Quality Instruction at Webster High School 

INTRODUCTION TO CLASSES
AT WEBSTER HIGH SCHOOL

The Webster Senior High School is using an 8 period day schedule.  The school year is divided into two semesters, each of which is a final grading unit.  The school day consists of eight forty-four minute periods, and classes meet five days a week.  Most classes at the high school level offer one-half credit for a semester.

This course description book has been prepared for your use in making a program for your four years at Webster High School.  Each course that will be available to you is described in this manual, thus enabling you to make wise and appropriate choices.  It should be stressed that the courses you select for next year will be difficult to change once the school year begins and the subjects you select should be such that they meet needs in the future.

In order to graduate from Webster High School, seniors need 28.  These credits must include the following:

District Grading Scale

GRADES 7-12 ASSESSMENT POLICY

Term grades should be an accurate reflection of a student’s mastery of the course content.  Assessment is the most accurate measurement of this mastery.  Homework, participation and other teacher-pleasing behaviors are an integral part of the learning process, but less emphasis is placed on these areas in terms of grading.  In order to reflect this philosophy the following grade practices are implemented:

·         65% of a course’s term grade will be based on assessment (quizzes/tests.) in grades 7 & 8.

·         75% of a course’s term grade will be based on assessment (quizzes/tests.) in grades 9-12.