Grades are based on class work, tests, and homework. Students need to be responsible for turning in homework and being responsible participants in all of their classes. Grades are a standardized method of showing students and parents where the student is, in terms of subject area performance. When earning low grades it is important to examine why, and discuss this with your child and if necessary call the school for a meeting with teachers. Progress reports are taken home by your student every three weeks.
Report cards indicate the final grade for the trimester.
All three trimester grades are averaged for a final grade at the end of the year. Yes, all classes must be passed with an A , B, C, or a D in order to meet promotion requirements. Kerman's very own website was created and posted to the web during the summer of 1998 by the students of the summer GATE technology academy. Second-year academy students created the framework for the site, and all first year students researched M.C. Escher from the web. They included their research on Escher along with the original artwork they did after learning about Escher.