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GRADING
INTERIM REPORTS/REPORT CARDS
Student grades will be available through our Skyward Online Grading System and sent home only by request to all guardians at mid-semester period and the end of the semester. The interim report will state the student’s current grade and may comment on his/her progress.
In addition, guardians can check their students’ grades by accessing the Skyward Online Grading System found on the district’s website. The final report card for the year will be available online after the last day of school. Guardians may sign up to receive automatic emails updating on their students’ academic status everyday if they so choose
MID-TERM & FINAL EXAM POLICIES
High school seniors are not exempt from mid-term exams but can be exempt from a final exam if they have achieved a 90% average in a course only if it is not a class requiring a Keystone exam. A grade average for a student exempt from taking a final exam will be calculated by averaging the two semester grades plus the mid-term grade. Raw scores will be used for this calculation.
The exception to the above procedures involves students enrolled in courses considered semester courses. A student is exempt at midterm if he/she has achieved a 90%.
Requests to take mid-term or final exams before the scheduled date will not be granted. Allowing students to take exams prior to the scheduled date will compromise the integrity of the exam. Students who are absent from school and miss a mid-term must make arrangements with the teacher to make up the test.
IMPORTANT: Students who are absent during final exams must make up those exams prior to June 30 on specified dates announced by the high school. Make-up final exams will be proctored and graded by the subject area department head or his/her designee; the cost of these services must be assumed by the students’ parents/guardians. Please refer to the school calendar and note potential snow make-up days when planning vacations and make every effort to take final exams at the times they are administered.
Please review Board policy #204 regarding attendance during mid-term and final exams.
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