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Garner Magnet High School

|GMHS School Grading Plan |

In the Wake County Public School System and at Garner Magnet High School, we are committed to maintaining rigorous performance and achievement standards for all students and to providing a fair and consistent process for evaluating and reporting student progress that is understandable to students and their parents and relevant for instructional purposes. The purpose of a grading system is to appropriately and consistently measure and communicate a student’s level of mastery of defined learning objectives. In addition, all WCPSS grading and reporting practices will support the learning and teaching process and encourage success for all students.

Academic Integrity— plagiarism, cheating or copying the work of others is prohibited at Garner Magnet High School. Using technology for illicit purposes or unauthorized communication between students during testing situations is strictly prohibited (Reference Wake County School Board Policy 6410 II-1).

Definitions:

What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is theft, using someone else’s thoughts/ideas/opinions/words and taking credit as your own by not acknowledging the original author/creator.

What is cheating?

Cheating is willfully giving or receiving an unauthorized or dishonest academic advantage. This act of dishonesty could be accomplished by, but is not limited to, copying from another student, using technology to gain an unfair advantage, misrepresentation, deception, theft, or using unauthorized study aids.

Consequences: Students found to be engaged in academic dishonesty will be subject to the following mandatory penalties for each offense:

• Parent notification

• Counselor notification

• Teacher written referral

Academic penalties will include the penalties such as those listed below:

• 1st offense: Alternative assignment with reduced point value (no less than 50% of the score earned), parent/teacher/counselor conference

• 2nd offense: Zero on assignment, parent/teacher/counselor conference, dismissal from honor societies, jeopardizing extra-curricular activities and memberships, and current or future requests for post-secondary and/or scholarship references from GMHS faculty may be affected

Behavioral consequences will include:

• 3rd Offense: alternate assignment with reduced point value (no less than 50% of the score earned)

• suspension up to 2 days

• administration referral

|Grading Practices |

All teachers are required to use PowerSchool to maintain and report grades. It is critical that teachers maintain updated records (every 2 weeks for every course that is currently being taught) in Power School, as parents are now able to access their student’s grades via the Parent Portal.

1. Per state policy, in all courses with an End-of-Course, the EOC test shall count as 25% of the student’s final grade.

2. Per county policy, in all courses without an End-of-Course test (i.e., with a CTE post-assessment, a state-based test, or a teacher- made test), the final exam shall count as 20% of the students’ final grade.

3. A uniform process and formula shall be used to calculate students’ grades.The process and formula for courses on a 4 by 4 schedule shall be:

Courses with an EOC Test

Final Grade: 1st Semester Average 37.5%*

2nd Semester Average 37.5%

Final Exam 25%

Final Grade = .375(1st/2nd Quarter Average) + .375(3rd/4th Quarter Average) + .25(Final Exam grade)

Courses with a CTE Post-Assessment, State-Based Test, or Teacher-Made Test

Final Grade: 1st Semester Average 40.0%*

2nd Semester Average 40.0%

Comprehensive Final Exam 20.0%

Final Grade = .40(1st/2ndQuarter Average) + .40(3rd/4th Quarter Average) + .20(Final Exam grade)

• *These averages should include a comprehensive mid-term assessment that should count no more than 10% of either the 2nd or 3rd quarter average (per 4 by 4 A/B schedule).

Students who have been suspended at any time during the term are NOT eligible for an Exam Exemption.

Grading Scale

A = 90-100

B = 80-89

C = 70-79

D = 60-69

F = 59 or below

|Homework |

The following are school-wide expectations for homework:

• Homework assignments should be purposeful continuations or extensions of the instructional program and appropriate to the students’ developmental level. Homework should help students become responsible, self-directed learners, improve their academic achievement and provide reinforcement opportunities (Wake County Board Policy 5510).

• Per WCPSS Board Policy, homework should not exceed 10% of a student’s academic grade for a marking period. Each PLT will determine percentages for homework based on the structure and needs of the PLT. If a PLT combines homework with another category, homework itself should not count more than 10% of a student’s grade.

What is a Professional Learning Team?

• A professional learning team is a group of educators that meets regularly, shares expertise, and works collaboratively to improve teaching skills and the academic performance of students.

|Assignments & Assessments |

The following are school-wide expectations for assignments and assessments:

• Assignments and assessments should be an appropriate and consistent evaluation of academic achievement. Evaluation of academic achievement shall employ formative and summative assessments to determine a student’s level of mastery of curriculum objectives (Wake County Board Policy 5520).

• All GMHS students will take a MID-TERM in every course, which will occur during the school-wide annually scheduled MID-TERM time frame (either end of 2nd quarter or beginning of 3rd quarter).

• All GMHS students will take a FINAL exam (except for those seniors eligible for an exam exemption) in every course, which will occur during the school-wide annually scheduled FINAL exam time frame. NOTE: Students (all grade levels) who take an AP or DP exam will be exempt from a final exam as well.

