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Credit recovery courses are offered at no cost to our PBSD students and families for the summer of 2021. Information on registration and start/end dates for credit recovery courses will be made available during the fourth marking period of the current school year. Click here to review a list of available credit recovery courses
Financial Aid
The Guidance office will host a financial aid presentation. The date will be listed on the district calendar.
Grade Replacement
Students in grades 7-12 that wish to retake a course during the summer for the purpose of improving the grade earned during the 2019-2020 or the 2020-2021 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic may do so with a grade replacement course. Grade replacements are offered at no cost to our PBSD students during the summer, and is only possible if the course is offered through the credit recovery listings. Credit can only be earned once for a course. The updated final grade on the transcript will be the new grade earned from the grade recovery course, and the lower grade removed from the student’s transcript. Students must receive approval from school administration for this option prior to the student scheduling the course.
Grade Status/Requirements
➢ 9- Four credits earned in grade eight. Three of the four credits must be in the mandated subject
courses of English, History, Math, or Science.
➢ 10 - Four credits earned in grade nine of which three of the four credits must be in the mandated
subject courses of English, History, Math or Science.
➢ 11 - A total of 11 credits earned in grades nine and ten.
➢ 12 - Students must be in a position to satisfy all graduation requirements during the course of the
regular school year.
*Advancement to the next grade level is determined by earned credits and passed mandated courses. Students who take and successfully pass the following courses, before 9th grade, will have them noted on their Plum Senior High School transcript:
● Algebra 1
● Geometry
● Level 1 Foreign Language
The above classes will not count towards total high school credits earned and will not be calculated into a student’s overall QPA. The intent of listing the above courses is to show a student’s progression of course work.
Grading Scale and Policy
Nine-week reporting periods and semester exams are graded on a percentage basis.
Percentage Letter Grade
90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C 60-69 D 0-59 F
WF INC
Quality Points
4 3 2 1 0
Interpretation
Excellent
Above Average Average
Below Average Failure Withdrew Failing Incomplete
Academic Accountability – 50% PROCEDURE
All students will receive the grade they earn for any nine-week period. If a student earns below 50%, he/she will receive the grade earned. In order to raise the grade to a 50%, the student must earn a passing grade in the following nine weeks. During the fourth nine-week grading period the student will receive the grade he/she earns.
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