Santa Fe High School 2025-2026 Grading Guidelines

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Santa Fe High School grading guidelines for the 2025-2026 school year define grading expectations and responsibilities for students, parents, and teachers. Students must meet assignment deadlines, request clarification, attend weekly tutorials if needed, and comply with Texas compulsory attendance rules. Teachers record grades, return assignments within set timeframes, ensure required numbers of weekly and major grades, and provide rubrics for long-term projects. The document also explains grade point assessments, categories of daily/minor/major work, and the numerical-to-letter conversion scale.

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Grading Roles and Responsibilities

Responsibility of Students

Responsibility of Parents

Responsibility of Teachers

Grade Point Assessments

Numerical to Letter Grade Conversion

Types of Assessment

Daily Grades

Minor Grades

Major Grades

Santa Fe High School 2025-2026 Grading Guidelines Grading Roles and Responsibilities Responsibility of Students: 1. Students are responsible for managing their time, following directions, and completing and submitting all assignments within the given time limits. 2. Students should evaluate their work for accuracy and seek clarification as needed from the teacher. 3. Students will attend weekly tutorials if failing or need additional time with the teacher to clarify the subject matter. 4. It is crucial that students understand and adhere to the Grading Guidelines. 5. Students will abide by the Texas Compulsory Attendance Law. Failure to do so may result in loss of credit. 6. Students will be responsible for requesting all make-up work from the teacher following the teacher’s procedures. 7. The student must communicate with the teacher immediately when they do not understand the assignment before the due date, to reschedule a re-test within the appropriate time limit, and after an absence to make a plan for completing missed work. Responsibility of Parents: 1. Parents are responsible for providing accurate contact information to the school. 2. Check grades on Skyward Family Access regularly. 3. Regularly communicate with the school if your child is facing academic difficulties, is failing, or if you have any questions about their progress. 4. Parents must ensure their students abide by Texas Compulsory Attendance Law. 5. Parents should contact teachers concerning make-up assignments and possible revised due dates if a student has excessive absences (3 or more consecutively or is absent regularly) . 6. Read and discuss the Grading Guidelines with their students. 7. Parents should work with their children to foster responsibility for academic progress. This may include students attending after-school tutorials from 2:55 to 3:25 p. m. Responsibility of Teachers: 1. Only teachers will record grades for assignments. 2. Each teacher’s syllabus must be in accordance with SFHS Grading Guidelines. 3. Peer grading is allowable, excluding major tests and project grades. 4. Teachers will discuss the Grading Guidelines with students. 5. Teachers will record and return all graded minor and daily assignments within 72 business hours. Major assignments may take up to a week to return. 6. Teachers will have a system for make-up work. 7. Teachers must have a minimum of (2) weekly grades. 8. Teachers must record at least three (3) major grades per nine-week grading period. The semester test grade is not one of the three major grades. 9. Grades shall not be affected by participation in any extracurricular activity. For example, if a student is out for a school sponsored activity near the end of a UIL eligibility grade check, missing assignments for that period can’t be marked as a zero without adequate time for a student to make them up. 10. Teachers will provide students with a rubric for long-term projects/alternative assessments. 11. Teachers shall follow the SFISD Grading Policy and ask campus administration or department chairs for clarification. 12. If a student’s grade falls below 70 after the first progress report of the nine weeks, teachers are required to contact the parent by phone and, if the parent cannot be reached, by email. Grade Point Assessments This district reports nine weeks grades to parents as numerical scores or may convert them to letter grades. The high school reports grades numerically as follows in this conversion table: 90—100 = A 80—89 = B 75—79 = C 70—74 = D 69 and below = F Types of Assessment Nine-week grades shall be made of daily, minor, and major assignments. Teachers will outline in their syllabus which types of assignments will be included in each grading category. No one assignment may account for more than 25% of a student’s nine-week average, except in the case of Diversified Career Preparation where the weight of the employer evaluat

FAQs

What are students responsible for under the SFHS Grading Guidelines?

Students must manage time, follow directions, complete and submit all assignments within deadlines, evaluate their work for accuracy, and seek clarification as needed. They must also request make-up work through the teacher’s procedures and comply with Texas compulsory attendance law.

How do parents support grading responsibilities?

Parents provide accurate contact information and regularly check grades on Skyward Family Access. They should communicate with the school about academic difficulties, discuss the grading guidelines with students, and contact teachers about make-up assignments and revised due dates when absences are excessive.

How are nine-week grades calculated and converted to letter grades?

Nine-week grades are based on daily, minor, and major assignments, with no single assignment counting for more than 25% of the nine-week average (with a noted exception for Diversified Career Preparation). The conversion table is 90—100=A, 80—89=B, 75—79=C, 70—74=D, and 69 and below=F.

Sep 30, 2026

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