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Letter grades are assigned to student work and report cards based on the following scale:

Some subjects, such as behavior, personal and social growth, cursive, technology, health, and speaking and listening are assessed using a three-point scale:

Students will also receive the following grades on completed homework:

+	A
	C
-	E

Missing Work

Missing assignments have a huge impact on student grades. Please see the Homework Policy page to find out more about homework and missing assignments.

What if my student has a low grade?

If you notice your student has a low assignment, quiz, test or subject grade, your student is welcome to correct their mistakes for an improved grade. Here’s what to do:

1. Have your student keep their original paper with the low score.
2. Ask them to use another paper to correct the answers they missed. This is when they can improve their learning and their grade.
3. Have them staple their corrections to the original page and turn back in.
4. Your student will be awarded a half-point for each point corrected.

Extra Credit?

If your student would like to improve their grades, extra credit assignments are the last option:

1. The first step would be to make sure all work is turned in. Extra credit won’t help much of entire assignments are missing.
2. Once all work is turned in, the next step is to improve any assignments or test with low scores. See the section above for how to improve grades.
3. If a student has turned in all work and improved low scores, and would still like an extra opportunity to improve their grades, they can meet with me. I’ll ask them what they would like to do to prove their knowledge and learning in whatever subject they would like to improve.

Notes:

• Writing assignments have their own grading policies; please see the Writing page for more information on how work is graded and report card markings are assigned.

This page last updated December 9, 2011 @ 5:14 pm.