HOMEWORK
Homework will be given on a weekly basis. It is worth 45% of the total grade. PLEASE ensure that your child completes and turns in ALL homework assignments on Friday. Some homework assignments require additional supplies to complete the task. It is very important that your child has scissors, pencils, paper, crayons, and glue at home.
CLASS RITUALS & ROUTINES
Classroom rituals and routines will be established the first 2 or 3 weeks of school. They may vary from class to class. Contact your child’s homeroom teacher if you have questions or concerns regarding the class rituals and routines.
DRESS CODE
To adhere to the dress code policy, we are asking that ALL STUDENTS wear uniform Monday – Thursday. On Fridays, the students are allowed to wear jeans and the school spirit shirt or color (orange, blue or white).
ABSENCES
Students are expected to be present at school and in class each day, unless absence is absolutely necessary. Students are marked absent if they are in school less than half a day. The half day mark is 11:15 a.m. A written note from a child’s parent is required upon returning after an absence.
TARDINESS
Students are expected to be on time for school daily. Students arriving after 8:00 a.m. are considered tardy. After 3 tardies, the counselor will be notified. A letter will be sent home if tardies are excessive. Students who are chronically tardy are subject to social worker referrals.
CONFERENCES
Conferences will be conducted throughout the school year to discuss your child’s academic and social progress. Parents may request a conference. There will be times that the teacher requests conferences outside of the district conferencing schedule. Parents must notify the teacher or come by the front office to schedule a conference. Conferences will not be held during instructional time.
DEFICIENCY REPORTS
A deficiency report with plans for remediation will be sent home with the progress report for students with failing grades.
TRANSPORTATION
After dismissal, your child will go home according to the information given by the parent or legal guardian. If your child’s method of transportation is going to change, the teacher must be notified in the form of a written notice or phone call in a timely manner. If this new information regarding the change in transportation is not given to the teacher, your child will go home as usual.
ACCESSING GRADES & GRADING SCALE
Infinite Campus Portal is a secure, web-based application that allows parents, guardians, and students to view information such as grades and communicate with staff. To monitor your child’s academic progress and communicate with your child’s teacher, use the link below to register for a Parent Assistant account.
| GRADING CATEGORIES | *GRADE PROTOCOL |
| Pre - Assessment - 0% Assessment During Learning – 25% Skills Assessment (Warm-Up) Quiz Projects Guided, Independent, or Group Practice – 45% Classwork Project or Performance Homework Summative Assessment – 30% Formal Post-Assessment Test Culminating Project or Performance Final or Culminating Exam | A 90 – 100 ~P (pass) B 80 – 89 ~F (fail) C 71 – 79 D 70 F Below 70 |
TESTING
In efforts to diagnose your child’s strengths and weaknesses and monitor his/her academic progress, several assessments will be administered throughout the school year. Class assessments are typically given on Fridays and occasionally on Mondays. Every 6 – 8 weeks your child will also take the county Benchmarks and every 2 to 3 weeks your child will take common assessments in Reading and Math. At the beginning and at the end of the year, Student Learning Objectives (SLO’s) test will be administered. We also administer the DRAs and MAP assessment 3 times a year (beginning, middle, & end).