Ms. Engelbrecht's Classroom Website

Students should check their Powerschool once or twice per week to stay on top of their own grades. It is important that parents are in the loop, but you need to take responsibility for checking, tracking, and communicating with Ms. E about your scores. 

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Is a zero entered for an assignment that you are sure you turned in? Check the "No Name Basket" in A-314, your backpack, locker, binder, and car before you come to Ms. E. Still need help? Send Ms. E an email or visit her in A-314 during academic time.  

 

Grading Notes and Comments

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Navy Circle with a White "i": The assignment has commentary attached to it. Click on "view" to the right of the assignment title to see Ms. E's comments about grading or the assignment expectations. See example below.

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Navy Comment Bubble: The assignment has a scoring comment specific to the student attached to it. Click on "view" to the right of the assignment title to see Ms. E's comment about your assignment. See example below.

  

Green Circle with A White Check Mark: Your assignment has been collected and is in Ms. E's possession. She cannot grade it immediately, so the check mark is a place holder till the student's assignment can be scored and a grade can be entered. 

 

Red Circle Clock: A late work penalty of 25% is applied to the assignment's final score because it was submitted after the due date. If you see the red clock next to your score, you were present on the due date, but did not turn in your work. If you see the red circle and an orange circle, your work is currently missing in action, but will be penalized as late when you turn it in.

 

Orange Circle with a White Exclamation Point: Your assignment is missing and a zero has been entered until Ms. E has data to assess for this assignment. You may see this used with the red circle, indicating that you have missing assignments that are also late.

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Purple Circle with a White Slash: The assignment has been excused. Most likely, you were absent and the missed assignment is something that can not be made up (i.e. Socratic Seminars). Excused assignments neither help nor hurt your grade.

 

Green Circle with A White Chair: You were absent on a day when an assignment is collected. A zero will also be entered, indicating that I have zero data to assess. Don't panic; the zero is only temporary. If the absence is excused and the missing assignment is made up in a timely manner, the green circle will be replaced with a score. If the absence is unexcused, the zero will remain ("Student Handbook" 5-6). 

 

Light Blue Circle that is Half Filled In: Your assignment was turned in incomplete. 

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Yellow Circle with a White Star and a Score: This assignment may have a score entered, but this score is not averaged into your final grade for the semester. Most likely, this assignment or assessment was diagnostic rather than summative. 

 

Plain, Old Score: You were present in class and turned your assignment in on time. It was scored and a grade was entered without any kind of penalty. Good job.

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