Class Absences
/ Make Ups / Late Work Penalty Policy
1.
You are responsible
for completing all class work and homework assigned during your absence. I do
not work for the FBI. It is not my duty
to investigate / find / track / inform you of what you missed. You take the initiative to ask the questions
and I answer them. Unless you are
absolutely too sick to work in your absence (which I know genuinely can be the
case), homework must still be done in your absence through the online resources
at your disposal. Any questions, I can
be reached at jruppert@mcquaid.org. I check my e-mail regularly. If your reason for absence truly prevented
you from doing your schoolwork (again, because of extreme sickness, family
emergency, etc.), then you are expected to meet with Mr. Ruppert as early as
possible upon your return to school to schedule a reasonable make-up schedule.
2.
Show up for tests.
Students who are present for all
tests and quizzes in a semester may drop
their lowest test grade in the 2nd and/or 4th marking
period and replace it with their highest.
Students who, gulp, miss a test will have to take a, gulp, makeup
test. This test will be constructed by
an angry teacher, me. Do not miss
tests. In the event that a “makeup”
applies to you, the missed test must be made up within the first 3 flex periods
the teacher is available after your return from absence. Failure to do so may result in a grade of
“0”. If you are absent on the one day before a test/quiz, and in school the day the
test/quiz is administered, assume that you must take the test/quiz as regularly
scheduled. “I did not have my textbook
at home” is not an acceptable excuse.
P.S. – Again, your textbook will be available online. For longer term absences, see me
individually to coordinate a makeup plan.
3.
Missed daily quizzes (10 point variety only) are “missed
opportunities” to demonstrate your preparedness for class. You will not make these up, but instead will
receive a sub. grade based on your chapter test grade.
Ex; 84% on chapter test = 8/10 on
missed daily quiz / 85% on chapter test = 9/10 on missed daily quiz
4.
If you skip a test or
quiz for an unacceptable reason, you will receive a grade of “0”. Generally speaking, guidance appointments
should always be rescheduled if they conflict with a full period test.
5.
Assignments
handed in late (essays, projects, chapter outlines, etc.) are generally
penalized 10% per day of lateness. In
any case, a lateness form with parental
signature will be need to be turned in with the assignment in order to
receive the appropriate partial credit.
Nightly homework will be checked daily and will not be given credit if
incomplete or missing by the start of class.