Grading+Policy

= ** BOHEMIA MANOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT ** = = ** GRADING POLICY 2014-2015 ** = __ GRADES: __ 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. These assignments may include but are not limited to homework, brief constructed responses, binder checks, and in-class assignments.
 * Summative assignments (those where students demonstrate a **summary** of their knowledge) will count as 70% of the final grade. These assignments include but are not limited to unit assessments, quizzes, projects, and extended writing.

__ GRADING SCALE: __
 * **Percentage ** || **Letter Grade ** || **Percentage ** || **Letter Grade ** ||
 * 93 - 100% || A || 73 - 76% || C ||
 * 90 - 92% || A- || 70 - 72% || C- ||
 * 87 - 89% || B+ || 67 - 69% || D+ ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">83 - 86% || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">B || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">65 - 66% || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">D ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">80 - 82% || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">B- || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">50 - 64% || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">F ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">77 - 79% || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">C+ || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">*** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">*** ||

__ MAKE UP WORK: __

Regardless of reason for absence, a minimum of two class days will be allowed for each day of absence without grade penalty. If the assignment is returned beyond the allotted number of days, the assignment will be reduced by 5% for each day late beyond the allotted number of days.
 * It is the student’s responsibility to get make up work upon returning from an absence! **

If the absence(s) occur at the end of the marking period an incomplete may be issued.

__ RETAKE GUIDELINES: __

Regardless of reason, students will have the opportunity to retake all summative assignments once in accordance with the following criteria:
 * Students will take the same or a comparable assignment.
 * Students may only retake each summative assignment once.
 * Students will receive the higher grade.
 * Students will retake the assignment at a mutually agreed upon time __and__ within a mutually agreed upon time frame.

__ ACADEMIC INTEGRITY __ Integrity is at the heart of a sound academic policy. The integrity of a school course and program depends on the honest completion of student work. Cheating and plagiarism violate the most basic understanding between a student and a teacher that a student’s work is his/her own and occurs when someone takes credit for something he/she did not do.

__ Examples of cheating include but are not limited to: __
 * Copying someone else’s work.
 * Allowing someone else to copy his/her work.
 * Allowing someone else to complete his/her work.
 * Completing someone else’s work.
 * Using technology resources inappropriately.

__ If a student is caught cheating, he/she will: __
 * Be referred for disciplinary action.
 * Be given an opportunity to complete a comparable assignment for full credit
 * Receive a 50% that will be replaced with the grade of the comparable assignment.

Plagiarism is the representation of someone else's ideas, statements, or words as one's own without giving credit. Any material used in a completed assignment that includes the words, ideas, and statements from a traditional or electronic source must be documented using a standard format such as MLA or APA. This includes interviews, television shows, movies, computer media, and Internet sources.

__ Students found to have plagiarized will: __
 * Be referred for disciplinary action.
 * Be given an opportunity to complete a comparable assignment for full credit.
 * Receive a 50 that will be replaced with the grade of the comparable assignment.

// All grading procedures will follow guidelines outlined in “Cecil County Public Schools Grading and Reporting.” //