CODE

MEANING

HOW TO EARN – DURING THE QUARTER

O

Outstanding

• The grade of O is held in very high esteem by students and parents alike; thus, it cannot be earned without the student demonstrating knowledge of the actions they have performed enabling them to earn the O
• Leadership is a primary factor in citizenship. Leadership can be overt (the student holds an active leadership role in the class) or covert (the student demonstrates leadership by example or dedication)
• In addition, timeliness, appropriate interactions within the classroom, respect of everyone, following classroom rules, and personal initiative are some of the factors that combine to provide an overall citizenship grade of O
• Remember to record your examples of how you meet the O criteria in your project log each week so you will be ready to write your Citizenship Essay each Quarter!

S

Satisfactory

• This is the worker that everyone knows ‘gets the job done’ but no one remembers when it comes time for awards
• Student is respectful of others most of the time and is on-task most of the time
• Received NO MORE than ONE disciplinary or sub-standard academic counseling

N

Needs Improvement

• This is the worker voted “most likely to be fired” – the minute someone better comes along . . .
• Student may have been on-task about 1/2 the time shows minimal respect for others, disrupts others or involved in incidents of ‘horse-play’
• Student may have been tardy to NO MORE than TWO class periods in the quarter
• Have NO MORE than TWO minor disciplinary or sub-standard academic counseling

U

Unsatisfactory

• This is the type of worker you not only fire, but also have arrested!
• Student may have been tardy to THREE or MORE class periods
• Student may have received THREE or MORE minor disciplinary, ONE or MORE major disciplinary, and/or sub-standard academic counseling or Dean Referral(s)
• Actions such as fighting, destruction or breaking of equipment or furniture (including defacing by writing, carving, scratching, or placement of gum), removal of equipment or materials from the classroom, disabling classroom equipment such that the next student cannot use it are examples of the activities that will earn an unsatisfactory Citizenship grade