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ACADEMIC INFORMATION
Please see the Program of Studies on the district’s website for more
information about curriculum, courses, and academic life. Please also
refer to the guidance website for more information about academics,
career, and college planning.
Grading System
Students’ grades are the result of their efforts as evaluated by their
teachers. Grades are based on the quality of students’ academic
progress in class as measured by their class participation, written
work, examination, projects and other assignments. Grades students
earn each quarter appear as percentages on report cards four times a
year. Final grades for courses appear only as letter grades on student
transcripts. The grading scale is as follows:
Percentages Letter Grade
90 - 100% A
80 - 89% B
70 - 79 % C
60 - 69 % D
0 - 59 % F
Graduation Requirements
All graduation requirements are established by the Board of
Education for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Board of
Directors for the Pine-Richland School District.
Please see the program of studies for specific graduation
requirements.
Incomplete Grades
Students who have not completed the work for a class assigned
during a quarter receive an incomplete grade on their report card.
Students have two weeks after the report card is distributed to
complete the missing work. If the work is not completed within two
weeks of distribution of the report card, the missing assignments
will be marked as a zero and a new quarter grade will be calculated.
Mid-term and Final Exams
Mid-term and final exams are given in year-long classes as a means
of assessing how much knowledge has been retained and how much
knowledge can be applied. Mid-term and final exam scores appear
separately on the report card and are each worth 10% of the final
course grade. Semester courses give final exams which are worth
20% of the final course grade.
Report Cards
Report cards are made available electronically via the Home Access
Center, the electronic student information system.
