Homework+Policy

=HOMEWORK POLICY =

NORTHWOOD HOMEWORK PHILOSOPHY
====Homework should be used as meaningful practice to develop and strengthen academic skills, promote mastery, and foster independent study habits and responsibility. ====

MS. RUKEN’S ENGLISH HOMEWORK POLICY
====Homework is due the following day after the assignment is given unless otherwise noted. It is expected that the student has the homework, ready to be turned in, at the beginning of the block. Late work may not receive full credit, and illegible work will not be accepted. Students with incomplete, late, missing, or illegible assignments may be asked to come in during lunch recess, after school, or receive an ARC referral. ====

MS RUKEN’S ABSENCE POLICY
====When absent, students are expected to approach me the very next day as soon as possible for all missing class work and assignments. It is the student’s responsibility to follow up in this manner. ABSENT should be written in the last line of the heading in the upper right hand corner to avoid late-work point deductions. ====

ACADEMIC REFERRAL CLASS (ARC)
====Academic Referral Class is a referral-based intervention program for students who struggle to complete classwork and/or return homework on the date it is due. Students are expected to attend ARC the same day that they are assigned when feasible. Parents will be notified when a child has been referred. ====