Graded On:
Applied Techniques Creativity Craftmanship Time Management Behavior
Students will be graded on their projects, participation, and effort throughout the course. Most projects are completed in class over the course of about a week, and students are expected to use their class time responsibly.
Grades will reflect the completed artwork, along with the creative process, effort, and progress shown throughout the project. Late work will receive a 5-point deduction per day.
"Creativity takes courage"
-Henri Matisse
Iselin Middle School Grading Policies
All student work will be comprised of major assessments (tests and projects) and minor assessments (homework and classwork). All student work will receive a numerical value.
The value assigned to numerical marks shall be as follows:
• 92-100 Performance significantly above curriculum standard
• 83-91 Performance above curriculum standard
• 74-82 Performance at curriculum standard
• 65-73 Performance below curriculum standard
• 64 or below Performance significantly below curriculum standard (failure)
All submitted student work will receive a minimum score of 50, unless determined by the teacher that little or no effort was made by the student, in which case a lower numerical mark may be given and recorded. If work is not submitted the value earned will be a 0. Assignments that are submitted late will lose 10 points per day and will be collected up until the 3rd day late, after this day the grade will be entered as a 0. When calculating marking period grades minor assessments will count as two-thirds (2/3) of the grade value and major assessments will count as one-third (1/3) of the marking period grade value.
The numerical average of major and minor assignments will be graded according to the following scale:
A+ = 98-100 A = 95-97 A- = 92-94
B+ = 89-91 B = 86-88 B- = 83-85
C+ = 80-82 C = 77-79 C- = 74-76
D+ = 71-73 D = 68-70 D- = 65-67
F = 64 and below
In addition to the scale above, the following marks may also appear on the report card:
• P – Pass
• I – Incomplete
• E – Withdrawn, failing
• J – Withdrawn, passing
• L – Loss of Credit
• X – Probation
• T – Audit
• Z – Not met in this MP
Plagiarism is the act of claiming work of another as your own. This includes both the work of another student, uncited sources of information, and AI generated material as well. Submitted work that is plagiarized will be addressed as follows:
1st Offense - a meeting with guidance, the teacher and the student will take place. The parent/guardian will be notified and it will be expected that the assignment be redone; however, the highest value to be earned after plagiarism is a 74.
Subsequent offenses – a meeting with the parent/guardian and the assignment will receive a 0.
Finally, any situation involving cheating will result in a mark of zero (0).