Cycle grade guidelines and weights
Teachers are required to update grades in Skyward a minimum of two times per week.
Minor grades: 60% (10 grades minimum)
Classwork, assignments, homework, quizzes
Major grades: 30% (4 grades minimum)
Tests, projects, products, Benchmark Exams, common assessments
Campus-based 2nd & 4th cycle exemption options are available to students based on 1st & 3rd Cycle Grades, Daily Attendance, and CCMR met status.
For dual credit courses taught on or off the high school campus, the grading system used will be the grading system of the partner college or university. If numeric grades are not provided, letter grades will be converted (EIC Exhibit C) and submitted to Skyward at the end of each semester.
Semester grades
Semester 1
Cycle 1 - 50%
Cycle 2 - 50%
Total: 100%
Semester 2
Cycle 3 – 50%
Cycle 4 – 50%
Total: 100%
Final averages
Report card and transcript formats only display semester averages. There is no final or end-of-year average. Credit, grades, grade points, rank in class, etc., are all based on semester grades only.
In the rare event that a student has one semester grade below 70 and the other above 70 so that the student’s overall average is passing for a two-semester course, the failing grade will be displayed with a “period” after it to designate that credit was earned for this semester.