General Announcements:
***Check out the new grading scale in effect for JCPS.
Quiz and HW Grades
Quizzes are graded in the following manner and associated procedures are the responsibility of each student:
Each quiz is out of 10 points.
Homework is graded in the following manner and is the responsibility of each student:
Each HW is out of 12 points.
Each quiz is out of 10 points.
- 10/10 points demonstrates mastery of the standard and requires no quiz corrections
- 9/10 thru. 6/10 points demonstrates partial mastery of the standard and corrects are encouraged but not required, with corrected quizzes earning back points
- 5/10 points or lower demonstrates the standard was not mastered and a mandatory retest is required. Students are to discuss with me their intended method of recovering the standard and will then be given the opportunity to retest to replace their original score.
Homework is graded in the following manner and is the responsibility of each student:
Each HW is out of 12 points.
- 12/12 points earns the student a Distinguished (noted as D in infinite campus/parent portal)
- 11/12 thru. 9/12 points earns the student a Proficient (noted as P in infinite campus/parent portal)
- 8/12 thru. 7/12 points earns the student an Apprentice (noted as an A in infinite campus/parent portal)
- 6/12 or fewer points earns the student a Novice (noted as a N in infinite campus/parent portal)
Beta Club Announcement:
GREAT NEWS...we finally have our own Beta Club chapter. We will be having an interest meeting one day this week for 7th and 8th grade students. Remember, to qualify you must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA and minimal behavioral incidences. Hope to see lots of students at the meeting interested in joining this great organization.
Open House and 8th Grade Trip Interest Meeting
Open house is this Thursday 9/10 from 5:30-7 with a parent/student interest meeting for the 8th grade DC trip immediately following at 7pm (mtg will likely be held in the challenger learning center). Students listen for announcements regarding these events. Hope to see you all there!!