Parents/guardians are the primary educators of their
children. SJHS supports, enhances, and complements the parent/guardian role
through formal education. Teachers alert parents/guardians midway through each
quarter if a student’s grade is a C- or below. Parents/guardians are encouraged
to track their daughter’s progress, academic performance, and mid-quarter progress
reports through the PowerSchool Parent Portal (teachers update student grades
once a week). They can speak regularly with their daughters to offer support,
encouragement, and direction.
Parents/guardians can contact their daughter’s teachers directly
via email if there is concern regarding academic progress. Refer to the course
syllabus or website for contact information and teacher availability.
In addition to PowerSchool, SJHS reports student progress
and performance through other methods, as described below.
Report Cards and Grading Policies
Report cards are issued four times per year: 1st quarter,
1st semester, 3rd quarter, and 2nd semester.
The 1st and 3rd quarterly report
cards are considered progress (mid-semester) reports; they are available to
students on Powerschool and emailed to parents/guardians. They reflect an
accurate assessment of the student’s progress up to that point in the semester,
but these grades are not recorded permanently. (Quarter grades are used to
determine eligibility for athletics and co-curricular activities.) PowerSchool
gradebooks are locked after each quarter, so all the work for that quarter must
be turned in by the student before the end of the quarter.
The 1st and 2nd semester grades
include all of the semester work and are permanently recorded.
In general, SJHS does not use a weighted grading scale.
Also, final summative assessments will not constitute more than 20% of the total
grade for the course
