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Project Success

Overbrook High School is proud to again offer after-school tutoring for the 2018-2019 school year. Tutoring is available to
all​ students immediately after school, Monday-Thursday, from 2:10-3PM. Project Success provides students with focused,
individualized instruction in order to strengthen academic skills and ensure success. Sessions include instructional
support in all areas of Math, English, Organizational Skills, and Technology. Students may choose to attend Project
Success sessions for extra help, or may be recommended to the program by teachers, guidance, and administration.
Project Success may also be used for credit restoration. The Project Success tutoring schedule is posted weekly on the
school website and is available in the Guidance Office. For more information, please contact Mr. Karim Fisher at
extension #3024.

Credits / Promotion
In order to be promoted to the tenth grade, a student must earn at least 30 credits. A student who earns less than a total
of 30 credits will be retained in the ninth grade; 60 credits are necessary for placement as 11th grade student; 80 credits
are necessary for placement as a 12th grade student.

Credits will be assigned on the same basis to all high school courses offered by the Board of Education. In all cases,
mastery of course proficiencies shall be assessed by the school district. Credits shall be assigned by the number of times
a class meets each week during the school year. One credit will be granted for each period a week with a passing grade.
The maximum number of credits in any course will be ten per year. When taking a semester course, credit will be
awarded at the end of the semester and the credits and grade will be final at that point.

Administrative Review of Student Progress Grades 9-12

The implementation of the promotion policy is subject to the usual appeals process. Any student who is retained in
Grades 9-12 must be seen by the guidance counselor regularly in an effort to closely monitor the student’s progress.
Regular parent-school communication must take place.

Any student who has been retained once in Grades 9-12 and whose progress to the next grade seems at risk at the end
of the first marking period should be referred to the Intervention and Referral Team by the counselor. The committee will
then review the situation and propose possible strategies for improvement.

Homework

The Board of Education recognizes the educational validity of homework as an adjunct to and extension of the
instructional programs of the schools. “Homework” is defined as assignments to be prepared by the student outside of the
school or independently while in attendance at school. The District policy on homework states that it should be a properly
planned part of the curriculum which reinforces the learning experience and serves to remediate learning problems.
Completing homework assignments should help develop the student’s sense of responsibility and use of independent
judgment. The number, frequency and degree of difficulty of homework assignments should be based on the ability and
needs of the student and homework should always serve a valid learning purpose, never being used as a punitive
measure.

Assignments Missed Because of Absence

Students must make up all class assignments missed because of absence in all subject areas. All major assessments
should be made up as soon as possible but must be made up by the last day of the marking period. Daily assignments
must be made up in direct proportion to the number of days missed. For example, a student who is absent from class for
one day would have one day to make up the work; two days missed would give a student two consecutive days to turn in
makeup work, etc. Only days when school is in session will be used when determining the number of days to make up
the assignments.
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