any violation that puts another student, the teacher, or the students themselves in danger, or threatens to destroy the property of the school, teacher or other students will result in an immediate referral to the office.  All minor infractions will result in a verbal warning, teacher assigned detention, phone calls home to parents, or referral to the deans office.
6.	Students wishing to discuss their grade should NOT disrupt class to do so.  Students should make an appointment, or drop by the classroom before or after school.
7.	All school wide rules regarding dress code, drugs, violence, etc., as explained in the student handbook, will be strictly enforced.

Spanish II Course Expectations

The daily routine in Spanish will consist of lecture/discussion activities, including a wide variety of learning activities.  There will be a lot of memorization and students will be held responsible for memorizing a fair amount of vocabulary words, as well as conversational phrases.  Students are advised not to fall behind.  It will be extremely difficult to catch up once you have “lost your way”.  There will be a stronger emphasis placed on grammar, composition and fluency in Spanish II than in Spanish I, but like Spanish I each unit will build upon the last, making it absolutely imperative that students keep up.  If the student is not willing to work hard they might want to consider another class.  We will also explore the rich cultural diversity of the Spanish speaking world.  We will cover music, history, art, food, and some geography.  Evaluation will be done using a healthy mixture of worksheets/bookwork, quizzes and tests, both written as well as oral.  We will attempt to cover the entire book throughout the year and students will do much better in the course if they stay up on their reading.  Points for the quarter will be derived from the classroom assignments, quizzes, tests, oral assignments and special projects throughout the year.

Quarter grading will be done based on the percentage of the total points possible a student receives during the quarter, with 90% and above resulting in an A, 80% to 89.99% resulting in a B, 70% to 79.99% resulting in a C, 60% to 69.99% resulting in a D.  Any total of less than 60% of total points possible will result in an F.  The semester grade will be an average of the percentages from the two quarters making up the semester.  Students failing the semester will NOT receive credit for the semester and will have to repeat the semester in order to graduate.

I have read and understand the above classroom rules and course expectations.

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