Attendance and Tardies

High School Summer School is in session from Tuesday, June 11, 2013 to Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Because of the length of the class (four hours) and the shortness of the summer school semester (17 days), students are required to attend class for a minimum of 16 days in order to meet the high school accreditation standards. Therefore, a student may miss no more than one day of summer school. On the second absence or a combination of absences and tardies equaling two absences, the student will be withdrawn from the class with no refund. There are no exceptions to this policy. If the student and parent know that the student cannot meet this attendance requirement, the student and parent should consider another summer school format such as Gwinnett Online Campus.

Class Days

Classes meet Monday-Thursday each week. There are no classes on Fridays.

First Period: 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Second Period: 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Absences

There are no excused absences for summer school. All absences count including, but not limited to: illness, medical emergencies, death in the family or vacation.

Tardy Policy

Tardiness affects learning and is disruptive to the class. See consequences below:

Late to class (after the bell rings, in the first 30 minutes) = 1 tardy

3 tardies = 1 absence

Late to class (more than 30 minutes) = 1 absence

2 absences = Withdrawal from summer school (no refund)

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Students are expected to behave in a courteous manner in the cafeteria. Breaking in line, throwing food or objects, leaving trays or trash, standing on tables or chairs, or making loud noises are not acceptable. It is the responsibility of each student to clean up the area that (s)he uses during lunch. Trash cans will be provided for this purpose. If a student shuns his/her responsibility then (s)he will be assigned consequences.

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Action To Be Taken: Upon request of a staff member, the student is immediately to turn off and put away the electronic item in his/her book bag, pocket, or purse. A referral may be sent to the summer school office. Students should not bring expensive electronic devices to school. Students are ultimately responsible for any loss, damage, or theft of their personal property.

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The grading scale is as follows:

A = 90-100
B = 80-89
C = 74-79
D = 70-73
F = 0-69

Progress reports will be issued to each student on Thursday, June 20, 2013. The student is responsible for making the report available to his or her parents or guardians.

Objective final exams will be given to all students. These comprehensive exams are GCPS exams. Final exams count 20% of the final grade. There are NO exemptions for finals. There will be no performance exam during summer school. Teachers may NOT excuse students from exams and may NOT give exams early. Students taking End of Course Tests will still take an exam on the exam day but the exam will count as a test grade. Students who cheat on the final exam will be given an alternate exam to take with a zero averaged into the grade. Parents will be called any time a student cheats.

If a student misses the final exam, the High School Summer School Director will proctor all make-up exams on the following day:

Date: July 26, 2013
Time: 8 a.m.
Place: Norcross High School, 5300 Spalding Drive, Norcross
Contact: Nathan Ballantine, Director

Failure to make-up the exam will result in the student receiving a zero for the final exam.

Generally, the most serious problems arise in grading where there is a lack of communication with the student, teacher, and parents. The parent is encouraged to use every opportunity to maintain communication with the teachers. The parent portal is not available during the summer session. It is best to email or call the teacher at the SS site.

GCPS will mail report cards to the student’s home address the week after the summer session ends.
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• No food or drinks are allowed in the Media Center.

• Students should remember that the Media Center is a place for students and staff to work. Students are expected to be considerate of others by maintaining a quiet atmosphere. Students who are not working or who are being too loud will be asked to leave and may be referred for disciplinary action.

• The Media Center computers are available for school related research and productivity only. Students are NOT allowed to use the computers for personal e-mail, chat sessions, or “general” surfing on the Internet. Students who do not follow these guidelines will be asked to leave their computer and may be referred for disciplinary action.