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Grading Policy

60% Assessment & Project Portfolio
  • 30% Summative Assessments
  • 30% Performance Tasks, Long Term Assignments, & Projects
 
40% Classroom Participation
  • 20% Quizzes, midpoint/ formative, and graded exit tickets
  • 10% Classwork and engagement
  • 10% Homework
 
 
Pass/Fail Courses
  • AIS
  • Health 
  • Advisory
  • Computer Science
  • ENL Stand Alone
  • 6th Grade FPA
  • Civic Literacy
  • Financial Literacy
  • Digital Citizenship
 
 
What is a Portfolio?

 

A showcase of student learning progression, understanding and achievement; evidence of what students can do; Content and skilled standard-based specific assessments, which includes a rubric for each; Examples include (not limited to) writing submissions, performance tasks, PowerPoints, projects, exit tickets, digital platform submissions (IXL, EdPuzzle, Khan Academy, etc.)

 

What is Class Participation?

The degree of attention, curiosity, motivation, interest, optimism, and passion that shows when students are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education. Examples include (not limited to) joining a Google Meet/Zoom/Microsoft teams, submitting an assignment, adding response and feedback in a collaborative document, adding a comment in the Google Classroom stream or responding on a discussion board.

 

2023-2024 MARKING PERIOD DATES

 

Marking Period 1:

BEGINS: September 7th, 2023

ENDS: November 2nd, 2023

 

Marking Period 2:

Begins: November 3rd, 2023

Ends: January 26th, 2024

 

Marking Period 3:

Begins: January 29th, 2024

Ends: April 1st, 2024

 

Marking Period 4:

Beings: April 2nd, 2024

Ends: June 26th, 2024

 

MP 5: FINAL GRADES TBD