Science Rule Frequent Ask Questions (F.A.Q.)

What is the late work policy?
If students do not turn in an assignment on the day that it is due, the assignment becomes late. As per DISTRICT POLICY when turning in any late work, 20% will be deducted the first day late.  The second day late 40% will be deducted.  The third day late it is a zero.  It will be to your advantage to turn your work in on time.  Deadlines will be announced in class.  It is the student's responsibility to check with Miss Cunningham about any deadlines if students are not sure on when an assignment is due or is absent.

What is the make-up policy?
The policy is that students have one day for every day they are absent before it is considered late.    For example if the student is absent for 3 days, they have 3 days to complete all make-up work.  You will have two tutorial periods (approximately one week) to make up any tests or quizzes that you missed.  If you do not make up the work you missed within the time allowed it will be recorded as a permanent zero.  You are responsible for finding out what work you missed.

What is Miss Cunningham’s contact information?
You can reach me a number of ways.
My work number is 281-284-2300
My work email is jcunning@ccisd.net .
My personal email is jcunningham@sciencerule.com.
My conference periods are 3rd and 5th period
My classroom is room 222 in the ninth grade campus at Clear Creek High School.

What if my child’s grade is low?
Usually, there are limited reasons why a child’s grade is low.  Students must turn in all work in order to receive credit for completely the work. This means that it must be on time and with the proper heading (name, date and period).  In addition, students must study for upcoming test. Students are aware of test days usually at least 2 days prior to testing and are always given a review which is written directly from the test. Lastly, if students do not understand the topics and are not seeking information, their grades will often suffer.  My suggestion would be to make sure all work is turned in on time, study for test and come to tutoring.

What is Miss. Cunningham's tutoring time?
Tuesday and Thursday (2:30pm-3:15pm) and by appointment (any time after school).  If a student  needs assistance any time after school, they will need to come to room 222 at the Clear Creek  Ninth Grade Center.  I am always willing to assist a student any day of the week as long as I have  no obligations or meetings.  If a student need to ask questions or have additional help outside of  class time, please come and see assistance from Miss. Cunningham.

What is the bell schedule?
There are two main bell schedules.  Normally, we use the daily bell schedule. We may use an alternate bell schedule on pep rally days.  Please click CCHS bell schedules to see the detail schedule.

What is the school calendar?
Each year, Clear Creek Independent School District agrees to a school calendar for the next year.  Please click here to see Clear Creek I.S.D for detail schedule of holidays, early release, TAKS days,graduation and other important dates.

Who is my child’s assistant principal?
Each student is assigned to an assistant principal.  For freshmen at the ninth grade campus, students are placed in Teams.  There are 2 teams.  Assistant principals are assigned teams and takes care of the concerns of those teams.  For the student is in 10th - 12th grade, they are assigned a SLC (small learning community).  Each assistant principal is assigned a SLC and takes care of the concerns of that SLC.  Please click CCHS Faculty to see listing of the principal, assistant principals, and their responsibilities.

Who is my child’s counselor?
Each student is assigned to a counselor.  The counselor helps the student in variety of areas including class scheduling, state test preparations such as the SAT and the ACT, future plans after graduation, personal concerns. Please click CCHS Faculty to see listing for counselors, and their responsibilities.

What Team is my child assigned to?
The student's schedule will have the information on the team they have been assigned.  If the student's schedule is not available, please contact the office of the ninth grade center for further information.  Miss Cunningham is assigned to team 1 but there maybe students that are assigned in other team that are in my class.  Team 1 is called the Explorers team.  Team 2 is called the D.R.E.A.M. team.

What are the topics that will be discussed in biology this year?
TOPICS:

What is a Floater Teacher?
Though there are no current floater teachers in biology, students may hear the term "floater teacher."This has been greatly minimized this year due to finishing phase two of the construction. However, in case you need clarity on what a floater teacher is, I would like to explain what a floater teacher is and why it happens. With any fast rate student population, space and amount of classrooms becomes a concern. There is a higher demand of teachers so the class size can be at a minimum. However, there is often not enough classrooms available to meet the growth demand of the school. Therefore, there are more teachers than classroom available.

So some teachers have not been assigned to one classroom which they can call their own classroom for the year. Floater teachers have been assigned different classrooms for each period. Floater teachers use classrooms that the permanent teacher has conference and is not using the classroom for the period. Some floating teachers have carts that they are able to place their teaching supplies on as they travel from one classroom to another. Due to this situation, there were three biology teachers that floated in 2006-2007 school year including myself. However, due to construction on the main campus and Clear Springs High School being open, all biology teachers have a permanent classroom for the 2007-2008 school year.

How do I found things on this web site?
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