Grading

Grades for your child will follow the MNPS Grading Policy for Middle Grades.  

 MNPS Grading Procedures for 6-8 Co-Curricular Courses

Courses that are based on performance and require after-school rehearsals and/or performances are considered co-curricular courses.  The students in these courses are expected to participate in and may be graded on after-school rehearsals and performances, as well as classroom assignments and assessments with the following provisions:       

• • The parents/guardians must be notified of the grading policy concerning after-school rehearsals and performances within the first month of school.  At this time, the teacher must inform parents how the rehearsals and performances will be weighted during each grading period.  The parents/guardians and students are to sign a statement saying that they have read and understood the grading policy.

  • After-school rehearsal may count only as a daily grade. A performance may count as a daily/test grade.

  • The teacher of the co-curricular course must notify parents/guardians a minimum of two weeks prior to any after-school rehearsal and six weeks prior to any after-school performance.

  • An unexcused absence from an after-school rehearsal or performance will be given the same percentage of the nine-week grade as other after-school rehearsals or performances.  If grades are not given for all after-school rehearsals and/or performances, a grade cannot be given for an unexcused absence from an after-school rehearsal and/or performance.

  • A student who has an excused absence from an after-school rehearsal and/or performance cannot have his/her grades penalized due to the absence.

Your child will receive following grades in band:

*Absences from performances are only excused in the event of an extreme emergency (e.g. serious illness or hospitalization of the student, death in the family, religious holiday, or any other reason to be excused by the band directors). Concert Grade includes performance presentation and accuracy, as well as tardies and/or early leave from concert.

- Absences, tardiness and behavior related problems that negatively influence students’ academic performance in band class will also be reflected in their grade.

 Grading Scale:

The grading legend for grades 5-8 shall be:

A = 100-90

B = 89-80  

C = 79-70    

D = 69-60  

F = 59-50   

I = Incomplete                 

Numerical grades shall be used on the report cards and the cumulative records.

 Seventy (60) percent mastery of the subject matter shall be considered passing.