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Thank you for passing through Newberry's Grand Central. On your left, the link for your class will provide you with Some basic information about that class. Specific updates on the class activities, assignments, due dates, slide shows and extra copies of handouts are generally handled through the Google Classroom set up for each section of the class. 
 
Please note that information found there (especially calendar information) is subject to change on short notice. If chaos ensues, simply contact me about what adjustments you need to make.
 
~Mr. N.
Office Hours
I’m generally available at the times listed below for…
  • Extra help
  • Make-up tests
  • Test corrections and test retakes (before and after school only)
  • Getting an assignment graded early 
For best results, please let me know ahead of time that you’ll be coming. Lunch appointments are often available if needed. Specific availability changes from week to week, and so, for best results, consult the Google Classroom Bulletin set up for your class.
 
  • Mondays: before school and during 6th period
  • Most Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays: - before school, at lunch, 6th period, and after school.
  • Wednesdays: by appointment
Expectations for Personal Conduct
  1. Work hard.
  2. Be kind.
Time is precious. Those who seek to be intellectually hungry and humble, who avoid distractions, and who try to learn and live by the cultural norms of room 305 will find they have not wasted that gift.
 
Norms: expected behaviors in various circumstances...
 
Electronics Norms - Your phone or you... who's in charge here?
  1. Since many learning tasks can be accomplished or assisted with the use of a phone, knowing how to balance the proper use of a phone during class time is part of the self-discipline students need to develop.
    • A teacher asking students to use their phones (or other electronic devices) one moment and then set them aside for a lesson, lecture, discussion or other phone-free activity the next is part of the responsible electronic-user "dance" that all of us digital citizens must learn.
    • Practice Electronic Integrity and Discipline: concealed phone use is dishonest; emergencies aside, habitual phone checking is undisciplined. If it's not for class purposes or is otherwise distracting you and or others from the focus of the lesson, then please put it away.
  2. Please inform the instructor in advance of emergency situations in which a phone might need to be used.
Use of personal electronics (when permitted) is voluntary and for class purposes only; their use is revocable at any time. Users assume all responsibility for loss of or damage to any device. Alternative devices are almost always available.
 
Group Norms - No one of us is smarter than all of us together.
 
How do groups work together successfully?
  1. Be willing to work with a variety of people and contribute equally to each task.
  2. Be efficient – use your time wisely and stay ON TASK until the whole assignment is done.
  3. Work at a volume that doesn't disturb other groups or classes.
  4. Be solution-oriented and willing to compromise.
  5. Feel free to disagree - as long as different ideas are valued and respected.
  6. Challenge ideas rather than people: (“Can you explain the reasoning behind that idea?)
  7. In a conflict, use “I feel” statements rather than accusations; listen to the other person, and tell them what you have heard them say to their satisfaction before sharing your ideas.
 
For all items above, the EDHS Code of Conduct is always in force.
 
 
Photo caption for Grand Central Page: the sleepy little junction of Newberry, Michigan.