COURSE DEFICIENCY/FAILURE

The teacher must constantly approach grading as a positive means of measuring achievement and encouraging a student’s sense of self-worth. However, teachers are permitted to take points away from a student's participation grade when he or she fails to bring needed materials to class. Additionally, a student may earn a detention for disciplinary infraction and/or failure to submit completed homework assignment. Furthermore, failure to maintain satisfactory grades (i.e., “C” in all academic subjects and a “C” in conduct and effort) will necessitate suspension from sports teams and other school-related activities until such time as the required standard is met.​ Similarly, any student maintaining an overall failing grade point average is required to attend summer school or any accredited tutoring institution approved by the principal and successfully complete the required work, in order to be promoted and enrolled to the next grade level.

Plagiarism (taking ideas, writing, etc. from someone else and passing them off as one’s own) and homework copying are to be placed in the same category as test cheating. Plagiarism will result in disciplinary action and a failing grade for the written assignment, test, quiz, or project. Cheating, likewise, will not be ignored; action will be taken that will reflect in a lower grade. If a student is caught cheating, the teacher will take the following steps: