Regents Scores are now in Eschool

Regents scores are now posted in Eschool.

Some of you did a really good job, and you should be as proud of yourselves as I am of you.  For many of you, your hard work - either all year or one you realized you needed to make a change - really paid off.

As a reminder, passing the Regents is separate from passing the course.  I have posted this in the past, but am reminding you of the State Examination Policies.  The ink is below, as is the paragraph that applies to passing the Regents but earning a failing grade in the course (see te last sentence below.)  I reviewed each affected student on an individual basis based on your overall performance in the categories listed in the first sentence.

Enjoy your summer!

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/sam/secondary/section6-15.pdf

SECTION SIX AWARDING OF CREDIT AND ISSUANCE OF REGENTS DIPLOMAS 
Awarding of Credit for Courses of Study
A course of study involves class attendance, homework assignments, quizzes, tests, and other instructional activities. In many instances it also involves the taking of a State exam at the end of the course. When deciding whether a student who is enrolled in a course of study has satisfactorily completed the course and is entitled to credit for such course, the teacher should evaluate the student’s performance on all these activities. In accordance with Section 100.5(a)(5)(v) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education (http://www.p12.nysed.gov/part100/home.html), passing the Regents Exam in a subject shall not be construed as having earned a unit of credit in that subject unless the student also passes the course as offered in a registered high school or meets the requirements for credit by exam. (See section below, Students Not Enrolled in Courses of Study.)

Regents Scores

We won't finish grading Global exams until Monday afternoon.  You can call your Guidance Counselor, or maybe check Eschool, Thursday or Friday for your grades.  They should be back from BOCES/NYS sometime on one of those days.  I will not have special access to them, I only get them once they're in Eschool.  I have no access to email while we grade (and once we're done with your exam, we will immediate start grading the US History Regents exams) so will not see any emails you send...which means I won't be responding to any emails you send.  Guidance, Eschool, and your report card are whee you will find your Regents score, once it becomes available.

Enjoy your summer!

Unavailable before school Monday, 6/4

Update:
There will be no make-ups tomorrow, 6/4.  You cannot come to school early on 6/5 since it is a Regents Day.  The only day left for make-ups for the Ch 35 or 36 Vocab quiz will Wednesday, 6/6, from 6:50 - 7:15 am.

Regents Day Reminders

You MUST:

• Have your current school ID to enter the building
• Have at least 2 standard blue or black pens - NO GELS PENS, NO ERASABLE INK.  We will not have pens for you to use so come PREPARED to take & pass your exam.
• Write AT LEAST SIX PAGES for EACH essay (full front & back of no less than 3 pages for each essay.)  Any less FAILS THE EXAM, ALWAYS
• Go to the bathroom BEFORE entering the testing room.

You SHOULD:

• Stop studying at 9 pm the night before
• Get a good night's sleep
• Eat a good breakfast breakfast

You CANNOT:

• Have backpacks, large purses, etc. in the testing area.  If you bring them, you must leave them with Security.
• Have ANY electronics, including earbuds, in the testing site. Failure to leave them at the check-in site will be considered an attempt to cheat & will result in appropriate consequences.
• Leave the test until I say so, which means you are staying the entire 3 hours (longer if you have extended time & are being tested elsewhere.)

Period 4 will report to Room 1823
Period 8 will report to Room 1825
Resource & ESL will report elsewhere, TBD at the time of this post.

Perfect Attendance & Review

If you have signed up for Friday's review but have been invited to the Perfect Attendance Luncheon, please let me know by Friday so I can mark you as coming late (so I know you didn't bail.)  It is perfectly fine for you to come to review late in order to celebrate this achievement. 

Sign Up for very last review on 6/4 is...

The ONLY day you will be able to sign up for the last review on Monday, 6/4 (day before your Regents Exam) will be Friday, 6/1.  You can do it before school, before or after your class period, or at review on 6/1 if you are attending.  Space is limited, so you might want to come before 1st period to sign up.

It is from 2-5:30, you are required to stay for the entire review.  If you can't, don;t sign up.  You will cause someone else to lose a partner & another group to tripe up & lose out of review time if you leave early.  This is unacceptable.

Your averages...

Can your current average handle a zero?

If not, make sure you do the online exams!