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510 Report Cards

Report cards will be given out one week after the end of each quarter to grades K - 6. They must be signed by a parent and returned to the homeroom teacher within one week. Report cards for grades 7 - 12 will be mailed. Report cards at the end of the year will be mailed to all students.

Grading policy for grades 9 - 12: Semester exams will not count more than 20% for any semester course. The report card will show quarterly grades, exam grades, semester grades and course grades.

520 Progress Reports

Progress reports are prepared for all students by their teachers after the 4th week of the first quarter and are mailed home. Subsequently, notices will be sent after the 4th week of each quarter to students who are failing or who are not performing up to their ability in either work or citizenship.

530 Academic Probation and Possible Dismissal

Academic progress of students will be checked bi-weekly, and a Progress Report will be sent to parents/legal guardians if a student's grade in a particular subject is D+ (75%) or lower. This will give a student the opportunity to improve his/her grade in order to avoid being placed on Academic Probation.

At the end of quarters and mid-way through each quarter, any secondary student not having at least a C- (76%) average in all subject areas will be placed on academic probation for two weeks. The two-week probation period will start one week after the mid-point or end of the quarter. Students on academic probation will receive a written plan from their teacher(s) explaining what they need to do during the probationary period to try to improve their academic standing. This may include, but is not limited to, making up work and/or tests, doing extra credit work, and/or meeting regularly with the teacher during the probationary period. Students who are on academic probation will not be allowed to participate in any extracurricular activities for those two weeks. Students on sports teams will not be allowed to attend practices or suit up and sit on the team bench for any games during the two-week probation. Any student who is placed on academic probation for two consecutive quarters could be dismissed from the school after faculty review.

540 Parent Conferences

Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled for the end of the first and third quarters. In addition, teachers may schedule conferences at any time on an individual basis and should do so at the request of a parent.

541 FERPA: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974

Parents may review their child's file with a teacher or secretary present. They may submit written comment or rebuttal to any document contained in the file, but they do not have the right to remove or have removed any document.

550 Homework

Homework is an integral part of the school program. It is given to provide drill, for mastery, or for remedial or supplemental course work.

Classroom work missed due to short-term absence or excused dismissal is to be made up within twice the number of days missed.

560 Graduation Requirements

GPCS offers a full program of study for each academic year, including courses in the following disciplines: Bible, English and literature, mathematics, science (physical and life), social studies (history, geography, sociology and government), foreign languages, fine arts, computer literacy and physical education. This program will fulfill all State requirements for graduation, as well as general college admissions requirements. All students enrolled in GPCS are expected to take a minimum of five (5) courses each year of their high school careers, earning the following credits illustrated in the table to the right.

While in high school all students taking a foreign language must take two years of a foreign language, preferably the same foreign language. (Classes of 2007 & 2008 are exempt from this rule.)

Fine Arts credit may be earned by taking an art class (in or outside of GPCS) and by participating in drama, yearbook, and/or chorus.