| Academic Honesty |
- Create an environment where intellectual integrity and academic honesty prevails.
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- Students are instructed that plagiarism is the presentation of someone else’s work as their own.
- Students sign a contract outlining that they understand the meaning of plagiarism and promise to honour the goals of intellectual integrity.
- Plagiarism may result in a mark of zero.
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| Teacher contact |
- Staff is available for contact in a variety of methods.
- Communication between parents and teacher is the key building block to academic success.
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- Teachers can be contacted through email or a call made to the main office.
- Teachers communicate through Parent-Teacher interviews, early warning letters, mid-term marks and final marks.
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| Extra help |
- Additional help is available for students at no extra cost.
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- Students can arrange to meet with their classroom teacher outside of classroom hours.
- Students can meet with guidance counselor to arrange for tutoring.
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| Homework |
- Homework is key component to student learning.
- Students regularly receive homework.
- The purpose of homework is to consolidate students’ knowledge and skills and/or to prepare for the next class.
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- Homework is assessed as a learning skill using a variety of assessment instruments, including checklists, oral recall, and classroom spot-check.
- When homework is consistently not completed or done poorly, the home is contacted.
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| Absence |
- Absences need to be reported to the main office in timely manner.
- The home needs to contact the school in case of an absence.
- When a student is absent from school it is the student’s responsibility in concert with the teacher to make up the work and demonstrate they have met the course expectations.
- A chronically absent student may not receive a credit.
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- Students’ attendance is recorded daily by the teachers and is reported to the front desk attendant within first 30 minutes of each class.
- When a student is returning from an absence the teacher requires an explanation, usually a note or phone call, from home.
- When a student has been absent from school the teacher will provide remediation.
- If a student has been found to have been absent without reason a mark of zero may be assessed for incomplete work.
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| Missed work |
- Work that is an integral part of the courses expectations must be completed.
- Students must take responsibility for work that has been missed.
- Missed and incomplete assignments do impact on the student’s grade.
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- Students are responsible to catch up on missed work as expeditiously as possible. This can be done through contacting the teacher or a peer.
- A reasonable timeline should be created for student to complete missed work.
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| Late assignments |
- Late assignments are reported in the learning skills section of the evaluation.
- Assignments must be submitted in a timely manner
- The student will be made aware of key dates for completing assignments and should plan his or her time accordingly.
- Deducting of marks for lateness as per timeline
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- Teachers are encouraged to establish a two-day window of opportunity for students to complete and submit an assignment.
- In cases where teaches are deducting marks, they should employ the model of deducting up to 5% each day (excluding weekends)
- Parent will be contacted by the teacher if the student persists in handing in late work.
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