COMMUNICATION COUNTS!
Performers must perform to receive credit and passing grades in performing arts classes.
Please continue to watch the calendar and check for upcoming dates that impact grades.
If you are not receiving reminders via text or email, please contact Ms Fletcher to subscribe at lisa.fletcher@fwisd.org
We have a benchmark at Northside HS THuesday night March 27 from 6:30-8.
This is mandatory for all students.
Please review information below. Communication is paramount.
FWISD Grading Policy (Published by the district)
The student's six-weeks' grade will be averaged as follows:
- I. DAILY GRADE - 50%
- II. CONCERT & REHEARSAL ATTENDANCE - 30%
- III. ASSIGNMENTS & TESTS - 20%
I. DAILY GRADE 50%
Each week is worth a total of 100 points. Therefore in a six week period there is a total of 600 daily points. The point value for any given day is 600 divided by the number of days in the six weeks.
The daily grade is determined by the student's level of participation during class (on-task behavior, posture, singing, etc.) Common deductions from the daily grade are caused by:
tardies (10 pts) gum or food (10 pts) bathroom (10 pts) no music (15 pts) no pencil (10 pts) sent to office (all daily pts) absence (all daily pts)
II. CONCERT & REHEARSAL ATTENDANCE **30%
Participation in rehearsals and performances outside normal school hours is a necessary part of choir courses. Attendance is required for the entirety of all performances and pre-scheduled rehearsals. Performances are listed on the Calendar of Events.
Rehearsals either before or after school will be few and scheduled with plenty of advanced notice.
An excused absence from a choir rehearsal or concert will require the same criteria as an excused absence from school--personal illness where the student has been absent from the entire school day, death in the family, or family emergency. The absence will not be excused if the parent has not communicated with the director PRIOR to the event.
It is imperative that the parent contact the director regarding the absence, as these rehearsals and concerts are a part of the student's grade.
♦ AN ABSENCE FROM A PERFORMANCE WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF THE SIX-WEEK GRADE.
**In the event of a six-weeks which does not include a concert or extra rehearsals the six-week grade will be averaged with this formula: Daily Grade (70%) X Assignment/Tests (30%)
III. ASSIGNMENTS & TESTS 20%
Assignments will be completed and tests administered to monitor progress in the subject.
Special emphasis will be placed on monitoring individual sight reading skills
