week of Jan. 11th - ALG 3 BLOCK

ALL E-MAILS NEED TO BE SENT TO

glenn.meeden@cobbk12.org


We have started and seem to be situated now with students in the Alg 3 block class. Their first test is this Thursday, Jan. 14th. Below is their syllabus for this course.....


Lassiter High School
Reaching Excellence and Climbing Higher
Math Department
Spring Semester 2010

COURSE TITLE: Algebra III Y INSTRUCTOR: Coach Meeden
EMAIL: glenn.meeden@cobbk12.org PHONE #: 678-494-7863, ext. 508
SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.lassiter.org

LEARNING GOAL: The school goal focuses on critical thinking, targeting reading comprehension and written expression. As part of Lassiter High School's School Improvement Plan (SIP) and the Superintendent's Advanced Placement (AP) Certification initiatives, all students will participate in timed writing activities (based on content area reading passages) that will be scored using the College Board's Holistic Scoring Method for the new SAT.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Algebra III is a college-prep course which focuses on realistic problem-solving in concrete situations. This class is not recommended for students who intend to pursue careers which require extensive mathematical or scientific background. Algebraic and geometric topics are approached using appropriate numerical, analytical, and graphical methods as well as using appropriate technology. Course topics include: equations and their graphs; functions and their graphs; polynomial functions; rational functions; conics; systems of equations and inequalities; matrices; logarithms; trigonometry; and other topics as time permits.
GRADING POLICY: Tests...................................................... 60%
Classwork, Homework, Extra Problem Sets........................... 15%
Quizzes........................................................................................ 10%
Final Exam................................................................................ 15%

TEXTS/READINGS: Larson and Hostetler’s Algebra and Trigonmetry, Fifth Edition, Houghton-Mifflin, 2001. Costs approximately $75, which must be paid if the text is lost or irreparably damaged. TEXT SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO CLASS EVERY DAY!
CALCULATORS:
§ Due to the nature of the content of this course, instruction and learning activities are strongly calculator-based. Every student MUST have their own graphing calculator in order to fully participate in all class activities. A TI-83 Plus is recommended. A school calculator may be checked out, if necessary.

ATTENDANCE AND MAKE-UP POLICY:...................................................................................................
A student who is present and actively participates is more likely to be successful; however, if a student is absent, he/she has one day for each day of excused absence to make up the work. (For example, a student absent 2 days would have 2 days to make-up the work.) Students are responsible for asking their teachers for the make-up work. A student with an unexcused absence may ask for assignments and may choose to complete them in order to keep up with the class; however, the teacher is under no obligation to grade the work. All tests should be made up through Math Department make up sessions or by individual arrangement with the instructor. Students in ISS when a test is scheduled should make it up through a Math Department make up session.
LATE WORK POLICY: No late work accepted!

EXTRA HELP:....... Extra help is available BY APPOINTMENT, before or after school and during seventh period.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
Cheating is considered a serious matter. The parents of a student who has been involved in cheating will be notified and the student will receive a grade of zero for the test or evaluation period, and a grade of U in conduct.
For this course, cheating is defined as, but is not limited to, the following acts:
§ Copying anyone’s answers to questions, exercises, study guides, classwork or homework assignments
§ Taking any information verbatim from any source, including the Internet, without giving proper credit to the author, or rearranging the order of words and/or changing some words as written by the author and claiming the work as his or her own, i.e., plagiarism.
§ Looking onto another student’s paper during a test or quiz.
§ Having available any study notes or other test aids during a test or quiz without the teacher's permission.
§ Collaborating on assignments when independent work is expected.


LASSITER HIGH SCHOOL MATH DEPARTMENT SPRING 2010

SYLLABUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT


TEACHER: Coach Meeden.................................................... COURSE: Alg III Y


PLEASE CHECK IN THE BOXES TO THE LEFT INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE FOLLOWING:

I have read the parent letter and understand the academic integrity policy.
I have reviewed the class syllabus and understand the grading policy.
I am willing to be contacted by email.
I have access to the internet and will access the I-Cue parent feature (once it is available) to check on my child's progress. I understand that teachers will make every effort to post grades within 2 weeks of accepting the assignment, but that posting of grades larger papers and projects may extend beyond the 2 week timeframe.



Student Name: _____________________________ Class Period: _________
(Please print.)

_________________________________ _______________________________________
(Student's Signature) (Parent's Signature)


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(Student's E-mail—optional but encouraged) (Parent's E-mail—optional but encouraged)



RETURN THIS FORM WITH BOTH SIGNATURES BY Wed, Jan. 20th.




Please feel free to contact the instructor if you have any additional questions or concerns.