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| Withdrawal Procedures | ||
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| Grading Periods | ||
| PROMOTION AND RETENTION | ||
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| Withdrawal Procedures | ||
| Parents have the right to request that their child be withdrawn from a program for gifted students. Such request should be made to the building principal who will respond to the request. A meeting may be requested to discuss the child’s needs and how best to meet those needs. | ||
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Appeals Procedure
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| Parents have the opportunity to appeal any decision about the results of any screening procedure, the scheduling of children for assessment, or the placement of a student in any program for services. Requests should be made to the building principal who will schedule a meeting to discuss the appeal and resolve any dispute or disagreement. | ||
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FIELD TRIPS
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| Field trips are academic activities that are held off of school grounds. There are also other trips that are a part of the school’s co-curricular and extra-curricular program. No student may participate in any school-sponsored trip without parental consent and a current emergency medical form on file in the office. The Student Code of Conduct applies to all field trips. Attendance rules apply to all field trips. While the district encourages the student’s participation in field trips, alternative assignments will be provided for any student whose parent does not give permission to attend. Students who violate school rules may lose the privilege to go on field trips. |
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| GRADES | ||
| Ottawa Elementary has a standard grading procedure, as well as additional notations that may indicate work in progress or incomplete work. The purpose of a grade is to indicate the extent to which the student has acquired the necessary learning. In general, students are assigned grades based upon test results, homework, projects, and classroom participation. Each teacher may place a different emphasis on these areas in determining a grade and will so inform the students at the beginning of the course work. If a student is not sure how his/her grade will be determined, s/he should ask the teacher. Ottawa Elementary School uses the following grading system: 100 - A+ 99 - 96 A 95 - 93 A- 92 - 90 B+ 89 - 87 B 86 - 85 B- 84 - 82 C+ 81 - 78 C 77 - 75 C- 74 - 72 D+ 71 - 68 D 67 - 65 D- - 64 F S - Satisfactory/Passing U - Unsatisfactory/Failing I - Incomplete For S/U grading, teachers may assign a “+” or “-“ at their discretion and according to their criteria, however, these additional marks will not be figured into semester or final averages. |
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| Grading Periods | ||
| Students in grades 2-8 will be graded at the end of each nine-weeks grading period indicating their grades for each course of study for that portion of the academic term. Interim reports will be issued to parents at the middle of each grading period for all students, with exception of first grade that will not receive an interim report in September. First grade students will be evaluated on a skills checklist, which will be sent and explained to parents. When a student appears to be at risk of failure, reasonable efforts will be made to notify the parents so they can talk with the teacher about what actions can be taken to improve poor grades. Parents are encouraged to talk to their child’s teachers regularly about the their progress. |
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| PROMOTION AND RETENTION | ||
| Promotion to the next grade level is based on the following criteria: • Current level of achievement • Potential for success at the next grade level • Emotional, physical, and/or social maturity A student will be considered for retention if s/he is truant (absent without excuse) for more than ten percent (10%) of the required attendance days of the current school year AND has failed two or more of the required curriculum subject areas in the current grade. Even if s/he falls in the preceding category, a student may be promoted or placed if the principal and the teachers of the classes that the student failed agree that the student is academically prepared. |
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