All About
Science
Mr. Keith
Garton
Kopachuck
Middle School
My Class
Expectations My
Class Schedule
My Contact Information
Thank you for
visiting my website. It is a work in progress and I am still
trying to learn how all the features work.
If you can not find the information that you need, please feel free
to use my contact information.
You might have noticed that I have
titled my site Science Technology
Engineering Mathematics . As a long time
mechanical engineer prior to returning to the teaching profession,
I believe it is critical to include aspects of all these
disiplines. Students need to see how their science
knowledge is useful and enriching to their future and to
society.
Student
Expectations
My classroom
rules are, hopefully, very simple.
The students are expected to
follow the school program, Character Counts, both inside and
outside the classroom.
I place a high value on all of the six
pillars of character: responsibility, fairness,
citizenship, caring, trustworthiness, and respect.
These are described in more detail in their student agendas and at
this link http://charactercounts.org
. We have taken class time to explain these expectations and
will continue to discuss them throughout the year.
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Class Schedule for
Mr.
Garton
1st Semester 2009/10
Odd
Days
Even Days
1st period
8th Science
Room 301 2nd
period 8th Science
Room 301
3rd
period 7th Science Room 301 4th
period
7th Science Room 301
5th
period Planning Room 301 6th
period
Planning Room 301
7th
period 7th Science Room 301 8th
period 8th Science Room
301
Classroom Grading Standards
In our class, I use a evaluation method which is standards
based. It is based on a 4 point system as follows:
4 = exceeds standard
3 = meets standard
2 = below standard
1 = well below standard
The students know this as the deluxe cheeseburger system*. It
was explained to them like this, 'If I ask you for a deluxe
cheeseburger and you give me a -
deluxe cheeseburger, fries, drink, and
napkin = 4
deluxe
cheeseburger
= 3
plain
burger
= 2
hot
dog
= 1
rock
= 0
My goal is for every student to be at level
3 or better.
*acknowledgement to Mrs. Caseley
Test and lab/projects will account for 70% of
your student's class grade. All other assignments will make
up the remaining 30%.
Contact Information
My
email
gartonk@psd401.net
My room
telephone
(253) 530-4156
Kopachuck main
office
(253) 530-4100
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