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Grading – Excused Absences
1. Students who have a verified excused absence from a class will have the opportunity to make up
missed assignments. For example, if a student missed 1-day, the student will have 1-day to make up
any missed assignments, for 2-days missed, the student will have 2-days to make up missed
assignments, etc.
2. For all verified excused absence(s) or suspension(s), 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.
3. 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 immediately upon student return. Students who fail to complete missed assignments
within the allotted time will receive 50% for each assignment.
4. 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, an (“I”) grade will be
assigned.
a. 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.
5. 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
In High School, a student with unexcused absences will follow the late work policy.
Grade Recovery/Late Work
Assigned work is due at the beginning of class; late submissions will result in a lowered grade. A teacher will expect
that work is still submitted and may, through communication with parents, create a mandatory completion session.
Late work will not receive full academic credit. The maximum grade a student can earn will be 80%.
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.
Grade Recovery: Make it Up Monday/ Turn it in Tuesday
It is the school’s philosophy that all students are given the opportunity for success. Therefore, Make it Up Monday
and Turn it In Tuesday will take place on the last Monday and Tuesday of each school calendar month. All
missing/make up assignments must be turned in dismissal on the designated Tuesday. All work completed through
Make it up Monday/Turn it In Tuesday will result in a maximum grade of 80%.
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