Student/Parent Handbook - Braintree Public Schools

Failure Policy
Any student receiving a grade of “E” (50-59) for the final mark has the following options:
1. Accept mark and receive no credit.
2. Attend Summer School to receive credit and/or meet prerequisite.
Any mark of “F” in a required course will necessitate the student repeating that course the
following year.
The School Committee has approved the following regulations:
‣ If a student fails English 9 or 10 with the mark of E, he/she may attend
Summer School for two hours per day for five week, and receive 5 credits.
‣ To make up a grade of E in a semester course (Grade 11 or 12), a
student may attend Summer School for two hours per day for three
weeks, and receive 2 ½ credits.
‣ Underclassmen may attend Summer School in order to receive course
credit if they earned a final grade of ‘F’ in English only. Full year courses
require 3 hours per day for 5 weeks; semester courses require 2 hours
per day for 5 weeks.
‣ Although students are not required to attend Summer School, we strongly
urge and recommend that students who fail English attend. Students may
repeat the course during the next school year or may transfer credit from
another accredited summer school.
Freshmen Orientation Program
The first day of the school year is for freshmen only. During that day, freshmen will
attend a special assembly with the Headmaster and Housemasters. They will
follow an abbreviated Day 1 schedule in preparation for the next day when all BHS
students will be in attendance. The orientation day concludes with the opportunity
for freshmen to meet with their individual faculty advisor. The advisor will answer
questions about student schedules, extracurricular activities, the Student/Parent
Handbook, and academics. Advisors monitor their advisees through the first
marking period, directing students to appropriate resources if problems develop.
Homeroom Period
Homeroom classrooms should be open to students at 7:30 AM. Three verbal reminders are
announced to students via the PA at 7:30, 7:32 and 7:34 AM. The official tardy to
homeroom tone sounds at 7:35 AM. All students are expected to remain in homeroom
during the moment of silence and all announcements. Homeroom concludes at the tone at
7:40 AM.
Students in the main lobby at 7:34 AM are considered tardy when the one-minute verbal
warning is announced via the PA. 7:35 AM is when the tardy tone sounds for all students
and the homeroom period begins.
Homework Policy
Homework in the Braintree Public Schools is an essential part of the school program.
Homework assignments will vary in accordance with the needs of the class and relate to
classroom instruction.
Objectives of Homework Assignments:
1. To reinforce and extend learning initiated in class.
2. To develop good work habits.
3. To develop abilities to study independently.
4. To provide extra practice in fundamental skills.
5. To enrich learning.
6. To increase an opportunity for individual initiative and responsibility.
7. To stimulate creativity and critical thinking.
8. To develop an awareness that learning can take place in an environment other
than school.
9. To increase parental awareness of the school program.
Daily assignments will be given to reinforce skills and concepts conveyed in school and/or
provide the basis for the following day's work. Homework will be assigned in all academic
classes on a daily or long-range basis. An average of 30-45 minutes per night per course
will be assigned.
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