Rochelle Middle School - Rochelle Community Consolidated School ...

Honor Roll Requirements100-90 = A 1st Quarter Ends: October 18, 201389- 80= B 2nd Quarter Ends: December 20, 201379-70 = C 3rd Quarter Ends: March 14, 201469-60 = D 4th Quarter Ends: May 28, 201459 – 0 = F1. Students will earn letter grades in all subjects, and all subjects will count for grade point average.2. Grades are published quarterly.3. Report cards will be sent home quarterly in an envelope, which parents will be required to signand return to school with their child.4. Students who receive a grade of “D” or “F” in any subject will not be considered for honor roll.5. Grades will be based on a 4-point system; pluses and minuses are not used to compute G.P.A.6. To achieve High Honor Roll, students must have a Grade Point Average of 3.5 - 4.0.7. To achieve Honor Roll, students must have a Grade Point Average of 3.0 - 3.4.Honor Roll AwardsHonor Roll awards are presented at the Royal Rewards night in May of each year. R.M.S. uses acumulative system for determining honor roll award recipients. A student who makes the honor roll forthree quarters of any year they are enrolled at R.M.S. will be recognized at the Royal Reward Ceremony.Eighth grade students who maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for 11 quarters will be givenspecial recognition at the promotion ceremony. 8 th grade students who maintain a minimum 3.0 gradepoint average will also be verbally recognized at the ceremony.R.T.I., Response to Intervention:“Response to Intervention” is the problem-solving process through which school personnelexamine and provide for the individual learning and behavior (if data warrants) needs of students. As partof this process, all students receive a universal screening of reading and math skills.After this screening, a classroom teacher may realize there is an area of concern affecting astudent’s performance. There are a variety of methods a teacher may choose to accomplish this result.If the student continues to have difficulty, the classroom teacher meets with other staff to discussthe child’s needs, consider other interventions, and outline a method to carefully monitor the student’sprogress. This team - often referred to as the “Intervention Team” - uses the insight and expertise ofseveral different school staff members.Promotion & Retention GuidelinesR.M.S. uses the following guidelines for the purpose of determining which students should bepromoted and which students should be retained.1. Students failing three or more core subjects: language arts, mathematics, communication skills,science, and social studies will be retained. The average of the four quarter grades will determinethe grade to be used.2. Students failing in two or more core subjects listed above will be considered for retention basedon a review of the grade in all of the subjects taken during the year.3. By state law, all eighth grade students must have passed both the Illinois and United StatesConstitution tests.4. Ideally, promotion or retention should be a joint decision involving the student, parents, andrepresentatives of the school.