Summer Creek High School

 

SCHS GRADING POLICY

• Grades are weighted as follows:

Content Area	Level	Honors Pre AP	AP Dual Credit
English/ Reading	60/40	70/30	75/25
Math	70/30	75/25
Science	60/40	70/30	75/25
Social Studies	60/40	70/30
LOTE	60/40 Exception: Spanish IV 70/30	70/30
All Other Areas Not Listed	60/40

• All grades are an assessment of an academic skill, concept, or performance. 
• Grades based on behaviors are reflected in conduct grades.
• Major or summative assessments are defined as tests, projects, etc.
• Minor or formative assessments are defined as quizzes, daily grades, homework, etc.
• In classes with a summative weight of 60%, a minimum of 3 major or summative assessments will be administered.
• In classes with a summative weight higher than 60%, a minimum of 4 major or summative assessments will be administered.
• The minimum number of minor or formative assessments in a nine period is 9.
• Grades cannot be doubled or tripled to meet minimum requirements.
• Grades are posted at least once a week and published to parents and students through eSchool.
• All assignments will be entered into the gradebook before the start of a nine weeks.
• Parents will be contacted when a student fails a class for the nine weeks.

Reassessment Policy

• Reassessment is mandatory for summative tests with a class average of less than 70. 
• A student has the opportunity to reassess after a summative test for any reason.
• Reassessing projects is at the individual teacher’s discretion.
• Reassessment is offered 1 time per nine weeks in AP classes.
• Reassessment is not available in Dual Credit classes.

A maximum of 1 reassessment will be offered, and the maximum grade on the reassessment will be an 85. Students must make corrections to original summative test and complete all formative assignments to be eligible for reassessment. Reassessments must be offered within 1 calendar week of the date in which the original graded assessment was returned. Students must make arrangements to attend the reassessment date set by the teacher if reassessment is done outside of school hours.

Examples

Original Grade	Reassessment Grade	Reported Grade
65	100	85
58	92	85
45	85	85
68	80	80
73	78	78
72	60	72
84	100	85
85-100	Not Eligible	Original Grade

Late Work Policy

All Summer Creek High School teachers will utilize the following late work policy for all classes, regardless of level. This policy applies to formative assessments.

Late work will be accepted through the end of the week in which the assignment was due. If homework was due Friday, it will be accepted through Monday of the following week, or the first day of the school week. 

The grade penalty for late work, regardless of the number of days late, is 25 points.  Any work turned in after the Deadline Date will not be accepted.

Examples:

If Homework was Due On	The Deadline Date Is	And the Maximum Allowable Grade is	If the grade would have been a	It would be recorded as
Monday	Friday	75	100	75
Tuesday	Friday	75	90	75
Wednesday	Friday	75	76	75
Thursday	Friday	75	65	65
Friday	Monday of the Following Week (or first class day of the week)	75	40	40

Conduct Grades

E- Excellent

S- Satisfactory

N- Needs Improvement

U- Unsatisfactory

Any student receiving a conduct grade of N or U must have documented disciplinary incidents and parents must be contacted by phone.

Online Work

Some SCHS teachers assign homework that can be completed electronically via a web-based application. Since these assignments can be assigned and made due at any time on any day, students must stay aware of deadlines.

Due dates and times for online work are absolute and are determined by the teacher. It is expected that teachers communicate deadlines in class, in writing, and electronically as appropriate.

Assignment availability can be determined by the web-based application that the teacher is using. For example, an assignment may become available at 3:00 PM on Friday. It is expected that teachers communicate deadlines in class, in writing, and electronically as appropriate. Students are expected to complete online work and should not assume that they have extra time to do an assignment if they are absent on the day that the assignment “opens” or becomes available. If an assignment opens on Wednesday at noon, and the student is absent, the student will be expected to complete the assignment by the same deadline as the rest of the class. Students should make every effort to access the assignment via their own computer, phone, or a library computer.

Late work policies and penalties do apply to online work.