MR. TREPUS VOICE MESSAGE NUMBER 683-5520 If you have any concerns regarding your student, please leave a message. I will try to get back to you after school or before school the next morning. If you will not be at home, please leave a number where you can be reached in the afternoon.

HOMEWORK POLICY: I give class time to start daily work, and I give extra credit for using class time well. What does not get finished becomes homework. On most assignments students have several days to finish.

LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AT HALF CREDIT. Exceptions will be made for excused absences and extended illnesses. Students should expect homework several times a week.

EXTRA CREDIT: Students can do extra credit to pull up their grade.

GRADING: Grades are based upon the point system. As a general rule 50% of the grade is based upon tests, and 50% of the grade is based upon assignments. Major projects such as the Totem Pole and Pioneer Diary are worth more than twice as many points as a test.

PROGRESS REPORTS: Progress reports are given out midway through the quarter grading period. Report cards are issued every nine weeks. Students have their grades updated at least once a week and are posted by the student's ID number in the back of the classroom.

DISCIPLINE: If a student is tardy he/she will be assigned the "Classroom Expectations" poem. The more tardies, the more times they will write out the poem. The "Classroom Expectations" poem will also be assigned for minor disciplinary infractions. The student will be given 24 hours to turn in the poem. Failure to turn it in on time will cost the student 5 points from his/her grade. For habitual tardiness and major discipline problems, I will contact the student's parents.

Rev. 02/22/2006