Grading

The grading procedure in grades 6 through 12 should reflect a fair and consistent evaluation of a student’s academic achievement.

During the first week of the course, the teacher will provide students with the following information pertaining to grades:

• Whether or not a final examination will be used and what value it will have on the final grade.  Comprehensive semester exams will be administered in English language arts, world language, mathematics, science, and social studies classes in grades 9-12.

• Assessment procedures such as achievement on tests and quizzes, class participation, evaluation of homework, research papers, and make-up policy resulting from absence will be used.

At both the Intermediate and Senior High Schools, a student must complete the entire course in order to receive credit. Partial credit will not be awarded for any course, regardless of the quarterly grades achieved. This applies to both full-year and semester courses.

Course final grades will be calculated by averaging percentages.  Full-year courses in grades 9-12, English Language Arts, math, science, social studies, and world language course final grades will be calculated using each of the four nine-week percentages weighted at 20% and each of the semester exams weighted at 10%.  Final grades for all other full-year courses will be an average of the four nine-week percentages.  Final course grades for semester social studies classes at the Senior High School will be calculated using each of the two nine-week grades as 40% and the semester exam grade as 20%.  For all other semester courses, the percentages from the two nine-week grades will be averaged.

1. Grades will be issued to students at the end of each quarterly (nine-week) grading period.  Report cards will be uploaded online for parents to view.  A computer-generated report card will be mailed home only to those students without Internet access after all grades have been entered into the student grading system.

2. Mid-quarter progress reports will be posted online when a student is failing, is in danger of failing, or has dropped two or more letter grades since the previous report card.  Progress reports will be mailed home to those students who do not have Internet access.