SPA will not hold final exams for the second semester. Information about grading and exams for the rest of the school year, was released by Dean Anderson through an email on April 25.
There is no reason to add extra stress by imposing the possibility of going down one letter grade if students are going to be putting in the time anyways.
Besides receiving the classic report card, St. Paul Academy and Summit School students also get the opportunity to read detailed feedback from teachers with their thoughts looking back on the first semester....
The classic “Wait, what did you get?” seems to be the only question on students’ minds as tests and grade sheets are handed back. Students yell out their scores in response, without being conscious...
Diane Huang, Online Chief Visual Editor
• December 10, 2014
Competition is extremely beneficial for students to mutually improve. Of course, to create this competitive environment and establish ranks, students would need to share grades. A great way to combat the...
Picture this: instead of students’ grades in class being private, each student was ranked on a list in the classroom in order of highest to lowest grade. Most students would be appalled if this system...
Sharing grades is vital to the process of creating the most balanced, motivated academic community possible. If every student knows where they stand relative to their classmates, then all the grades will...
Trump administration has canceled over $400 million in AmeriCorps grants—gutting 41% of the program’s funding and blindsiding nonprofits across the nation. For the Sanneh Foundation in Minnesota, this has made an impact on them. Toney Sanneh, founder of The Sanneh Foundation, talks about their call to action.
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