First, the exam schedule for seventh graders has not changed. It is the same.
Schedule for seventh graders
Second, because of the scheduling of some events that will take many, many students out of class the week before spring break, we realized that our original quarter examination schedule does not make sense. Specifically, the Senior Wind Ensemble and A Cappella chorus will be gone on tour to Disneyworld, and the state basketball tournament begins on Thursday that week.
In light of these significant absences, our traditional, scheduled, comprehensive exams did not make sense. Instead, I have asked teachers to give tests and projects in the next two weeks that are high quality, fair, and logical in context. That might mean that a teacher does not give a comprehensive quarter exam at all. That might mean that a class is ready for a heavier test earlier than the last week of the quarter. That might mean that a writing assignment or project is more logical a task than a traditional test. The teachers have been charged to do what they know makes sense and is fair to their students in these last few weeks. Both are important--appropriate and fair.
Teachers will be posting tests and exams (if they choose to give them) as usual on the test calendars and in My Big Campus.
Schedule for seventh graders
- Wednesday (2/24) prealgebra
- Thursday (2/25) English
- Friday (2/26) geography
- Monday (2/29) science, art, music
- Tuesday (3/1) Bible
Second, because of the scheduling of some events that will take many, many students out of class the week before spring break, we realized that our original quarter examination schedule does not make sense. Specifically, the Senior Wind Ensemble and A Cappella chorus will be gone on tour to Disneyworld, and the state basketball tournament begins on Thursday that week.
In light of these significant absences, our traditional, scheduled, comprehensive exams did not make sense. Instead, I have asked teachers to give tests and projects in the next two weeks that are high quality, fair, and logical in context. That might mean that a teacher does not give a comprehensive quarter exam at all. That might mean that a class is ready for a heavier test earlier than the last week of the quarter. That might mean that a writing assignment or project is more logical a task than a traditional test. The teachers have been charged to do what they know makes sense and is fair to their students in these last few weeks. Both are important--appropriate and fair.
Teachers will be posting tests and exams (if they choose to give them) as usual on the test calendars and in My Big Campus.