Required materials include a fully charged school-issued computer with all software updated as directed in our getting started guide.

Communicating with your parents

Under the following conditions, teachers will communicate with students and families about their academic progress:

• Trend (2 or more times) in Achievement Grades in Progress getting lower
• Trend (2 or more times) toward missing deadlines or unproductive work habits
• 3 or below on individual summative assessments
• Other academic concerns, or for any other reason deemed appropriate by your teacher

Exam re-takes

You can retake an exam until you have mastered the standards on the exam. You must schedule a specific time with your teacher for the retake. 

Extra-Credit

I want you to work hard and learn. There are times when you may want to earn extra credit. Extra credit does not automatically improve your grade. Here are some things to think about before you accept an assignment for extra credit:

1. The assignment will be graded with the same rigor as other assignments (extra credit isn't easy)
2. You must treat an extra credit assignment as a regular assignment. If you do not turn it in, or do not meet the standard, you may further harm your progress
3. You will have clear criteria (a rubric) for your extra credit
4. Extra credit is almost always service-oriented. Your teacher alone determines what qualifies for extra credit.
5. You must always ask for permission for extra credit prior to doing the work.

You are responsible for understanding and following these guidelines.

From the Student Handbook:

Academic integrity is an expected trait in all students of ASW and is afforded the utmost value by all members of the faculty. The academic reputation of our students and the school in the wider community depend on it. Academic integrity expectations extend to all assessed and non-assessed school work and to all documentation produced for university and college applications. It is the expectation at ASW that all work and documentation submitted by students is entirely their own.

To ensure that high school students understand what constitutes academic honesty, teachers explicitly address the issue with all students at the start of each academic course.

Academic integrity means:

1. Citing appropriately those whose work is used in the preparation of school work completing school work without the input of others whose knowledge of the task might advantage the student unfairly
2. submitting work for assessment that is representative of the student's own learning and not that of others
3. individually or collectively maintaining a level of confidentiality and personal ownership of one's own work, both assessed and non-assessed

Conversely, academic dishonesty means:

1. Presenting the work, ideas, words, images, data or arguments of others as one's own without citation (plagiarism)
2. copying or sharing work with others (unless specifically allowed) in any form (e.g. digitally sharing, downloading, in person) in a way that misrepresents a student's ability or is intended to mislead the intended audience
3. presenting work as one's own which has been completed with the assistance of others (such as parents, other students or tutors) in a way that misrepresents a student's ability
4. making up or altering references, quotations, statistics, etc. (fabrication or falsification)

When a faculty member determines that there has been a breach of academic integrity, the faculty member is required to inform the Principal of the incident.

1. Do not disrupt our learning environment
2. Work hard
3. Be curious
4. Be kind
5. There are no cell phones allowed in our class - they must be out of your zone of control

Students should have successfully completed introduction to programming (designing solutions through programming). 

Teacher email: bmackenty@aswarsaw.org

American School of Warsaw
Bielawa. 202 Warszawska Ul.
05-520 Konstancin-Jeziorna
POLAND
https://www.aswarsaw.org
https://www.mackenty.org