SMS Late Work Policy

 

South Middle School Grading and Reporting Policies

 

QUIZES AND TESTS

Teachers will either offer a re-take of all assessments and quizzes or allow the student to correct all assessments and quizzes. The amount of credit awarded for corrections for common assessments is determined by grade level PLC’s. For individual classroom quizzes or tests, the classroom teacher determines the amount. This will be available for all students regardless of the score on the quiz or test.

CODING AND ZEROS

Teachers will use only four codes to report student work. 
     a.  MISSING – Work not completed, student will receive a zero and will be labeled      as MISSING
      b.  INC – Work turned in to the teacher but is incomplete, will be graded, score will be reported and teacher  will mark INC for incomplete.
      c.  EXE – If the teacher deems the student to be exempt from an assignment they will report the score with  an asterisk and label it EXE, meaning the student does not have to complete the assignment.
       d.  LATE – Work from students that is turned in late. The score will be reported and marked LATE.

LATE WORK POLICY
It is important and necessary for students to prioritize turning assignments in on time. Late work will negatively impact student grades and eligibility for athletic and fine art participation. Beginning this academic year (2024-25) students will have one week to turn in an assignment from the original due date. Any assignment turned in later than the designated due date, but within the one week time frame will be deducted twenty percent. After the one week time frame it is the sole discretion of the classroom teacher whether to accept the assignment as late or not. If it is not accepted as late it will be marked with a zero in the grade book.

GRADEBOOK TIMELINESS POLICY
Teachers are expected to update their gradebook on a weekly basis with new work that has been turned in as well late assignments that have been turned in. Large projects, essays and tests will require two weeks to grade.

EXTRA CREDIT
Extra credit shall not be placed in the gradebook for things such as word searches, crosswords, Kleenexes, etc. These items do not measure student learning. Extension and enrichment activities are permissible to report on. If a teacher has a question if an enrichment activity meets student skill attainment review with your PLC.