PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION
1. Homework:
a. Each teacher may require her own particular format
in homework. Spelling, grammar, and proper penmanship
must meet the required standards. Homework done poorly
or carelessly will be returned to be redone.
b. Teachers expect all students to turn in assignments
completed and on time. No teacher will allow an assignment
required of all students to remain undone by a single
student. If an assignment is not done, the following
procedure may be used:
(1) The student may be sent
from class and will make up the assignment during
class time, receiving a failing grade for that class
period.
(2) Failure to complete
an assignment on time will result in a penalty of
points
taken off the grade.
(3) Chronic failure
to complete homework will be brought to the attention
of
the parent or legal guardian and the principal.
(4) Standardized forms
may be used to report poorly done or late assignments
to parents.
(5) Students may be
required to carry assignment verification forms each
day
to class to be initialed by the teacher and then verified
by the parent(s)
or guardian.
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2. Report Cards and Grading Procedures
a. Please see the school calendar for the end of the
ten (10) week grading periods. Parents must attend
all “report card” conferences. If the
parent is unable to attend at the designated time,
he or she must call the school to arrange an alternative
time.
b. All entries made by the teacher on a student’s
report card are made after careful evaluation of classroom
learning, attitudes, and effort. Please discuss each
report with your child carefully. Remember, however,
that grades should be guides to learning rather than
goals for learning. Often, far too much emphasis is
placed on grades. Parents should be reminded that
grades are merely indications of present achievement
and not indications of one’s overall ability
to learn.
c. Letter grades are determined by the following criteria:
A
Excellent
B
Good
C
Average
D
Poor
F
Failure
I
Incomplete
SI
Shows Improvement
d. In addition to the standard grades, marks indicating
effort and conduct will be given.
e. Any student who has failed to make up daily work
or tests by the end of the grading period will receive
an “Incomplete” (I) on the report card.
Any student who does not make up work because of negligence
is given an “F” (64) or his own failing
grade average for the grading period.
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3. Extracurricular Activities
A vital part of school life is its extracurricular
activity program. In today’s world, the opportunity
that the school provides for social activities outside
the normal school day plays an important role in the
growth and development of the students. NORTHPOINTE
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is concerned not only with the
intellectual dimension of our students, but also with
growth and development spiritually, socially, and
physically.
a. Field Trips
Field
trips will be conducted in relation to classroom learning
activities. They
are not intended simply as a break from school. Rather,
field trips will
be used to enhance the educational and social development
of the student.
(1)
School time Most field trips will occur during the
school day.
(2)
After-school hours On some special occasions, a field
trip will be conducted
after school or on a Saturday. Parents are invited
and encouraged
to help chaperone field trips.
b. Special Programs
and Assemblies
From
time to time, speakers, films or programs of significant
spiritual, academic,
or cultural value will be presented. Parents are invited
and encouraged
to attend these programs.
c. Chapel
Weekly
chapel topics will be planned by teachers with input
from students.
Parents and guardians are invited and encouraged to
attend chapel.
d.
Library
Students
will be given ample opportunity to make use of the
library
for both research and reading for pleasure. The
library is maintained at
great cost. Books are extremely expensive, and the
system of cataloging
and inventory control requires much time and effort.
Parents
and guardians are urged to help the school by seeing
that books
borrowed from the school library are properly cared
for and returned
on time, and that all penalties and fines are paid.
Students’ grades
will not be mailed until the library account has been
cleared.
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