Eighth Grade Policies

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• Teacher Policies
• Objectives, Goals and Expectations
• Grading
• Cluster Conferences
• Jeans

Teacher Policies

Ms. Brown – U.S. History – spiral notebook, glue, & scissors required daily, textbook should remain at home
Ms. Thompson – English – work must be done in blue or black ink pen
Mrs. Ossorio– Math & Algebra I – work must be done in pencil, leave textbook at home
Ms. Moore – Spanish & Spanish I – oral participation required
Ms. Veneziale – Science & I.P.C. – separate binder required, individual Science Fair projects required for I.P.C. & Pre-A.P. Science students
Mr. Lewis – Inclusion – assistance offered throughout the classes

Objectives, Goals, & Expectations

Students will observe The Rice School ~ La Escuela Rice Honor Code and follow the H.I.S.D. Code of Conduct.
In addition to the regular disciplinary actions, failure to comply will result in exclusion from cluster activities (field trips, celebrations, etc.).
Students will meet the H.I.S.D. promotion standards.
--Passing all classes
--Stanford 10
--TAKS (Reading, Math, Social Studies)
--Students will be prepared for success in high school.

Grading

50% - Daily Grades (homework, classwork, participation, labs, etc.)
Homework
--1 class period late – 50% penalty
--more than 1 class period late – zero

50% - Major Grades (tests, quizzes, projects, notebooks, final draft of essays, book reports, etc.)
Major Projects
--10 point penalty for every calendar day late;
--must be turned in within 1 week

Make-up work
5 days to request, complete, and turn in upon the return to school (excuses must be turned into the attendance within 3 days of the return to school)

Cluster Conference Schedule

Monday through Thursday
1:40 or 2:00
Classroom F205, sign in at the main office and get a visitor’s badge
Conferences may be scheduled through Ms. Brown by email - ebrown@houstonisd.org or you may leave a voicemail - 713-349-1800 ext 451

Jeans Letter and Policies

The Rice School ~ La Escuela Rice
August, 2006

Dear Parents,

In order to raise money for celebrations throughout the year and end-of-year activities, eighth grade students will be able to pay $1.00 every Friday for the privilege of wearing denim blue jeans with their Rice School uniform or Friday T-shirts. When they report to homeroom on Fridays, they should be ready to pay their homeroom teacher the $1.00. Homeroom teachers will collect the money and keep a record of who has paid for the privilege each Friday. Students who do not wish to participate can wear their regular uniform bottoms.

Appropriate jeans are full-length blue denim pants (no shorts, capris, or skirts). Extremes will not be tolerated (no bell-bottoms, no hip-huggers, no excessively baggy pants, no cut-offs, no frayed jeans, no holes, no pants dragging on the ground, etc.). If the students abuse this privilege, we will have to end this fund-raiser and return to wearing the khaki uniform bottoms on Fridays. This is a special privilege for the eighth grade students, a mark of their “senior” status, and they are expected to act responsibly.

This fund-raiser will not bring in all the money needed for eighth grade celebrations and end-of-year activities, but it will help keep the end-of-year fee to a minimum.

Thank your for your support on behalf of the eighth grade cluster.

Ms. Edith Brown, Cluster Leader
Ms. Jacquiline Curtis, Assistant Principal

Ms. Brown, History - ebrown@houstonisd.org

Ms. Ossorio, Math - possorio@houstonisd.org

Ms. Brevard, Math - bbrevard@houstonisd.org

Ms. Thompson, English - tthomps2@houstonisd.org

Ms. Veneziale, Science - avenezia@houstonisd.org

Ms. Moore, Spanish - ymoore@houstonisd.org

Ms. Howard, Reading - dhoward5@houstonisd.org

Mr. Lewis, Inclusion - Ilewis@houstonisd.org