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Grading – Excused Absences
1. Students who have an excused absence from a class will have the opportunity to make up missed assignments.
2. Teachers are required to provide make-up work (within 2 school days) when requested for students who have an
excused absence; including suspensions.
3. For all suspensions, teachers are required to provide make-up work and assignments to all students, unless other
educational alternatives are provided. It is the responsibility of the parent(s)/guardian(s) to contact the school and
make arrangements.
4. Students who have an excused absence may not be penalized for work requested but not provided by the school for
periods of such excused absence.
5. The number of days allowed to make up missed work will be equivalent to the number of days of excused absences.
This timeline will begin when the teacher provides the student with the assignments within 2 school days of the return.
Students who fail to complete missed assignments within the allotted time will receive 0 (zero) for each assignment.
6. If students with excused absences return to school near the end of the quarter or semester and do not have sufficient
time as described above to make up the missed work, and (“I”) grade will be assigned.
7. The student’s average for the previous quarter (the quarter in which the (“I”) grade was assigned) will be recalculated
and changed on the report card by the next semester.
8. In the second semester report card, if an (“I”) grade would otherwise have been assigned, teachers will use all existing
grades to determine the student’s final grade at the administrator’s discretion.
Grading – Unexcused Absences
1. In High School, a student with unexcused absences will receive a “failing” grade for any day(s) of
such absence(s). The failing grades will be averaged with other daily grades.
Late Work
High School, a student with unexcused absences will follow the late work policy. Assigned work is due at the beginning of class;
late submissions will result in lowered grade. A teacher will expect that work is still submitted and may, through communication
with parents, create a mandatory completion session for the student or request the student to attend a regularly scheduled
Extended Learning session on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. When teachers record the assignment, a “0” will be entered as
well as the coding note of M (Missing) to indicate that an assignment has not been submitted. Late work will not receive full
academic credit. The grade will be reduce by 10 points for every day not turned in. Late work will be accepted for academic
credit up until the time the teacher judges that the academic integrity of the assignment would be compromised (e.g. when the
assignment is handed back or the class has thoroughly reviewed the learning). After this time the teacher may require that a
student complete the assignment for formative learning purposes. Normally, a student has a maximum of one week from the
end of the quarter or semester to make up all incomplete work. This requirement may be changed only under special
circumstances. All late work is to be completed before teachers enter final grades for the course.
Grade Point Average (GPA)
Determining Final Grades
1. For semester and year-long courses, all semester grades will be given weight equivalent to the amount of days the
class meets per week when computing final grades.
Subject: Arabic Art AFL English Music French Technology Math Science Islamic
Studies
Social
Studies
Physical
Education
Days/Week: 5 5 5 5 5 3 or 5 2 or 5 5 5 3 5 5
Weight: 5 5 5 5 5 3 or 5 2 or 5 5 5 3 5 5
2. In averaging grades, the letter grades for are translated to the traditional four-point scale. The average grade is
computed by adding the numerical equivalent for all letter grades and dividing by the number of grading periods.
3. The grading scale for final grades is as follows:
Grade
Range
93 – 100 85 – 92 74 – 84 63 – 73 Below
0 - 62
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