1.  PLEASE BE ON TIME, IN YOUR SEAT, AND QUIET AFTER THE BELL RINGS. 

2.  PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BOOKS, SUPPLIES, and ASSIGNMENT NOTEBOOK  TO CLASS  DAILY. 

3.  PLEASE BE IN UNIFORM.  

4.  CONSULT THE WEB PAGE OR CALL, E-MAIL, OR TEXT MESSAGE A FRIEND  FOR ANY MISSED WORK.        DO NOT ASK MR.LEFFLER “WHAT DID WE DO YESTERDAY?”! 

5.  MR. LEFFLER DOES NOT RESPOND TO STUDENT E-MAIL.

6.  PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING IN THE ROOM!!!

CLASS STUFF

7.  GEOGRAPHY AND MODERN WORLD HAVE AROUND 200 POINTS POSSIBLE EACH QUARTER.  EACH POINT IS WORTH 1/2% OF THE QUARTER GRADE SO EVERY POINT IS VALUABLE.

8. POINTS ARE DERIVED FROM QUIZZES, TESTS, WRITTEN WORK, HOMEWORK CHECKS, REPORTS, CLASS PARTICIPATION, AND OTHER SOURCES.  YOU ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR AVERAGE.  MR. LEFFLER IS NOT YOUR PERSONAL SECRETARY.

9.  APE HISTORY IS COMPOSED OF PARTICIPATION, WRITTEN, AND TEST GRADES. 

10.  MAKE-UPS FOR ALL TESTS AND MOST QUIZZES ARE BEFORE SCHOOL ON THE DAY OF YOUR RETURN.  FIND MR. LEFFLER BEFORE SCHOOL IN EITHER THE FACULTY CENTER AREA OR THE CLASSROOM.  A 50% PENALTY WILL BE ASSESSED IF YOU MISS THE MAKE-UP TIME.

11.  THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS DAILY PREP, PARTICIPATION, AND RESPONSIBILITY.

12.   CHEATING IS NOT DOING YOUR OWN WORK.  COPYING HOMEWORK OR LETTING SOMEONE COPY HOMEWORK IS CHEATING.  SAYING THAT “YOU ARE HELPING SOMEONE” IS CHEATING IF ALL ONE IS DOING IS PROVIDING ANSWERS OR ALLOWING SOMEONE TO COPY.  CHEATING WILL RESULT IN A ZERO FOR THE ITEM IN QUESTION AND A ZERO FOR THE SEMESTER PARTICIPATION GRADE. 

“I WOULD PREFER EVEN TO FAIL WITH HONOR THAT TO WIN BY CHEATING.”    SOPHOCLES

13.  RELAX!!!  NO WORRIES!!!