ENTRANCE CRITERIA :
Students must meet all three criteria for initial placement in an honors section:
REPORT CARD:
In grades 6 and 7, student must have a cumulative average of 93% in the content area (this includes final exams in grade 7). In grade 5, student must achieve at or above grade level expectations (3 or 4) in all content area standards.
STAR PERFORMANCE
Student must achieve at or above the 75% Percentile Rank (PR) on two content area STAR assessments in the past year. For Science, the student must achieve at or above the 75% PR on both STAR Math and STAR Reading. *Parents should contact their child's ELA and/or Math teacher for score information throughout the school year as desired
CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE RUBRIC
Student must score at or above 90% on the classroom performance rubric filled out by the current content area teacher. *A non-honors student can be moved into an honors section if criteria is met anytime after 5 weeks. (the Living Environment class excluded) *In the case of a rare extenuating circumstance, a student can be placed in an honors section at the administrator’s discretion.
PROMOTIONAL CRITERIA
Once a student is placed in an honors course, the student must maintain a 90% average in the course for the year in order to move on to the next grade level.
EXIT CRITERIA
Any honors student below 90% for the first 5, 10 or 15 weeks will get a report card comment reminding them of the 90% benchmark. At ten weeks, a student can be removed from the honors section if the first marking period average is below 80%. At twenty weeks, a student can be removed from the honors section if the cumulative average at 20 weeks is below 87%. Removal from an honors section can occur at the administrator’s discretion at anytime, pending a parent conference.
Students must meet all three criteria for initial placement in an honors section:
REPORT CARD:
In grades 6 and 7, student must have a cumulative average of 93% in the content area (this includes final exams in grade 7). In grade 5, student must achieve at or above grade level expectations (3 or 4) in all content area standards.
STAR PERFORMANCE
Student must achieve at or above the 75% Percentile Rank (PR) on two content area STAR assessments in the past year. For Science, the student must achieve at or above the 75% PR on both STAR Math and STAR Reading. *Parents should contact their child's ELA and/or Math teacher for score information throughout the school year as desired
CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE RUBRIC
Student must score at or above 90% on the classroom performance rubric filled out by the current content area teacher. *A non-honors student can be moved into an honors section if criteria is met anytime after 5 weeks. (the Living Environment class excluded) *In the case of a rare extenuating circumstance, a student can be placed in an honors section at the administrator’s discretion.
PROMOTIONAL CRITERIA
Once a student is placed in an honors course, the student must maintain a 90% average in the course for the year in order to move on to the next grade level.
EXIT CRITERIA
Any honors student below 90% for the first 5, 10 or 15 weeks will get a report card comment reminding them of the 90% benchmark. At ten weeks, a student can be removed from the honors section if the first marking period average is below 80%. At twenty weeks, a student can be removed from the honors section if the cumulative average at 20 weeks is below 87%. Removal from an honors section can occur at the administrator’s discretion at anytime, pending a parent conference.