April 6, 2020
04-06-20
Good morning! Today is the first day of a school experience that you can say with certainty that you parents, grandparents or anyone else you can think of has ever experienced.
By now you should have received an email from Mr. Payne about the plans for the high school as we move forward. If you have not received an email I am going to include a link below to the email Mr. Payne sent last week.
The biggest question for most is how will grades be determined. Your semester grade will determined by the following:
Grades
- All grades for this semester (S2) will appear on your transcript as a Pass (P) or No Credit (NC).
A-F grades and percentages will not appear on your transcript. P/NC grades do not affect your GPA, but credits with a P count toward graduation. - Your Quarter 3 (Q3) grade will determine your P/NC grade for the semester.
If you were passing at the end of Q3, you will earn a P for S2. If you were failing, you will earn a NC. Teachers will not be entering grades in Q4. [Dual credit classes are an exception – see below] - If you received an “F” for Q3, you have a chance (and are expected to) do make up work (credit recovery) to pass.
Teachers will have options for students to make up work from Q3. The only graded work entered into PowerSchool will be on assignments students are redoing to recover credit in Q3.
The first thing each student needs to do is to login to PowerSchool and check your Q3 grade. If you had a grade below 60% you need to contact me by email (please use your school email address), so that I can confirm that you are able to receive all group emails sent to the class. If you were passing Q3, I would also ask that you email me to let me know how you are doing and ask any questions that you might want answered.
MOVING FORWARD
So what does the rest of the school look like? What is the schedule? What are the expectations?
The school has set up a schedule for classes to meet virtually. The schedule is the following:
Mon & Weds (A days & 4th) 30 min each
1A: 10:00a – 10:30a
2A: 10:45a – 11:15a
3A: 11:30a – 12:00p
Mid-day break: 12:00p – 12:30p
4A/B: 12:30p – 1:00p
Tue & Thurs (B days)
1B: 10:00a – 10:30a
2B: 10:45a – 11:15a
3B: 11:30a – 12:00p
Fridays (Academic Time / “Office Hours”)
As scheduled by individual teachers between 11:00am and 1:00pm.
As we move forward there will be a few different things going on. First if you were not passing Q3 we will work together and discuss a plan to raise your grade to a passing grade. If your grade was passing at Q3 there will be opportunities to keep you engaged in learning. I hope you will take advantage of these opportunities.
As you know current events have been a big part of the class and a great way to see how the things we are learning are actually present in our day-to-day lives. I will be posting news articles each week, but I am gong to try to post stories that are not centered on COVID-19. This doesn’t mean there wont’ be any articles about what is going on, I just think that we could all use a break from the daily news, updates, and projections for a while. I will try to continue to post articles about government in action and relevant to what we have and will be covering in the next few weeks.
The plan moving forward is to communicate through emails sent to the class and the use of the class website. I will be posting updates on the class website, current event articles to read and respond to as well as extended distance learning opportunities. Some of the distance learning opportunities will be, articles, games, videos, online quizzes and other activities.
If you are in my AP US Government class I will be emailing you more information about what we will be doing as we move forward as well as any new information I get from College Board in regards to this years AP tests.
Please email me and let me know how you are doing and to confirm that you did receive this email.
I look forward to hearing from you in the next couple of days.
Stay safe and engaged in your learning.
Mr. Montaño
Click Here to Read: Mr. Payne’s email about moving forward.
Source: US Government Class
