Grade Calculation:
● 20% - Formative grade - Daily classwork/homework
● 20% - Formative quiz grade - Quizzes and Mini projects
● 60% - Summative grade - Tests and Major Projects/Skits
No single assignment or assessment grade shall count more than 30% of the total average in order to be in compliance with Board Policy.
No two assignments or assessment grades shall count for more than 50 percent of the total average, regardless of the grade category.
Major projects may comprise more than one assignment.
Please attend a tutorial prior to retaking a quiz/test whose score was less than a 70%.
Quiz/Test must be redone within one week (and within the same grading period)
Quiz/Test redo has a maximum grade of up to 70%.
Tutorials are available before school and during Advisory.
Late Work Policy
-10 points on the first day late
-5 points each day thereafter
It is the student's responsibility to check Agenda, Schoology, and absent folder for missed work.
Students who have unexcused absences will be given the same number of days as the number of days of absence to make up the work.
Students who have excused absences will be given the same number of days as the number of days of the absence to make-up the work.
If the teachers are aware of the absence prior, the teacher MAY provide work in advance but is not obligated to do so. Any work not provided to the student in advance of the absence will be available (in the absent folder/schoology/agenda) to the student upon his/her return to school.
Canyon Vista M.S. is a place where being on time is valued and expected. The transition time between classes allows students to go to their locker and the restroom and arrive to class ready to stay and learn.
Tardies and Consequences:
5 = Warning Letter Home
10 = 1-day lunch detention
15 = Administrative Intervention
A student found to have engaged in academic dishonesty shall be subject to grade penalties on assignments or tests and disciplinary penalties in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct. Academic dishonesty includes any attempt to receive credit for work that the student has not done, copying the work of another student, plagiarism, and unauthorized communication between students during an examination.
First Offense:
If applicable, give both the "provider of information" and the "receiver of information" a " 0 %" on the assignment. If it is an assessment, an alternate assessment will be given for a maximum score of 50%. Parents will be notified.
Second Offense:
If applicable, give both the "provider of information" and the "receiver of information" a " O" on the assignment. If it is an assessment, an alternate assessment will be given for a maximum score of 50%.
The student(s) will receive a discipline referral to be processed by the grade-level administrator.
The student will be assigned to Reflection Not Detention (RND)
You are NOT allowed to use any kind of translation tools including AI to complete work for this class. It is easy for me to know when you have used one, so please be honest.
If you are caught using a translator to complete any assignments (homework, quizzes, projects, tests), you will receive a ZERO for that assignment.
Spanish Speaking Family Members/Friends- Please make sure that any help you get still follows the grammar rules/vocabulary that we are using. I love for you to learn new ways to do things, but remember that you will be quizzes over what we talk about in class. Always show your notes to anyone who wants to help you!
Instead of a translator, you CAN use www.wordreference.com
- This is a DICTIONARY, not a translator! The difference is that a dictionary does not conjugate verbs for you.