Grading Policy
SHP Policy on Failing Grades:
While a trimester grade is only 2/7 of a final year-end grade, a failing grade for the trimester increases the risk of failing for the year. Early intervention will make progress and eventual success more likely, and year-end grades are based partially on year-long trends.
All parents/guardians of students with failing grades must directly contact the teacher of the class with a failing grade to discuss a plan for support.
Failing for the year will require enrollment in an SHP summer remedial class to recover credit. Only SHP remedial or state certified classes can fulfill this requirement. Summer Remedial classes run from mid-June through July. No more than 2 days of absences are allowed. See below for further details. Consult the school calendar on the mySHP portal for the schedule.
All parents/guardians of students with failing grades must directly contact the teacher of the class with a failing grade to discuss a plan for support.
Failing for the year will require enrollment in an SHP summer remedial class to recover credit. Only SHP remedial or state certified classes can fulfill this requirement. Summer Remedial classes run from mid-June through July. No more than 2 days of absences are allowed. See below for further details. Consult the school calendar on the mySHP portal for the schedule.
FINAL GRADES
In a full-year course, the grade will be based on the three trimester grades and the final exam. Like all grades, however, it is not a simple numerical average but rather a teacher’s assessment of the student’s academic performance and accomplishments. The grade is an assessment of the student’s work in terms of the entire course including all of the course objectives and requirements and not simply a numerical average of test scores.
In a full-year course, the grade will be based on the three trimester grades and the final exam. Like all grades, however, it is not a simple numerical average but rather a teacher’s assessment of the student’s academic performance and accomplishments. The grade is an assessment of the student’s work in terms of the entire course including all of the course objectives and requirements and not simply a numerical average of test scores.
While a D is a passing grade, it should be interpreted as an indication of less than acceptable work. A student with three D’s and one F in his trimester and exam grades would receive an F for the final grade for the course. A D does not average out with an F to a passing grade. If a student receives an F in any trimester or in the final exam, he would need at least a C in some other trimester to have a passing average. A student who averages a D in a course will pass that course, but we would strongly recommend that he attend summer school to raise that D to a C. Finally, if a student fails both the Spring Trimester and the Final Exam, he will fail the course for the year, regardless of prior performance. Additionally, cheating of any sort on a final exam or project may warrant a zero and automatic failure for the course for the year.
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
Each Freshman, Sophomore and Junior must complete a full schedule of seven courses, pass all those courses, and maintain at least a 2.00 average for the year in order to be promoted. Each Senior must pass all seven courses in order to graduate.
Students can make-up at most two courses during the summer. Therefore, any student who fails more than two courses during the regular academic year will not be promoted and must transfer to another school to continue his education in September. Any student who fails one or two courses must attend summer school and make up those failures if he wishes to continue at Seton Hall Prep in September.
Students can remedy a failure at Seton Hall Prep’s Summer Session or at any state-certified program. This applies to all courses—single trimester courses as well as full year courses, electives as well as required courses, and senior as well as underclassmen courses.
Students who attend a state-certified summer school other than Seton Hall Prep must be in a face-to-face instructional setting and must pass a qualifying examination at Seton Hall in order to receive credit and be promoted. Students may not remedy a failure through private tutoring. Students who correct their deficiencies during the summer will receive a passing grade of “D” on their permanent record.
Students may also raise a grade of “D” to a grade of “C” in Seton Hall Prep’s Summer Program. This option is available only in Seton Hall Prep's program and requires a higher level of achievement than that required to raise an “F” to a “D.” (Please read “NCAA Athletic Academic Eligibility” on page 41 of the student handbook). The student’s GPA will be recalculated at the end of summer school on the basis of both failures remedied and D’s improved to C’s. Any student whose average remains below a 2.0 for the year after that recalculation would not be allowed to continue at Seton Hall Prep in the next academic year.
Each Freshman, Sophomore and Junior must complete a full schedule of seven courses, pass all those courses, and maintain at least a 2.00 average for the year in order to be promoted. Each Senior must pass all seven courses in order to graduate.
Students can make-up at most two courses during the summer. Therefore, any student who fails more than two courses during the regular academic year will not be promoted and must transfer to another school to continue his education in September. Any student who fails one or two courses must attend summer school and make up those failures if he wishes to continue at Seton Hall Prep in September.
Students can remedy a failure at Seton Hall Prep’s Summer Session or at any state-certified program. This applies to all courses—single trimester courses as well as full year courses, electives as well as required courses, and senior as well as underclassmen courses.
Students who attend a state-certified summer school other than Seton Hall Prep must be in a face-to-face instructional setting and must pass a qualifying examination at Seton Hall in order to receive credit and be promoted. Students may not remedy a failure through private tutoring. Students who correct their deficiencies during the summer will receive a passing grade of “D” on their permanent record.
Students may also raise a grade of “D” to a grade of “C” in Seton Hall Prep’s Summer Program. This option is available only in Seton Hall Prep's program and requires a higher level of achievement than that required to raise an “F” to a “D.” (Please read “NCAA Athletic Academic Eligibility” on page 41 of the student handbook). The student’s GPA will be recalculated at the end of summer school on the basis of both failures remedied and D’s improved to C’s. Any student whose average remains below a 2.0 for the year after that recalculation would not be allowed to continue at Seton Hall Prep in the next academic year.
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