Academics

Academic Standards

The pursuit of excellence and the achievement of the highest degree of learning for each student (at his/her God given level, affirmed by his/her parents) should be anchored in the following high academic standards:

  1. We believe in the potential God has for each individual child.  This means we have high long- range expectations, but deal with each student on his/her present operating level. Improvement is seen in terms of how each individual has progressed over a period of time, not in relationship to other students.  As a school, utilizing the God-given principles of education, and providing a safe, stimulating, balanced place of learning, we expect our students to succeed because they have developed a genuine learner’s heart.
  2. We seek to provide means for students to be successful at their individual ability levels and be sensitive to areas of difficulty and frustration for students, reminding them that learning is a process and that mistakes do NOT connote failure!  We learn from our mistakes and are only called to do our best!  We expect to receive complete, correct, neat, and accurate work from each student.  We, as teachers and parents, must be able to recognize the limitations and potential of each student and then call each individual to rise up and work at his or her full level of ability.
  3. Individual Education Plans (IEP) are developed for each child, K-6, and will be reviewed with the parents during the first quarter of each school year.

Academic Status

  1. Good Academic Standing: This applies to students who are earning 70% (C-) or higher in each of their classes.
  2. Academic Alert: This applies to students who are earning 69% (F) or below in a class. The student will then have two weeks to bring the grade up to 70% or higher.
  3. Academic Restriction: This applies to the following:
    1. A student who fails to raise the grade to 70% (C-) or higher within two weeks after being placed on Academic Alert.  A teacher may recommend a student be kept on Academic Alert past the two week time limit if the student is following the plan outlined in the Academic Alert Report and making progress to raise their grade to a 70% or higher.
    2. The student will remain on Academic Restriction for a minimum of one week or until the grade has been raised to 70% (C-) or higher. Students who are on Academic Restriction may be prohibited from participating in other school-sponsored activities (including sports). Please see Athletic Eligibility for further details about Academic Restriction and sports participation.
  4. Academic Probation: This special category applies to the following:
    1. A student who ends a grading period (1st quarter, 1st semester, or 3rd quarter) having earned 69% (F) in two or more classes.
    2. A student who comes to New Covenant Christian School with uncertain academic qualifications for the grade into which the student is admitted.

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