Grading - Other
Source: "Student, Parents, and Teachers Handbook", v2021, "D. Explanation of the Grading Systems" to "E. Profile Grades for 7th Grade and 8th Graders", page 23-24, and "Profile Evaluation Process:", page 25
Student Profiles of Effort and Behavior
The homeroom teacher will confer with all of a student’s teachers to discuss on the levels of effort and behavior.
- 1 = Commendable
- 2 = Satisfactory
- 3 = Needs Improvement
- 4 = Unacceptable
The average of Effort and Behavior should be rounded to the next higher rating.
Criteria for Behavior:
- Obedient: Follows directions and does what is asked
- Honest: Being truthful in all things and at all times
- Respectful: Courtesy towards faculty, staff, schoolmates and all members of community
- Responsible: Takes care of self, others and things, finishes what must be done and finishes it on time
- Cooperative: Willing to work with others
- Practices self-control: Can follow rules and directions and thinks before acting
Criteria for Effort:
- Attentive: Pays attention and follows directions
- Industrious: Completes all work
- Takes initiative: Show leadership; can begin and follow-through with tasks Punctual: Is on time for school, all classes and all activities Perseverance: Finishes all things, especially when they are not easy
Profile Grades for 7th Grade and 8th Graders
The profile evaluation seeks to describe how well the student’s life at Maris Stella School reflects the school mission and ESLRs – especially those values relating to the spiritual, moral, and emotional growth of the student. The foundation of Catholic Mission Schools is Jesus Christ. Upon this foundation the 4 “pillars” of Respect, Responsibility, Concern for Others, and Integrity are built at Catholic Mission Schools.
- Respect: Because we are all God’s creation, the number one school-wide policy at Catholic Mission Schools is Respect. Everyone at Catholic Mission Schools is expected to show respect at all times. The Director and Principal are expected to show respect to faculty and staff members and students. Faculty members are expected to show respect to other faculty and staff members, administrators, and students. Students are expected to respect themselves and other students, faculty, and staff members, and administrators. Everyone is expected to respect the campus and school property (this includes announcements placed on bulletin boards), once own property, other people’s property, public property, and the environment. Examples of how students are graded in the area of Respect include, but are not limited to: inside and outside of class, shows respects to faculty, staff, administrators, fellow students, and one’s self; shows respect for school property and personal property (both one’s own and others’), sacred times and spaces, religious obligations and respect for school goals.
- Responsibility: Because the Mission of Catholic Mission Schools is to educate the whole human person so they can better live out their Catholic faith and answer Christian call to service, everyone at Catholic Mission Schools is expected to live Responsibly. We expect our students to grow in the area of responsibility, and we expect our faculty, staff, and administrators to display and model Responsibility. Examples of how students are graded in the area of Responsibility include, but are not limited to: attentiveness in and out of class, fulfillment of assignments in class and in work periods, observation of school rules, and response to personal growth suggestions.
- ConcernforOthers: LivingouttheChristiancalltoserviceisakeypartofour Mission at Catholic Mission Schools. Jesus Christ himself calls each of us, as Christians, to be men and women for others. Matthew 25 reminds us: ‘I was hungry, and you fed me; I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger, and you welcomed me...I was sick, and you visited me...Whenever you did this for the least of my brothers or sisters, you did it for me.” Examples of how students are graded in the area of Concern for Others include, but are not limited to: helps others to study and work; shares his or her talents with others freely and willingly, including those from other islands; is respectful of others in and out of class.
- Integrity: Catholic Mission Schools’ students are expected to be people of Integrity, and are expected to act with integrity at all times. By integrity is meant that, with a developed conscience, Catholic Mission Schools’ students know in their heart the difference between right and wrong, and will choose to do right. Catholic Mission Schools’ students are expected to be trustworthy. No real relationship – with God, with others, or with self – can deepen or last, if it’s not built on trust. Examples of how students are graded in the area of Integrity include, but are not limited to: sense of moral values manifested by actions and language; truthfulness; respect for school property and personal property (both one’s own and others’), sacred times and places, religious obligations and respect for school goals.
Profile Evaluation Process:
Profile grade sheets are distributed before the end of the quarter and teachers take time to consider each student’s progress toward meeting the goals above. The Principal collates completed profile sheets, and an average is worked out for each student. The Principal will summarize the comments made by each teacher and a brief narrative will be shared with each student and parent.
Scale
- 1 = Commendable
- 2 = Satisfactory
- 3 = Needs Improvement
- 4 = Unacceptable