Please check each page to find the appropriate school policy.
Reminder for ALL Students:
Part of our school wide PBIS behavior philosophy is that school events are designed for students that are in good standing both academically and behaviorally. These events include but are not limited to all dances including PROM, field trips, athletic events, celebration of achievements, etc. Any student that has been Out of School Suspended is not allowed to attend these events. Additionally, if a student is OSS they are not allowed on school grounds or at any before or after school sponsored events while on suspension; this includes away sporting events.
The mission of Edsel Ford High School is to educate all students to high academic standards within a safe engaging environment and ensure they are prepared to become lifelong learners and productive citizens in the 21st century.
Therefore, all Edsel Staff will adhere to the same grading practices. All staff will follow the standard based grading scale in order for our students to focus on growth. ***PLEASE NOTE***This is a work in progress and therefore may need to be adjusted throughout the school year. We will communicate with students and parents if that occurs.
To achieve this mission, grading and feedback at EFHS will honor the following beliefs and practices:
- Grading practices will foster a growth mindset and student self-efficacy
- Grades will accurately indicate academic progress on skills/standards at a given moment in time
- All students will have multiple opportunities to demonstrate learning over time
- Timely, descriptive, and actionable feedback will be clearly communicated to all stakeholders
To this end, all EFHS staff will adhere to the following:
- Students will be well-informed (i.e. feedback, knowing the standard, self-assessing their learning, etc.) prior to receiving a summative grade
- All scored assessments and assignments will represent student performance on one or more skills/standards/learning targets
- Communication will occur with students about their individual progress, including weekly MiStar scores and/or comments
- Trends or modes, rather than averages, will be used to determine final grades OR averages will be used to determine final grades while providing frequent opportunities for reassessment
- Note: AP and collegiate-level courses may not use trending or reassessments
- Overall letter grades will be displayed in MiStar
- All staff will report students’ levels of achievement via a common scale:
| 4 | Mastery | Student demonstrates a deep understanding of knowledge/skills as applied to new/unfamiliar situations. |
| 3 | Proficient | Student consistently understands and accurately applies knowledge/skills in familiar situations. |
| 2 | ApproachingProficiency | With support, student demonstrates an emerging level of understanding and ability to apply knowledge/skills. |
| 1 | DevelopingProficiency | With support, student attempts to demonstrate a basic understanding and ability to apply knowledge/skills. |
| 0 | NotProficient | Student has not submitted the requisite amount of evidence to justify a level. Either whole pieces of evidence are missing or the submitted evidence is incomplete or wholly inaccurate. |
As teachers enter assessment results into our MiStar Gradebook, 0-4 scores will be converted and used to determine an overall letter grade for the class on a traditional, 12 letter-grade range of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D- E
Questions about grading at Edsel Ford HS can be directed to Ms. Dana Addis (addisd@dearbornschools.org) or Ms. Gretchen Bajorek (bajoreg@dearbornschools.org).
Audit Policy:
Audit
Please share audit information with students:
*Audit reduces a student’s credit for a class from 0.5 credits to 0.25 credits for having 10 or more absences in a class. If a student does not recover the credit by passing the class, including receiving a 78% or better on the cumulative final exam, the student must take the class in night school or summer school to regain their full credit. Summer school costs $350 a class and night school costs $175 a class.
Three scenarios for a student that is on audit…
Scenario 1 – A student has 10 or more absences and is on audit but the student receives a 78% or better on their final exam:
They are no longer on audit and they receive the cumulative grade earned in the class.
Scenario 2 – A student has 10 or more absences and is on audit and the student receives a 77% or less on their final exam:
They remain on audit no matter their cumulative grade. They will have to repeat the class.
Scenario 3 – A student has 10 or more absences and is on audit but the student receives an “E” in the class, the final failure supersedes any audits and the student receives the grade.
They receive an “E” in the class. They will have to repeat the class.
THEREFORE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT STUDENTS BE IN SCHOOL AND IN CLASS ON TIME.
Students that have chronic tardiness and chronic absenteeism will be referred to our District’s Truancy Officer who will make home visits.
THEREFORE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT STUDENTS BE IN SCHOOL AND IN CLASS ON TIME.
| TRUANCY |
| 10 Absences per YEAR |
| Home visit from Truancy Officer and a possible court date and ticket! |