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3.1) safety first, ask if you do not know something before you do it
3.2) clear your work area of all unnecessary items
3.3) put on your safety glasses before beginning to handle materials or equipment
3.4) if something spills notify your teacher immediately
3.5) in case of chemical contact with skin or eyes notify your teacher immediately and
proceed to wash off or rinse/flush with cool water and seek medical attention
3.6) when finished clean up your lab area in accordance with the lab assignment cleanup
rules and return equipment back to it original place and wipe down your lab area with paper
towels and warm soapy water to remove any residual chemical residue and dry it. DO NOT
automatically just dump chemicals down the lab sink NOR throw/dump in the regular
classroom garbage. Your teacher or a teaching assistant will come around with a disposal
container when necessary.
4) Procedures for fire drills
4.1) Leave all books and papers behind and turn-off any lab equipment
4.2) Line-up immediately next to the classroom door and wait for your teacher to
escort you out of the classroom.
4.3) remain quite and listen for instruction from teachers and staff and follow
instructions the first time
4.4) follow your teacher to the safety area
4.5) upon reaching the safety area count-off for "headcount"
4.6) remain in the safety area and remain quite and listening for further
instructions about when to return back to class
4.7) follow your teacher back to class when instructed to do so and retake your
seats for "headcount" again.
5) Procedures for lockdown drills
5.1) remain calm and quite and listen for instructions from your teacher
5.2) turn off any lab equipment and take a defensive cover posture
5.3) stay away from windows and doors (and out of sight)
5.4) when signaled by your teacher to do so return to your seats for "headcount"
6) Procedures for making up classwork
6.1) If you miss one or more days of classwork you are expected to come to the
teacher for further instructions regarding making up missed class work
6.2) turn in any homework that was due ASAP after returning to class
6.3) if you need more time to complete assignments ask after class or by email for
special arrangements
6.4) even if late you are still required to turn in missed assignments and homework
even though you may not be entitled to full credit for not completing it on time
6.5) if you are having trouble understanding the missed classwork assigned for
makeup notify your teacher immediately and schedule a makeup assistance meeting
6.6) provide a note of explanation signed by a parent when turning in makeup
assignments and / or late homework
7) Procedures for group projects
8.1) quizzes are open book (this does not mean that you are allowed to ask or use
another classmate for or as a reference for information / answers)
8.2) quizzes must be your own work / efforts
8.3) quizzes with wrong or incomplete or partially correct answers must be reviewed
and corrected to 100% after first being submitted for grading.
8.4) no extra time will be allotted for the first submission of quizzes for grading,
however, there is no normal time limit for submission of corrected quizzes (except at
the end of the course the week before final exams)
8.5) questions not 100% correct require not just the correct answer but an explanation
of either why the answer was originally not correct or why the corrected answer is
correct
8.6) follow any additional quiz details provided with the quiz for special instructions
Open Door Policy
● As always your comments and feedback are always welcome
and I am always available to discuss your child’s progress,
performance and needs at any time.
● Thank you again to all those who were able to attend Back to
School Night!
● I enjoyed meeting all of you and look forward to an exciting and
enlightening year ahead!
Contact Info
Paul J. Weihs
pjweihs@tusd.edu
Classroom B108
(209) 123-4567