Report Card FAQs

I have an 8^th grader taking Algebra 1 and wants HS credits. What do I do?

If an 8^th grade student is taking high school courses, in order to get HS credit they must take a minimum of 2 HS courses and at least 1 of these 2 (or more) need to be in a core subject area.  The remaining HS courses can indeed be in life skills (PE or computer for ex.) or special interest.  As long as they are meeting the standards requirement for these HS courses then this is allowed.

My 8^th grader is taking all high school courses. What report cards do I do?

If an 8^th grade student is taking ALL high school courses in 8^th grade you only need to fill out the HS report card (you do not need to fill out the K8 report card additionally).  If a student is though for example only taking 3 HS courses then the remaining two would be K8 growth area courses and you then would need to fill out two report card to reflect both of these.

My student took part of Algebra 1 in 8^th grade, but didn’t complete the course. What do I mark for that ?

If an 8^th grade student is taking algebra you will ONLY check the box that says algebra requirement met AFTER they have completed one full year of this prior to 9^th grade.  If the student started to take algebra in the 2^nd semester you would not check algebra requirement met since they did not complete the full course of algebra before 9^th grade.  In this example then they would need to take it again starting in 9^th grade for the full 10 credits to meet the requirement.  If the student though took another HS course with algebra in the 2^nd semester then they would get the credit but you still would not check the algebra requirement met since they would only have completed ½ of the algebra requirement.  So in this example it might look like 5 credits for algebra and 5 credits in French that they completed in their 2^nd semester of 8^th grade.

How do I know whether or not to use the a-g course name for an a-g course?

Here are the choices: 

· If the student is taking an a-g course through our school (with a SME if needed) and following our school approved a-g course requirements, then you will choose the a-g course name in our drop down box.  You will NOT choose from the two far right hand side columns (a-g type and a-g detail as these are only to be used if the student is taking the a-g course online or through a college). 

· If the student is taking an online course or college course for a-g then you will NOT choose an a-g course title name from our school but rather choose the regular course name. 

o If the student is taking an online course then for the column that says a-g type you will choose “Online Course” and then in the next column choose the online course name from the drop down list of approved online courses.

o If the student is taking a college a-g course then again you will only choose the course title name (no a-g in the course title) and then in the a-g type you will choose “College Course” and then in the last column of a-g Detail you must enter the college course # for that UC/CSU course as listed in their catalog or on the student’s report card.

My student is not wanting high school credit for Algebra 1, so how do I note that it is completed?

Be sure that you make the HS report card in the 1^st sem. for that one algebra course, even though high school credits are not going to be awarded.  (You will never mark this HS line “ready”). Make sure that you also list the NCLB code within this entry to show that it is being supervised by an appropriate Highly Qualified Teacher.  If the student completes the requirement (Full year of algebra 1 ending at the end of 2^nd sem) then on the K8 report card 2^nd sem. you will check the box that the “algebra requirement has been met”.  Do not check this box for the 1^st sem., though, because they will not have completed the requirement yet, and a full year must be completed prior to entering high school for this to be checked.