Grading - Updated 2025-2026 School Year

Students receive report cards at the end of each quarter. All report cards will either be emailed or mailed home.  

Letter grades and their numerical equivalents are as follows:

• All grades are weighted according to the length of the course.
• "Incomplete" may be used as a final grade only with the permission of the principal, department chairperson and the student's counselor. Definite time limits are established within which work graded "incomplete" must be made up or be converted to the appropriate letter grade.
• A student will receive an F** to denote failure due to repeated and continued cutting. A minus seven (-7) for a semester course or minus fourteen (-14) for a full year course will be used in computing the final average when the absences occur in the last quarter. The grade level administrator will make this decision.
• Honors credit will be granted in selective courses and identified on the report card and transcript.

A student’s Grade Point Average (GPA) is calculated by adding the numerical value (using the chart below) of each grade for each course and dividing this number by the total number of credits studied. Honor and AP courses receive an extra 1.0 for a full year course and a .50 for a semester course.

Students are expected to plan their programs wisely and remain in each course through its completion. All course work completed will be entered on the transcript.  The following policies will be in effect. However, should it become necessary for a student to withdraw from a course or make a level change:

• A student will need to consult with their teacher, department chair, parent, and school counselor in order to withdraw from a course or to change level (example: from Honors to Regents). The student must attend all classes until the withdrawal or level change is officially in the computer and a new schedule has been submitted to the student. Failure to follow this procedure will result in the student receiving “unexcused absences” for the course and possible disciplinary consequences.
• No notation will be made on the student’s midyear transcript if a student withdraws prior to the following deadlines:

First Semester Courses:        October 15

Full Year Course:                  December 1

Second Semester Courses:    March 16

In the case of level changes, the grades earned in the previous course will be used in calculating a quarterly and/or final average. No notation will be made on a transcript showing first quarter grades if the class is dropped before the grade is recorded on the report card.

As of the 2025-2026 school year, courses dropped after the deadline, will appear with a "W" on the transcript. The grade of "W" will not have an impact on the student’s GPA. 

To be included in either Honor Roll, students must take classes at Schreiber High School and carry a minimum of six subjects including English and Physical Education.  Lab classes do not count as subjects in meeting this requirement. Grades in Physical Education classes are not used to calculate the average for Honor Roll.

• Principal's Honor Roll.
• Average of all credit bearing courses must be 4.0 or higher.
• No grade of below C or Incomplete.
• Paul D. Schreiber Honor Roll.
• Average of all credit bearing courses must be between 3.5 and 3.9.
• No grade of below C or Incomplete.
• An honor roll is published each quarter of the school year.

The charts below show the weighted system for a full year course (Tables 1, 2, 3) and for a semester course (Table 4, 5, 6,)

For the 2025-2026 school year, Table 2 and Table 4 are no longer being used to calculate final averages. Scores on New York State Regents exams and the FLACS exams are not calculated in the final average (exam scores will still be listed on transcripts). Local finals will count in Quarter 2 (fall semester courses) or Quarter 4 grades (all others). 

FULL YEAR COURSES – USE TABLES 1 and 3

(Table 2 is not used when calculating final grades for the 2025-2026 school year)