SANTIAGOHIGHSCHOOL

HealthOnline
Fall2014Syllabus

INSTRUCTOR:
Mr.PeteToomey

OFFICEHOURS:
RoomP208MWbothlunchesandbyappt.

CONTACT:

email toomeyhealth@gmail.com
text (951)8218741(Googlevoice)
(includenameandperiodinalltexts)

Odysseyware:https://cnusd.owschools.com

REMIND101
(669)8004450text@shsody14
students(first&lastname)
parents(Parent&studentlastname)
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Password:

123456(schoolID#)
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CourseStructure
ThiscoursewillbedeliveredentirelyonlinethroughOdysseyware.Inthiscourse,youwillaccess
onlinelessonsdesignedtoteachtheconceptsforthatunit.TheonlineHealthcourseincludes7units
with1015lessons,23projects,and23quizzeseach.About100assignmentstotal.Everyunit
concludeswithacomprehensivetest.
Eachunithasaspecificduedate.UNITSMAYBECOMPLETEDEARLY.Theduedatesare
designedtokeepstudentsonpace.Meetingtheseduedatesisessentialtoyourgrade.
Eachlessonconcludeswithasetofreviewquestionsthatthestudentsmustanswer.Eachsetofreview
questionsmustbepassed(70%)beforemovingontothenextlesson.
Acomprehensivetestcompleteseachoftheunits.
Allunittestsareblockedandrequireinstructorapproval(unblocked).
Studentsmustcontactinstructorbytextoremailwhentheyneedthetestunblocked.
Alllessonsmustbecompletedbeforetakingtheunittests.
Lessons/Quizzes/Testsapassingscoreisrequiredtomovetonextlesson
Lessonsmustbepassedwithaminimum70%scoremaximumretakes:10
Quizzesmustbepassedwithaminimum70%scoremaximumretakes:5
UnittestsCANNOTberetaken.TheycanonlybetakenONCE.Yourscoreisrecordedafter
yourfirstattemptandyouareadvancedtothenextlesson.USEYOURNOTES!!
Atestdaynoshowwillresultina20%penaltyonthetestscore(unexcusedabsence)
Itisyourresponsibilitytomaintainapacethatwillcompletethecourseontime.

Computer/TabletRequirements
Computermusthavehighspeedinternetconnection,AdobeFlash,AcrobatReaderandJAVA
Recommendedinternetbrowsers:GoogleChrome(best),Explorer,Firefox,Mozilla,andSafari
Avalid,reliable,workingemailaddressismandatory.

Grading
Odysseywareperformancescore
Notebook
PacingRequirements
FinalExam

70%(mustcomplete100%ofcoursework)
10%(7unitsalllessonsandvideos)
15%(seepacingguidebelow)
5%(mandatoryforcoursecompletionDec.16th)
100%

Pacing(15%)
StudentswhofallbehindtherecommendedpaceareinDANGEROFFAILING
Allunitlessons,quizzes,andtestsmustbecompletedbeforetheFINALCLASSMEETING(12/12)
Yourgradeisinfluencedbyyourabilitytostayonpace(seepacingrequirementsbelow)
Eachunitmustbe100%completedby8amontheduedatebelowforfullcredit.
Allincompletelessons/projects/quizzeswillremainopenforonlyoneweekfollowingtheduedate

Unit1
September5th
Unit5
November14th
Unit2
September5th
Unit6
December5th
Unit3
October10th
Unit7
December12th
Unit4
October31st
FinalExam December16th

Notebook(10%)
Studentsmustmaintainahandwrittencoursenotebookthatoutlineseachlesson
Thenotebookcanandshouldbeusedwhentakinglessonreviews,quizzes,andunittests.
Studentsmustuseacollegeruledcompositionnotebook
ThenotebookMUSTincludetheUnit#andLesson#atthetopofeachpage.
Thenotebookcountsas10%ofyouroverallclassgrade.
Notebookswillbecheckedateachunittestforcreditnolatenotebookswillbeaccepted.

Expectations
Thiscourseisselfpacedandrequiresasmuchas46hoursperweektobecompletedsuccessfully.Therefore,
toensuresuccess,students:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Mustcommunicateanyconcernsordifficultiestotheteacherimmediately.
MustsignupforRemind101toreceivetextsregardingclassupdates(seetopofp.1)
ShouldincludetheirnameandID#inalltextsandemails
Workcontinuouslythroughoutthesemester.Waitinguntilthelastminutetocompleteaunitcauses
stressandcanhurtyourgrade.
5. Areexpectedtodotheirownwork.Anysharingoffiles,assignments,quiz/testquestionsisconsidered
cheating.
6. Anyviolationofacademichonestymayresultinconsequenceswhichmayincludeazeroonthe
assignment,detention,Saturdayschool,orremovalfromtheclass.

DropPolicy

Studentsmaydropthecourseupuntilthefirstunittestwithnorecordontranscripts.
Afterthatdateasemestergradewillbepostedbasedonstudentsperformanceintheclass.

PleaseprintandsignacopyofthesyllabusandbringittothefirstUnittest

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Date_________________

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