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__**Grading Policy** __

Each marking period a minimum of fifteen grades will be assigned to each student. Grades will be assigned either as formative or summative.

Formative assignments (those where students are forming knowledge) will count as 30% of the final grade. Such assignments may include: Summative assignments (those where students demonstrate a summary of their knowledge) will count as 70% of the final grade. Such assignments may include:


 * Class work Quizzes (double grade)
 * Homework Tests (triple grade)
 * Warm-ups/class participation BCR’s & ECR’s
 * Revisit activities Some projects (double grade)
 * Some projects (double grade)

NOTE: An E represents an assignment that does not have to be made up and does not count against your child’s average in social studies.

LATE WORK: All assignments are expected to be turned in on time on the due date. Assignments turned in after the due date will receive a grade that will be lowered 7% each day that it is late. Assignments not turned in within five days of the due date will receive a zero and will not be accepted.

MAKE UP WORK: It is the student’s responsibility to get make up work upon returning from an absence! After an absence, a student has two days for every day absent to make up work for full credit. For extended absences, it is the student’s responsibility to arrange to complete missing assignments within a mutually agreeable time frame.

REDO GUIDELINES: Redos of summative assignments, not classified as unit assessments, are acceptable with the following stipulations:
 * The assignment must have earned lower than a 70%.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The student must make arrangements with the teacher for redo within a mutually agreed amount of time.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The grades of the original and redo assignment will be averaged.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The redo may not be completed during class time.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">RETEST GUIDELINES: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• ALL students can retake each unit assessment once. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• Students will get the better grade. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• Students must demonstrate that they studied for the first test by completing at least 80% of the formative grades for that unit OR by completing the assigned study guide/study sheet. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• Students must make arrangements/contract with the teacher for the retest within a mutually agreed amount of time. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">• Retakes are not to be given during class time.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**All grading procedures will follow guidelines outlined in “Cecil County Public Schools Grading and Reporting.”**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Grading Scale

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">90% - 100% A <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">80% - 89% B <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">70% - 79% C <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">65% - 69% D <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">64% or lower F