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Grading Information

Progress Reports

We ask that students and parents stay up to date with grades through our eClass system. We will
send reminders to check grades at 6 & 12 weeks into each semester. At week 9 we will ask parents
to electronically sign off that they have checked their student’s grades. This will be available through
our website, email, and the Mill Creek app.

Report Cards

Report cards for the fall semester will be mailed home in mid-January. Report cards for the spring
semester will be mailed home in June. Students will receive a total of 8 report cards in 4 years of
high school.

Final Exams

Students will take semester final exams in December and May. There are two parts to all final exams,
a performance exam and a multiple-choice ex am. Both of these exam grades together comprise 20%
of the student’s overall semester grade. The performance finals are administered during a regular
class period, usually at the beginning of December and the end of April. The multiple-choice portion
of the exams is administered the last 4 days of each semester (students will report to school from
7:15-11:45 on the last three days). Students are provided 2 hours to take each multiple-choice exam.
An exam will be administered in every course a student takes. Beginning in August look for
announcements on the school web page, the Mill Creek Cluster Connection mobile app, and our
social media (Facebook and Twitter) with exact dates for final exams.
Grading Systems

A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 74-79 D = 70-73 Students will only receive credit for grades 70 and above.

Make-up Work

When a student has an excused absence, he or she has five school days to make up missed work or
at least make arrangements for making up work. A student who has been suspended will be given
the opportunity to make up work missed. Suspended students should access teachers’ eClass pages
to obtain daily class assignments. The five-day make-up rule does not apply to long-standing due
dates on assignments such as: term papers, projects, literary works, and in some cases test/exams.
In those cases it is generally expected that the student would turn in the assignment on the first day
back to school.

Incomplete Grades

Incompletes are not assigned in high school. If a student has missed an assignment due to an
excused absence, a grade of zero will be averaged in the place of the missing grade until the student
makes up the work. According to GCPS policy, students have five days to complete work or make
other arrangements granted by the teacher. All pre-assigned work will be due on the day of a
student’s return from an absence.