o Maximum credit for late work is 50%. o Work not submitted within 24 hours of the assigned time will be counted as a zero. Types of work that count as homework and count toward homework time benchmarks: ● Homework for practice and/or preparation ● Reading homework in preparation for a class activity Types of work that might be completed at home but do not count toward homework time benchmarks: ● ● ● ●
Research Long-term reading assignments Work toward completion of projects or papers Honors option assignments
GRADE REPORTS Course gradebooks are available to parents and students in the intermediate and middle levels via ParentsWeb on our website. Grades are updated in the timeliest manner possible. Report cards are available at the end of each quarter through the ParentsWeb portal. Official school grade records only display semester and year long averages.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND WRITING All writing submitted by a student must be original. While students may use outside resources and appropriately paraphrase or quote the work of published authors, proper credit must be given. Failure to do so is a violation of the St. Luke’s Honor Code. In an effort to help students fully understand plagiarism, the following statement is discussed at the start of the year and is revisited periodically. This assignment contains only my own words and ideas. When I have paraphrased someone else’s words or ideas, I have used completely original wording and correctly cited my source. When I have used someone else’s exact words, I have used quotation marks properly and have correctly cited my source. I understand that any evidence of plagiarism will result in a “0.”
PROCEDURES FOR ADDRESSING SEMESTER FAILURES This section outlines the responsibilities of an intermediate or middle level student who has received one or more failing grades (<70%) in a core academic class for the fall and/or spring semester. The procedures that follow are not intended to be punishments. Rather, the goal of this policy is to ensure that all students entering a new course will have mastered the requisite knowledge and skills to advance successfully.
Students with One Failing Grade