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Grading

Course Description
Within the first five days of the semester all teachers will provide students with a course description. This description will explain the general goals of the course, the specific knowledge and skills acquired as a result of the course, the activities that will be included, and the procedures for grading.

Grading Periods
Each semester is divided into three grading periods of approximately six weeks each. At the end of each grading period, students will be assigned a grade reflecting achievement solely for that grading period. The grade earned for one grading period does not carry over into the next.

Calculating Course Grades
The final course grade will be determined by assigning twenty-five percent to each grading period and twenty-five percent to the final examination. The steps to calculate a semester grade are listed below:

1. The following point values are assigned to each letter grade:

Grade	A+	A	A-	B+	B	B-	C+	C	C-	D+	D	D-	F
Points	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0

2. The points from the three six-week and semester exam grades are totaled: (Example)

	1st	2nd	3rd	Final Exam	Total
Grade	C+	C+	C+	B+	B-
Points	6	6	6	9	27

3. The final course grade is determined from the chart below:

Grade	A+	A	A-	B+	B	B-	C+	C	C-	D+	D	D-	F
Points	48-46	45-42	41-38	37-34	33-30	29-26	25-22	21-18	17-14	13-10	9-6	5-3	2-0

Note: Students who fail two of the reported grades must earn at least a "C-" average in the other two reported grades in order to pass the course. Students who fail the third grading period as well as the final exam will receive an "F" grade for the semester. Students who fail three of the reported grades will receive an "F" for the semester.

Second semester seniors who have an "A-" average and students in AP courses who took the AP exam for the course and have a "C" average in the course may be exempt from final exams. If no final exam is taken, total the points from the three grading periods. The final grade can be determined from the chart below. Two (F) grades receive an "F" for the semester.

Grade	A+	A	A-	B+	B	B-	C+	C	C-	D+	D	D-	F
Points	35-36	32-34	29-31	26-28	23-25	20-22	17-19	14-16	11-13	8-10	5-7	2-4	0-1

Grade Point Average

Both a weighted and an unweighted grade point average are calculated for each student at the conclusion of the first semester and again after summer school.

weighted grade point average is calculated using the weights assigned to the grades in the following chart
unweighted grade point average is calculated by assigning college prep grade points to all grades that are figured into the grade point average, regardless of their level

	A	B	C	D	F
College Prep/Core	4.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	0
Accelerated	4.5	3.5	2.5	1.5	0
Honors	5.0	4.0	3.0	2.0	0

Exclusions
The following courses are not included in the calculation of a student's grade point average:

Driver Education
courses completed by home-schooled students
correspondence courses
audit, independent study, pass/fail, and GPA-waived courses
external credit courses
any course in which the regular outcomes have been significantly modified for an individual student

Grade Point Waiver
Students have the option of applying to exclude certain courses from the calculation of their grade point average (GPA). These courses are those which are not considered part of the academic core and which do not fulfill a SHS graduation requirement. Included in this waiver option are:

all college preparatory-level Fine Arts Courses
all college preparatory-level Applied Arts courses
Introduction to Radio Broadcasting
Physical Education Leaders, Pool Leaders, and Applied Health
all college-prep level summer school courses which are not part of the regular school year course offerings (See summer school brochure for specific courses and deadlines for submission.)

To be eligible for a waiver, the student must be enrolled in four or more courses per semester which are included in the GPA. The Request for GPA Waiver form is available from any Student Services office and must be submitted to your counselor no later than eight school days following the conclusion of the first six week grading period of each semester. All waivers must be requested; no courses will have an "automatic" waiver. The letter grade earned in the course will appear on the transcript with a "G" in front of the course title indicating that the grade is waived from calculation in the GPA. Please see the Summer School Course Book for specific information regarding courses and deadlines offered during the summer.

Transfer Students
The records of transfer students will be evaluated individually with each course grade being assigned the weight of its closest counterpart in the Stevenson curriculum. The division director will make the final determination in the evaluation of the records of the transfer student.

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