FORT ZUMWALT WEST HIGH SCHOOL

GRADING

• Grading of record for Fort Zumwalt secondary students are based on a full semester and are entered on student permanent records at the end of each semester. No partial credit may be given.
• Grades must represent how the student has met the objectives and the achievement level of the course.
• Grade point averages are computed beginning in the ninth grade and include all grades EXCEPT pass/fail grades.
• The purposes of grading at the secondary level are
• To help the student become aware of progress and achievement level
• To help the counselor guide the student and parents/guardians with repect to future plans
• To determine a student’s readiness to enter a new grade, program or course
• To help colleges appraise an applicant’s acceptability for admission
• To help a potential employer decide upon the suitability of a student for employment

POINT SCALE: RANGE OF POINTS: WEIGHTED GRADE POINTS:

A = 4 points A = 4.0-3.5 A = 5 points

B = 3 points B = 3.49-2.5 B = 4 points

C = 2 points C = 2.49 – 1.5 C = 3 points

D = 1 point D = 1.49-.5 D = 1 point

F = 0 points F = below .5 F = 0 points

Weighted Grades

• Additional points on the GPA for A, B and C grades are available for college credit courses.
• These courses are normally open to only juniors and seniors. Freshman and sophomores must obtain permission from the building principal to enroll. In this event, college credit may still be earned. Earning a weighted grade, however, is not an option for freshman and sophomores. Parents must sign a waiver acknowledging this stipulation.

Courses offered to weighted grades:

Advanced Speech Advanced Composition Accounting II

Research Writing Advanced Literature French III & IV

Intro to Psychology Western Civilization Spanish III & IV

U. S. Foreign Policy Pre-Calculus Statistics

Structured Programming I & II Calculus

Advanced Biology Anatomy and Physiology Advanced Chemistry

Advanced Physics

Issuing Grades: To ensure consistency from teacher to teacher and building to building, all teachers must base grades on the following percentages for total points possible:

A+ = 95-100 B- = 80-83 D+ = 67-69 P = Pass (Special

A- = 90-94 C+ = 77-79 D = 64-66 Education use or

B+ = 87-89 C = 74-76 D- = 60-63 see principal)

B = 84-86 C- = 70-73 F = 59 (Failing)

• Students’ quarter and semester grades will be based upon an accumulation of evaluative methods.
• Semester grades will be computed by averaging the two quarter percentage grades and also including the final exams.
• The quarterly grade is not a grade of record, rather it is a preliminary indication of progress being made by the student. The semester grade, which becomes a part of the official transcript, shall represent an evaluation of the total semester’s work.

Report Cards: Student report cards will be issued at regular intervals during the school year.

Final Examinations: Final exams are required of all students in all classes unless students meet final exemption requirements. Any student who has two or fewer absences and fewer than ten tardies for the semester is considered exempt. A student who misses the same class three or more times, who has ten or more accumulative tardies for the semester, and five late arrivals will not be exempt. Students must also have at least a 70% in a class to be exempt.