Retakes and Late Work
Elementary students are responsible to demonstrate readiness for a test / quiz retake before the retake will be issued. Teachers will determine what "readiness" is. Additionally, late work will be accepted and it will not have an impact on the student's achievement mark. Student disposition scores will reflect when students are not doing work on time.
The number of retakes at the secondary level will be consistently dependent on the grade level of coursework:
- 7-8 grade-level coursework: Because practice work counts toward a grade, summative scores can be retaken to demonstrate learning with completion of all practice work;
- 9-10 grade-level coursework: 10 total summative scores can be retaken per semester;
- 11-12 grade-level coursework: 5 total summative scores can be retaken per semester;
- AP and college-level coursework: Per teacher discretion or college parameters.
Secondary late-work acceptance is different than a retake, and it, too, is dependent on grade-level coursework. All late-work practices will be outlined in the class syllabus at the beginning of the year.
Dispositions
Dispositions do not impact the letter grade. They are shown on the report card and reflect behaviors that are important to student success but are not academic in nature. These behaviors are a key part of the Vision of Our Graduate.
Technological Literacy Standards
Technological literacy standards do not impact the letter grade. They are shown on the report card in the quarter they are assessed for select grade levels and secondary courses and reflect skills that are important to student success. These behaviors are a key component of the Vision of Our Graduate.
Quarter, Semester and Transcript Grades
The district provides students with quarter grades which are "point in time" grades designed solely to show the progress to date at the end of the quarter. However, semester grades - not quarter grades - are the grades that are recorded on secondary students' transcripts and are used to calculate grade point averages. Semester grades are the average of all marks across the entire semester and are a student's final grades; grades at the end of quarter one and quarter three should be considered more like progress grades.
Also, please note, grades are calculated three times a day: 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Grade Point Average Calculations and Weighted Grades
Grade point averages are calculated based on the chart below. The GPA chart assigns a grade point to students' end of the semester letter grades. Advanced Placement (AP) courses receive extra weight for GPA calculation. Students who receive a grade of A+ to C- in an AP course earn an extra 1.0. Students who receive AP course grades of D+ to F do not earn extra weight.
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