ACADEMICS

PROGRESS REPORTS & REPORT CARDS

Progress Reports and report cards will not be printed and sent home. Parents are encouraged to check their student’s grades using the Parent Portal. A reminder will be sent out midway through the nine-week grading period. Report cards are available after each nine-week grading period in Parent Portal.

Grading Scale:

A 90 – 100 Excellent
B 80 – 89 Above Average
C 70 – 79 Average
D 60 – 69 Below Average
F 59 Failing

HOMEWORK POLICIES

Homework serves several purposes. It allows students to independently practice content taught in class. It is also an essential opportunity for students to refine their character, becoming equipped with essential emotional and behavioral skills such as responsibility, autonomy, perseverance, and time management. Major projects and tests are scattered throughout the semester as teachers work collaboratively to integrate the curriculum. If your child is having a problem with the difficulty level of homework, please schedule a conference with your child's teacher(s). Students are responsible for making up missed work when absent from school. This also applies when a student is on a school-related trip.

PROMOTION GUIDELINES

If a student fails one core (academic) class, the student will be promoted. In this case, the team could recommend summer school.
If a student fails two core classes, and at least one is language arts or math, the student may go to summer school for one of the classes. Students who pass summer school will be promoted.
If a student fails three core classes, the student will be retained unless there are extenuating circumstances. The student may go to summer school and take math and language arts to be promoted upon passing both of those classes in summer school.
If a student fails four core subjects, the student will be retained. However, extenuating circumstances could exist such that the principal feels promotion would be in the best interest of the student.

SUMMER SCHOOL

Students may attend summer school to take language arts and/or math. A fee may be charged for each session. Summer school may be located at any of the middle schools in the Fort Mill School District Four. Parents will be notified at the end of the school year if their child will be required to attend.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY & DISHONESTY

It is important for students and parents to understand the importance of academic honesty. It is expected that what a student turns in represents the student's academic skill and efforts, and not that of someone else. Each teacher establishes classroom policies and procedures for tests, quizzes, and academic work. Students are expected to follow those rules.

We consider academic dishonesty a serious violation of school rules. Students are responsible for their own work. The following statements are what are considered to be academic dishonesty:

Receiving or providing information during a test or for a test given in an earlier period.
Using materials for tests/quizzes without the teacher’s permission.
Violating the teacher’s testing rules and procedures.
Using or copying someone else’s writing or work (word-for-word or almost so), calling it your own, and not giving credit to the author (plagiarism).
Using or copying another student’s work/assignment to turn in as your own work.
Allowing other students to use your work on assignments with the exception of specific group, lab, or collaborative projects.
Submitting AI-generated work as original work

*The above list identifies the most common forms of academic dishonesty, but other actions may be considered.

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