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Dear Cedar Lane School Community,
We heard positive feedback from teachers that many students were able to successfully log into Blackboard Collaborate Ultra and connect with their classroom teachers yesterday. By Tuesday April 28, 2020, all classrooms should be back and up and running!
Below are some important updates regarding grading:
Third Quarter
Third quarter has been extended to Friday, May 1,, 2020. Teachers may continue to work with students to close out the third quarter and accept assignments through that date.
Access in ParentVUE and StudentVUE to view the report card module will be closed from Friday, May 1 at 4:00 p.m. until Saturday, May 9 at 6:00 a.m.
Fourth Quarter
Fourth Quarter Timeline: While third quarter work is being accepted until May 1st, fourth quarter work has been assigned to students. Any new work will be entered in fourth quarter gradebooks beginning Monday, May 4th.
Providing Feedback to Students/Parents and Monitoring Progress: Teachers should provide feedback such as comments on quality of work and guidance for improvement.
- Assignment “marks” will be entered in the gradebook and will be: Proficient, Attempted, Not Attempted
- This data will be considered to positively influence the final course grade
- Students and families will be able to see “marks” in SIS, though weekly emails will not be sent since there will not be a quarter 4 grade
Calculating Final Grades
Final Exams: There will be no final exam and/or culminating activity included as part of the final course grade calculation this year.
Year-Long Courses - Calculating Final Grade
- Teachers have the discretion of raising a student's final grade by one grade distribution (B to B+), based on demonstrated proficiency of quarter 4 learning.
- A student’s final grade will be the highest of the following:
- Average of Qtrs 1, 2, & 3
- Average of Qtrs 1, 2, & 3 w/1 grade distribution increase consideration
- 1st Semester Grade
- 1st Semester Grade w/1 grade distribution increase consideration
Current Semester Courses - Calculating Final Grade
- Schools/teachers have the discretion of raising a student's final grade by two grade distributions (B to A-), based on demonstrated proficiency of Qtr 4 learning.
- A student’s final grade will be the highest of the following:
- Quarter 3 Average
- Quarter 3 Average (w/up to a two-grade distribution increase consideration)
Report Cards
Report Cards/Progress Reports: Report Cards/Progress Reports will be mailed centrally for both third and fourth quarters.
Parents/Guardians may opt into “Go Paperless” for report cards by following the below instructions:
- Parents/Guardians can take advantage of the paperless option, by logging into ParentVUE, then going to “My Account” and selecting "Go Paperless!". This is the only way to keep a paper report card from being generated for students at the secondary level. All parents who share the same address as the student must have a SIS ParentVUE account and must select the paperless option. This option must be selected prior to May 12th to prevent the 3rd quarter report card from being mailed.
Last Day of School
The last day of school for all students (except seniors) is Friday, June 12, 2020. Seniors’ last day of school is May 22, 2020.
Summer Courses
Additional summer offerings and support through FCPS summer learning programming are being discussed and will be shared as soon as available pending developments with the state-wide closure of schools.
Regards,
Thomas P Lundy
Principal
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