Grading

Weighted System

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:

A+	95 – 100
A	90 – 94
B+	85 – 89
B	80-84
C+	75-79
C	70 - 74
D	65-69
E	50 – 64
F	Below 50
F*	Failure due to cutting or not attending 85% of the classes
F**	Failure due to repeated and continued cutting in the second quarter of a semester course or the 4th quarter of a full year course

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.

Calculating Your GPA

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.

	Full Year	Semester
Honors/AP	+1	+.50
A+	4.5	2.25
A	4.0	2.0
B+	3.5	1.75
B	3.0	1.5
C+	2.5	1.25
C	2.0	1.0
D	1.0	.5
F	0.0	.0

Withdrawal and Course Changes

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: November 27

Second Semester Courses: March 15

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.

WF / WP -- The WF/WP notation will apply to courses that are dropped after the deadline. When a course is dropped after the drop deadline, if a student is passing a class, a grade of WP will appear as a final transcript grade for the course. When a course is dropped after the drop deadline with a failing grade, a grade of WF will appear on a student’s transcript as a final grade. The grade of WP/WF will not have an impact on the student’s GPA. This will apply to all courses dropped after the drop deadline.

Honor Rolls

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.

Valedictorian and Salutatorian Criteria

The valedictorian and salutatorian determinations are based on the following criteria:

Letter scale grading
Weighted averages
GPAs will be calculated at the conclusion of the seventh semester, taking into account final grades from the freshman, sophomore, and junior years, as well as grades earned in each course taken semester one of senior year.
Students must enroll at Paul D. Schreiber High School by 9th grade and remain enrolled through graduation.
Courses taken while enrolled in middle school are excluded from valedictorian and salutatorian calculation.
PE and Health 11/12 are excluded from valedictorian and salutatorian calculation.

The top two academically performing students, as determined by these eligibility criteria, will be recognized as the valedictorian and salutatorian of Paul D. Schreiber High School. In cases of a GPA tie for the highest GPA, multiple students will receive the valedictorian designation only. After valedictorian and salutatorian, Paul D. Schreiber will continue the practice of not ranking students.

The building principal will communicate directly with the Schreiber High School valedictorian and salutatorian and their families in late spring.

How to determine your grade?

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,)

FULL YEAR COURSES – USE TABLES 1-2-3

TABLE 1
	1st Qtr.	2nd Qtr.	3rd Qtr	4th Qtr.	Final Exam
A+	10	11	15	17	10
A	9	10	13	15	9
B+	8	9	11	13	8
B	7	8	9	11	7
C+	6	7	7	9	6
C	5	5	5	7	5
D	4	4	4	5	4
E	3	3	1	1	1
F	2	2	0	0	0
F*	2	1	0	0
F**	0	0	0	-14

TABLE 2 (final exam)		TABLE 3 (no final exam)
Total Points	Final Grade	Total Points	Final Grade
60 or above	A+	50 or above	A+
53 – 59	A	44 – 49	A
46 – 52	B+	38 – 43	B+
39 – 45	B	32 – 37	B
32 – 38	C+	26 – 31	C+
25 – 31	C	20 – 25	C
17 – 24	D	13 – 19	D
4 – 16	F	4 – 12	F

ONE SEMESTER COURSES - USE TABLES 4-5-6

TABLE 4
	1st or 3rd Qtr.	2nd or 4th Quarter	Final Exam
A+	10	15	10
A	9	13	9
B+	8	11	8
B	7	9	7
C+	6	7	6
C	5	5	5
D	4	3	4
E	2	0	1
F	0	0	0
F*	0	0
F**	0	-7

TABLE 2 (final exam)		TABLE 3 (no final exam)
Total Points	Final Grade	Total Points	Final Grade
33 or above	A+	24 or above	A+
29 – 32	A	21 – 23	A
25 – 28	B+	18 – 20	B+
21 – 24	B	15 – 17	B
17 – 20	C+	12 – 14	C+
13 – 16	C	9 – 11	C
8 – 12	D	5 – 8	D
1 – 7	F	0 – 4	F