Attention all Parents/Guardians of 7th & 8th Grade Band Students.

 

All 7th & 8th Grade Band students should have received a sheet of paper in band today reflecting their updated grade for Q1.  It was brought to my attention that all grades for the quarter were intially holding too much weght, and therefore adversely affecting each student's grade, aside from those with perfect scores.  This caused missing assignments to hurt a student's Q1 grade beyond the amount it should have according to the weights in the Course Outline.  Students  who had an improved score should see approx a 3-5% benefit on their Q1 percentage, thereby improving grades by a partial letter or more (i.e. B- became a B, B+ became an A-).  No one should have had a lower grade as a result of the change.

 

You can download and/or read the course outline here.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact Mr. Schwanger.