Grade Day!

For some of you, grade day is a wonderful thing. For some of you, it is a day to try and find a hiding place for your report card. Things to remember:

1. Teachers don't "give" grades. We report grades that you earn, for good or ill. We give your average to the school and they assign a letter grade based on the accepted school grading scale.



2. Your grade may be the same as, better than or worse than your progress grade based on what you did during the last half of the quarter. Everything from the first day of the quarter goes into calculating your quarter average. And every quarter's average goes into calculating your final grade for the course.



3. Don't focus on one aspect of your work as being the source of your whole grade- your average takes into account everything you've done. Great homework scores don't erase poor test scores and vice versa. If the teacher took the time to assign and grade the work, no matter how small the assignment, it counts towards your average.



4. Missing work is a zero in a gradebook. Every homework, lab, or other assignment that you don't turn in you get zero credit. You are not simply scored on the work that you submit. Late work, of course, also hurts your grade.

So, use this quarter's grade to plan your course of action for next quarter. Were your test grades low - study more and get extra help. Not doing homework - get your rear in gear and do the job. Forgetting to turn things in - pay attention. The teacher calling for an assignment and other students getting their work together and passing it forward should be a clue that something is being handed in to be graded. Do what it takes to keep your current mark or bring it up to a higher level. It is all up to you, so start making a gameplan now...