GRADING POLICY

Parents and students should understand the requirements for each grade and monitor the student's progress on PowerSchool.  Each academic department has established category weights and grading policies.

Religion courses are considered to be academic courses. Grades in religion courses are based on academic achievement and not on a student's religious affiliation, personal belief or practice.

GRADE POINT AVERAGE

Grade points are awarded according to a four point scale: A (90% -100%)=4 points; B (80%-89%)=3 points; C (70%-79%)=2 points; D (60%-69%)=1 point; F(0%-59%)=0 points.

Students who take honors level classes or an advanced placement course, receive an extra grade point for a "C" grade or above. To compute the total (cumulative) grade point average (GPA), add up all grade points and divide that sum by the number of classes taken.

RANK IN CLASS

A student's rank in class is determined by his/her total (cumulative) grade point average.

GRADE CHECKS

Teachers are required to update once a week in PowerSchool.  Grade checks are only informal estimates of current progress. Since grading reports are issued four (4) times a year, grade checks will not be given within two weeks prior to exams.

REPORT CARDS

Semester Report Cards

St. Paul High School mails official report cards to parents at the end of each semester. Only the grades printed on the semester report cards are transferred to the student's permanent record.

Quarter Report Card

Quarter grades are not part of the student's permanent record. However, these grades represent approximately 40% of your student's semester grade, and will determine their eligibility.  Quarter Report Cards are to be picked up during the Parent/Teacher Conferences. This will only serve as a source of information on the progress of each student. For students who are at risk of receiving a "D" or "F" in the current grading period, this will serve as the first notification of serious deficiency.

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