Grading policies for my classes will conform to the Santa Fe High School standards.  See the Santa Fe High School Grading Guidelines for complete details of our grading policies. 

The major grading policies are:

1.  Students will receive at least two grades per week.

2.  There will be at least three major grades per nine week period.

3.  All work, including participation is graded.

4.  Students will be given an opportunity to make up missed assignments.

5.  Students will be given an opportunity to retake exams they fail.

6.  For the most part, I post all grades for the week on Fridays.  I usually stay at school on Friday evenings until all grades are posted.

7.  I rarely, if ever, lose student work.  It stays in my classroom, so there is no place for it to get lost.  If a student is missing an assignment, he or she is responsible for redoing it.

8.  Students are responsible for checking their grades in Skyward and comparing those grades to their returned assignments.  If I made an error in posting a grade, which does happen, I will fix it immediately.

An absolute requirement for all of my students is that they actively participate in class activities.  Active participation includes:

1.  Speaking in Spanish when asked to do so, as when I call upon the student to answer a question regarding the lesson material we are working on.

2.  Listening to other students when they are answering questions, reading, etc. and listening to the teacher as I try to explain the lesson objectives and content.

3.  Writing in their own words responses to worksheet and essay assignments.  Copying the work of others is not only not actively participating, it is considered to be cheating.

4.  Making a bona fide effort to read assignments using skills learned and developed in Spanish classes and not using an online translator to translate the Spanish text to English.

A class participation grade will be given daily (or almost daily) beginning with the second nine week grading period.  If a student is using his or her phone to watch videos, text with friends, talking with friends in class, eating and/or drinking, they are not actively participating in class and their class participation grade will reflect this.