Grading Policies
35%: Tests / Projects / Essays
25%: Quizzes / Classwork
20%: Quarterly
10%: Participation
10%: Homework
(Note: These percentages are slightly adjusted during the first marking period when 15% of the student's grade is based on summer reading.)
40%: Tests and (final copy of) journalistic projects
30%: Quizzes / Classwork / Homework
10%: Class participation (arriving to class with necessary materials, class and small group discussion, leadership, helpfulness, respectfulness)
20%: Quarterly