STUDENT HANDBOOK - Half Hollow Hills

Explanation of Phases
Phase 5 – Advanced Level represents all Advanced Placement courses.*
Phase 4 – Honors represents those courses (indicated by courses number in the course offering booklet)
which include content of Regents syllabus with greater comprehensiveness, more difficult
assignment, and more extensive enrichment.
Phase 3 – Regents course as outlined in the State syllabus for grade level and any Regents strand which
includes a Regents examination.
Phase 2 – Non Regents/Elective – Follows a course of study developed by the State or the school and
terminates in a school examination.
*A student not achieving a minimum grade of 85 percent in an advanced or honors course is encouraged
to transfer to another level course in the department.
GRADE REPORTING PROCESS
1. School policy requires that grades be numerical. Any numerical grade below 65, however, is
recorded as F on the quarterly report card. The final average is a numerical grade.
2. A student's final average in a full-year course consists of 4/5 class average – the arithmetic
average of the four quarterly grades – and 1/5 final or Regents examination grade.
3. For half-year courses, the class average is the average of the two quarterly grades. If a course
requires a final examination it is worth 1/5 of the final grade.
MULTIPLE FACTORS
The difference between the final grade and 100 is multiplied by:
Phase 5 - .50 for Advanced Level
Phase 4 - .40 for Honors
Phase 3 - .30 for Regents courses
Phase 2 - .20 for Non Regents/Elective
The product is then added to the original grade to obtain the weighted grade.
EXAMPLE: FINAL GRADE 80%
Advanced Level 80% 100 20 80 Final Grade
-80 x.50 +10 Achievement Points
20 10.00 90 Weighted Average
Honors 80% 100 20 80 Final Grade
-80 x.40 + 8 Achievement Points
20 8.00 88 Weighted Average
Regents 80% 100 20 80 Final Grade
-80 x.30 + 6 Achievement Points
20 6.00 86 Weighted Average
Non Regents/Elective – 80% 100 20 80 Final Grade
-80 x.20 + 4 Achievement Points
20 4.00 84 Weighted Average
WITHDRAWING FROM A COURSE
A student's selection of specific courses for a school year involves a commitment to those subjects. It also
involves factors such as staffing and classroom usage that have cost implications. Consequently, a student
should consider withdrawing from a course only for the most serious academic and personal reasons, and
only after consultation with parents, teacher, and guidance counselor.
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