Cissna High School - Review Yearbook (Cissna Park, IL)

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1 in TT' ' ATT l T' or . X, r rftrwmiwwtf J f j W - A ,X 'lxlii tryflf f f f Q-l,,-l-, JJ OUR SCHOOL GENERAL ORGANIZATION The school year is made up of two semesters of eighteen weeks each, or 180 school days exclusive of all vacations. The school day begins at 8 :40 A. M. and ends at 3:45 P. M., with a noon intermission from 12:00 to 1:00. This time is divided into nine periods, seven of which are class periods each forty minutes long, exclusive of pass- ing. A twenty minute assembly period is held during the forenoon from 10:10 to 10:30. The last period of the day is only thirty minutes in length and is used for conferences, athletic practice, and other school activities. Class organizations are perfected, and each class is under the direct supervision of some teacher. No student may drop from the class or from the school without the consent of the princapal. GRADES AND EXAMINATIONS Sixteen credits are required for graduation. A credit is given for a year's work in a major subject. The passing grade is 70 and the median is about 82. Grades are given out out three times during each semester. Examinations covering the work of the entire semester are held at the end of each semester. Not all students are required to take these examinations. Our exemption plan is as follows: Any student may be exempt from the semester examination in any class in which his average for the three six weeks terms has been 82 or above, provided he has been neither tardy to, nor absent from the class. One absence or tardiness raises his required average to 86. Two times absent or tardy raises the required average to 90. Three times absent or tardy makes the student subject to the examination regardless of his average. No student may be exempt from the examina- tions who has received a U CUnsatisfactoryJ in deportment during the semester. The students final grade for the semester is the average of the three term grades and the examination grade. Students failing the first semester in a full year subject will be allowed credit if the average for the year is passing. If a second semester grade in a year subject is below 70, no credit is recorded regardless of the average. A failure in a subject may be made up by repeating the subject, or in exceptional cases, by consent of the principal, a special examination in the subject may be given. Bookkeeping and typewriting required two periods daily. Some students will need to repeat. It is better to do this than to go on with the work half learned. Students having less than three credits are classified as freshmeng those with less than seven, as sophomoresg and those with less than eleven, as juniors. 1926 IPAGE 641

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