Attendance/Absences

Spanish class is not a correspondence course. 

You must be present in order to learn and to contribute.  If you are absent you will miss required participation, as well as important instruction.  Please read the HGHS policy on absences carefully.  If your absence is legal/excused, you are responsible for bringing in the appropriate documentation within the school's required time. 

If you are absent the day directly preceding a test/quiz do not expect to be exempt from the evaluation!  We may not have done any additional review, which means you will not have missed any important instruction.  If you are absent the day on which a test/quiz is given, Plan to take the test/quiz the day you return!  If we decide that you will not be making up the evaluation the day you return, you are responsible for making-up the assignment within TEN CALENDAR DAYS! 

Incurring an "unexcused" absence (known in some circles as a “cut”)  has serious and long-term consequences. 

In addtion to earning a ZERO for any evaluation done that day, I also take it very personally that a student would choose to miss Spanish class.  You may well be risking more than just a grade if you choose* to cut class.

Trust me: Whatever "better offer" you might entertain instead of coming to class will not be worth it.
Choose* wisely.

 

Arrive on time!
Arriving late disrupts the class, the lesson, and results in missed instruction. (Plus: It's just plain rude.)

 

 

Questions?  Contact Señor Warren

Phone: 914-861-9441 x 243 (voice mail)
email:

 

* ¡Hola! That's right. The CHOICE is yours. We're talking FREE WILL here, muchachos. CHOOSE those actions which will result in POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES (such as increased knowledge and an unblemished reputation). Why go to the DARK SIDE and make choices that will result in unhappiness and less learning for everyone?  Use your energy for positive gain, not for thinking up hollow excuses for having made poor choices.