1st Semester Exam Information

Sand Creek Jr./Sr. High School

1st Semester Exam Information

2020/2021 School year

JH & HS 1st semester exams will not be mandatory.  Semester exams will be optional.  Students have the option to take semester exams to improve their semester grades.  Exam scores cannot hurt a student’s semester grade this semester.  Semester exam grades will only be used if exam score doesn’t lower the semester grade.  If you choose not to take the semester exam, your semester grade will be calculated based on your grades (%) for marking period 1 and marking period 2.

Students who intend to take a semester exam, must let their teachers know by this coming Wednesday Dec. 16th at 2:50 p.m.  If you are a virtual student that intends to take the exam AND you need to come into school for internet connection, or for the purpose of special education services, please let your teachers know by Wednesday Dec. 16th at 2:50 p.m.

Students who are currently failing a class for the semester but have a chance to raise their grade to passing by taking the exam and scoring high enough will be notified by their teacher.  These students are strongly encouraged to take the exam to try and pass the semester.  If they choose not to, they will fail the semester.

Optional JH semester exams will be administered face to face to our face to face JH students, and virtually to our JH virtual students.  On Friday, December 18th, all 2nd period JH students who elect not to take the semester exam will be required to sit quietly throughout that 75 minute semester exam period.  Virtual JH students will also be allowed to come to school (F2F) for the purpose of gaining an adequate internet signal and for special education services.

On Monday & Tuesday, December 21 & 22, all junior high students who come to school face to face will be required to take the semester exam, even if they didn’t sign up to.  If a JH student elects not to take exam on these days, they do not need to attend school on these two half days. 

On Monday & Tuesday, December 21 & 22, it will be virtual exam days for all high school students.  Any virtual student who comes to school for the purpose of gaining an internet signal to take their semester exams will take them in their assigned class period classroom with their teacher unless otherwise instructed by their special education teacher.

 

Here is the exam schedule:

Friday Dec. 18th 2nd period exam

Monday Dec. 21st 1st, 3rd and 7th period exams (Half day of school)

Tuesday Dec. 22nd 4th, 6th and 8th period exams (Half day of school)

Again if you intend to take an exam, please let that teacher know by Wednesday Dec. 16th at 2:50 p.m.  If you are a virtual student that intends to take the exam AND needs to come into school for internet connection, or for the purpose of special education services, please let your teachers know by Wednesday Dec. 16th at 2:50 p.m.

This is the plan for 1st semester exams, and semester grading.  We will resume our normal semester exam requirements for second semester, and if adjustments are needed down the road, like they were this semester, we will communicate any changes.

Complete 1st semester exam information is provided in the alert email and has been posted on our school website and Facebook page.