• All other assignments and assessments will be aligned with state/district adopted standards and/or curriculum and be designed per PLT (professional learning team/subject area) to appropriately assess student achievement.

• PLTs will develop common formative and summative assignments and assessments to evaluate students’ mastery of objectives.

• PLTs will use common rubrics to assist in the evaluative process.

• Individual PLTs will assure assessment category weights and grading considerations, especially in terms of mastery, are consistent throughout the PLT and are approved by the principal.

NOTE: No one (1) assignment should count more than 10% of the student’s semester grade.

|Missed Work |

What is missed work?

Missed work is work a student misses because he/she is absent from class.

• If the absence IS approved in advance and/or if the work is assigned by the teacher before the absence, all make-up work, including tests assigned for the day of return, is due upon the student’s return to school. Teachers should use discretion and make exceptions in the case of students whose excused absences were not planned in advance and the nature of which would not support make-up work the day of return (Wake County Board Policy 6000).

• If the make-up work has NOT been assigned in advance, for absences of one (1) to three (3) days, the student will have one day for each day (A or B day) absent. For absences exceeding three (3) days, the student may have (2) days for each day absent to make-up work. Special considerations will be given in the case of extended absences due to injury or chronic illness (Wake County Board Policy 6000).

|Late Work |

What is late work?

Late work is work that is not turned in on the due date, but the student is present in class.

• Per Wake County policy, grading practices should not be punitive in nature, but GMHS students are expected to meet deadlines for assignments and assessments. However, late work cannot be penalized more than 10 points/percent per day, with a maximum deduction of 40 points/percent for work turned in late. Furthermore, because of the nature of the A/B schedule at GMHS, late work should only be penalized each A/B day, not each school day.

• School-wide quarter deadlines for excessive late work will be determined annually. After each school-wide deadline, excessive late work will only be accepted at the discretion of the teacher but must fall within the given late work perimeters of each PLT.

• Excessive late work deadline dates occur 1 week before the end of the quarter. Excessive late work can receive no less than 50% of earned score. For example, if an assignment receives an 80%, the lowest grade it can be entered as is a 40. The following are the deadline dates:

1st Quarter: October 16 3rd Quarter: March 16

2nd Quarter: January 8 4th Quarter: May 16

• PLTs should be consistent with their interpretation and practice of the late policy and have principal approval of such interpretations and practices.

|Prevention-Intervention Plan |

For all students, our school seeks to provide a prevention/intervention system that promotes successful completion and mastery of work.

The following are school-wide expectations for how all stakeholders support prevention/intervention efforts:

• Administration will ensure the development and monitoring of a consistent school-based grading plan.

• Student Services/Guidance will assist in the communication/dissemination of grading policies through the parent/student caseload.

• Teachers will keep parents and students informed of progress by posting grades at least once every 2 weeks.

• Teachers will contact (via phone or email) the parent/guardian of students making a 64% or below every 4 weeks.

• Teachers will be available for after school tutoring at least one (1) day a week to support student needs.

• Communication among teachers, guidance, parents, and students will be timely.

• Parents and students will maintain a PowerSchool account to keep informed of academic progress.

• Students will attend class regularly and participate in class activities to ensure academic success.

NOTE: In the circumstance that a student’s semester average is below a 50%, the student will be given the opportunity to sign a Grade Recovery Contract. If the student adheres to the conditions of the contract, the student’s first semester average can be recovered to a minimum of 50%.

|Extra Credit |

Extra credit is offered at the professional learning team’s discretion. Where it is offered, extra credit opportunities to enhance grades must be connected to learning outcomes and consistent within PLTs. Extra credit should not replace missing and/or late work.

|Interim Reports and Grade Reporting in PowerSchool Gradebook |

• These interims may be a hard copy or up-to-date progress in PowerSchool. These reports should be informative for the parent/legal guardian in understanding the student’s progress at that time. Per policy, interim reports are issued to all students at the mid-point of each quarter. Again, grades should be maintained and reported every 2 weeks in PowerSchool for parents/guardians, counselors, teachers, and administration to access.

Week of issued Interim Reports: Date of Report Cards distribution:

• Quarter 1 – Week of Sept 1 1st Semester 1st Quarter- October 23

• Quarter 2 – Week of Nov 30 1st Semester 2nd Quarter- January 15

• Quarter 3 – Week of Feb 15 2nd Semester 3rd Quarter- March 23

• Quarter 4 – Week of May 9 2nd Semester 4th Quarter- June 9

NOTE: At minimum, teachers will use the following PowerSchool functions to communicate with all school stakeholders as to student grade reports:

“Missing” A student can still make up the assignment because the assignment was missed due to an absence. The missing function can also indicate that the student did not turn in the assignment. Once the assignment is turned in, the teacher will change the assignment from “missing” to “late”.

“Late” Students who turn in assignments after any given deadline will be marked accordingly.

“Collected” Collected indicates that a student did turn in the assignment, but the assignment has yet to be graded.

For full access to PowerSchool data, log into PowerSchool, for PowerSchool mobile has limited functions.

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