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Point System

Students earn incentive points based on attendance, character and academic performance. Character is demonstrated through appropriate effort in class and respectful treatment of students, staff, school property and the learning environment in the class. Inappropriate behaviors will result in loss of points from a student’s daily total.

Students are expected to manage their progress in the program. Program expectations on student behavior are reasonable and clearly defined. Teachers post a list of points earned by student the preceding day and students receive weekly reports on their point status and grade in each class. Student know the number of points needed to raise their scores to the next letter grade. Bonus-point incentives foster student development of appropriate long-term behaviors and responsible decisions making.

Bonus-point incentives have been developed to foster student development of appropriate long-term behaviors and responsible decision-making.

Grading Process/Point System

Recent research demonstrates that immediate feedback can motivate students to succeed. Franklin students are graded on the basis of a point system in each class, every day. Teachers maintain a record of students’ points on wall charts where student can check to determine their progress in class on any given day. At the end of each week, a student’s scores are collected and tallied. On Fridays, students are given “paychecks” that show the number or points they earned during the previous week. The points on the “paychecks” can then be used to determine the letter grade a student has earned in each class.

Inherent in the Franklin philosophy is the belief that success in life is based upon the development of certain character traits as well as academic achievement. Therefore, the Franklin point system is more importantly based upon the development of character. Character, in this case, is defined as the ability to treat others respectfully and to exhibit responsible, accountable behavior.

Points awarded are based upon a student’s attendance and performance in class. Students must arrive to class on time and remain in class for the entire period in order to earn one point for attendance. Students may also earn up to four performance points in a class as follows:

BONUS CREDIT A student who earns attendance points for fifteen consecutive days will receive three bonus points for that one class. For each consecutive fifteen days thereafter, the student will receive five bonus points for that class.

EXTRA CREDIT At a students request, extra credit work will be provided by the teacher. A student may earn a maximum of three extra credit points per week, per class.

MAKEUP CREDIT If a student will be absent or tardy and cals in before a class begins for that day, the student is allowed to make up two points worth of the course work missed while not in that class. If the student does not call in, makeup credit is not allowed.

SPEAKING RULE When a student has attended one or more classes for the day and must leave school early, the student is expected to inform a teacher when he or she will not be able to attened that teacher’s class. Failure to “speak” to teachers for any classes missed will result in not only the loss of the three grade points per class, but also three points will be subtracted from each of the student’s four class for the day.