Biology Course Syllabus
Mrs. Cimock
Phone: (754) 322-1400
Email: Nicole.Cimock@browardschools.com
Welcome Knights, to Biology at Monarch High School. This semester will bring many new adventures and new challenges. I wish you the best of luck in your first semester at Monarch. I look forward to getting to know each one of you.
The Knights’ Code of Chivalry
Responsibility
Citizenship
Kindness
Respect
Honesty
Self-Control
Tolerance
Cooperation
Textbook: Holt Biology Florida
Online book can be viewed through www.BEEP.browardschools.com using the student number
Monarch High School Web site: www.MonarchKnights.com
**You may access your grades and attendance from Pinnacle!**
Online Textbook: http://fl.earthgeu.com
Turn It In: www.Turnitin.com
FCAT Explorer: www.fcatexplorer.com
Required Materials
- 3 ring notebook
- Subject dividers
- Pens (blue or black)
- Pencils
- Folder
- Lines notebook paper
- Markers
Classroom Procedures:
- Come prepared to class EVERYDAY! You must be ready to learn as soon as the bell rings!
- Be sure to be in your assigned seat! Failure to do so will result in an absence.
- If you are in the hall as the bell rings you will be marked tardy and you will not be allowed into the classroom.
- All students will respect one another at all times as well as behave in a mature and appropriate manner. Misconduct will not be tolerated and an administrator will be notified, as well as parents or guardian.
- Do not bring food or drink in the classroom.
- No gum is allowed in the classroom.
- No cell phones are allowed in the classroom. If a cell phone is visible it will be confiscated.
- The class is ninety minutes long; during these ninety minutes learning will take place. I ask that you do not get ready to leave or actually get up from your seat until I dismiss you!
- Science is all about asking questions. Never hesitate to ask a question! Chances are, someone else needs to know the answer as well.
Laptop Procedure:
- Laptops are ONLY used when I permit them!
- No HEADPHONES!!!
Attendance
- You are expected to come to school everyday.
- You are expected to make up all work if you are absent.
- Unexcused and excused absences will receive 2 days for each absent day to make up work.
Evaluation
Evaluation
Tests/Quizzes 25%
Classwork/Labs 25%
Homework 25%
Participation 25%
Grading Scale
A 90% -100%
B+ 86% - 89%
B 80% - 85%
C+ 76% - 79%
C 70% - 75%
D+ 66% - 69%
D 60% - 65%
F Below 59% |