REPORT CARDS

Reports cards are issued four (4) times per school year. They include grades earned in each subject, teachers’ comments, and daily absences. Report cards will be distributed directly to the students except for the fourth (4th) marking period, at which time they will be mailed home.

GRADING

The Pocono Mountain School District believes that every student should be provided as many opportunities as possible to demonstrate achievement each marking period both through formal and informal assessments. These assessments are what collectively contribute to the formation of a grade for each individual student.

Assessments should be made in multiple formats and may include homework, test, quizzes, class work, center work, lab work, final exams, project completion, paper and pencil activities, notebooks, portfolios, participation, and verbal presentations. Homework will count as much as 10% of the final grade.

Each student receives a formal assessment report eight times per school year. Every 45 days a report card is issued to the student: four (4) per year. At mid-quarter a mid-marking progress report will be constructed and sent home: four (4) per year. Parent conferences may be scheduled to discuss student progress.

Various grade levels reflect student achievement differently, but all grades are based on the scale of 0 to 100. The scale and designation of alpha and numeric is as follows:

• 93-100 Distinguished Honors A - Outstanding
  • A+ 99-100
  • A 95-98
  • A- 93-94
• 85-92 Honors B - G/Good
  • B+ 91-92
  • B 87-90
  • B- 85-86
• 76-84 Acceptable Work C - S/Satisfactory
  • C+ 83-84
  • C 78-82
  • C- 76-77
• 70-75 Marginal work D - N/Needs Imp.
  • D+ 74-75
  • D 72-73
  • D- 70-71
• 0-69 Failing Work F - U/Unsatisfactory

THE “I” GRADE

A student must meet all course requirements in order to receive credit for that course. The second marking period grade of each semester reflects the student’s progress in meeting all of those outcomes. The “I” or incomplete on a report indicates the student has not completed work for a grade and the teacher or administration has granted an extension for the work to be completed. Any work that needs to be completed as a class assignment needs to be handed in within two weeks after the “I” has been issued. If the work has not been handed in the student will be given a “0” for the assignment and it will be calculated into the current grade average. An “I” will not be given the last quarter of the school year.

Only the building administrator, for medical reasons or extenuating circumstances, can extend an incomplete. An “I” grade will be given only to a student who does not meet the course outcomes and who has shown continuous progress throughout the course. A student with an “I” grade must have met the following criteria:

• attended class regularly
• made an effort to complete assignments on time
• shown appropriate preparation for tests and completed homework and guided practice on a regular basis
• actively participated in class·

Any student receiving an “I” or a grade below 70 will have the opportunity to attend summer school or to repeat the course the following year unless the teacher makes alternative arrangements for the “I” grade.

FAILING GRADES

Any 10th or 11th grade student receiving a failing grade may retake the course the following school year or attend a five-week summer session. The student’s minimum average grade must be a 55 to attend summer school. The principal may grant exceptions to the minimum grade of 55.

However, when a student fails a portion of the PE block (i.e. Pass PE and Health) he/she must go to Summer School to earn this credit. The student will not be able to repeat this course during the next school year.