All seniors who are continuing their education in college should begin requesting their final transcripts in Parchment. Students should select the name of the college that they will be attending. Students should NOT send final transcripts to the Common App. Students should select “HOLD FOR GRADES” when submitting their order. Final transcripts will be sent in late June/early July. No final transcripts will be sent without a Parchment order. Any student who is playing division I or II sports in college should also be sure to send a final transcript through Parchment to the NCAA Eligibility Center. Please reach out to your student’s school counselor if you have any questions.

(See below for context based on previous information)

NEW THIS WEEK;

1. Alternative Assignments Sign-up: Students will work with teachers over the next two weeks to determine if they should engage in the Q4 Alternative Assignment for each class. Students and families will communicate their intent using this:

Alternative Q4 assignment: student sign-up

2. For those participating in the Q4 alternative assignment for a given class, they will attend school (virtual or at DSF based their status as in-person learner) following the schedule below. Those that have transportation need only attend the class for which they will be completing an alternative assignment

In HCPS, all high school credit-bearing courses include a final exam each school year. However, this year, for many reasons including of care and concern for the mental health of our students, final exams will not be required in Henrico County high schools. Students will instead have the opportunity to complete an optional final assignment in each of their classes if they feel the need to improve their grades. This decision came in response to student and community calls to re-examine the need for final exams in this extraordinary school year. We are thankful for our students and community for suggesting this and for our division leadership for being responsive.

Additional Details:

• Teachers will provide the optional final assignment opportunities for their students to complete and/or turn-in during the already-scheduled exam weeks in June.

• Senior optional assignment week is the week of June 7.

• 9th-11th grade optional assignment week is the week of June 14.

• We will share more about the schedules for these weeks very soon including bell schedules and optional final assignment due dates for each week. As with final exams in years past, those not participating in the final assignment for a particular class will, with your permission, not be required to attend class.

• Each teacher will communicate with students about the specifics of the optional assignment for the class. They are learning this information this week as well, so we ask for your patience as we work out details regarding this change.

• The optional assignment will count as a test grade and will be included in the 4th quarter average only if it helps improve the overall FINAL grade; the optional assignment will not count as exam grades in the final grade calculation.

• Students should work with their teachers and parents/guardians to assist them in making decisions about whether to attempt the optional assignments in their classes.