Grading and Classes

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Your child deserves a high-quality junior high experience.
Paul Public Charter School Middle makes it easy for you to provide one! ⭐

A day in our academic life means classrooms are set up to ask “I wonder?” We have specific outcomes in mind, however we support adolescent creativity such as craft projects, single-sex mentorship circles through Paul’s Pearls and My Brother’s Keeper, and exciting clubs like E-Sports, American Sign Language, flag football – and more. We set out curriculum materials in a way that allows middle schoolers to explore what is on their minds while learning important academic concepts.

• Our students have seven learning blocks per day
• Each class is 54 minutes in length
• All students begin the day with structured homeroom for campus updates, quick reviews and social skill building
• Students will travel in cohorts – they will have the same classmates throughout the day and school year

Bell Schedule:

• Homeroom & Breakfast: 8:00am – 8:15am
• Transitions are 3 minutes in length scholars will transition as a class/group
• 6th grade Lunch is 11:09-11:42pm (in classroom)
• 7th grade and 8th grade Lunch is 12:06-12:39pm (Two different cafeterias)
• Dismissal begins at 3:40pm (staggered by floor)

PARENTS, WE NEED YOU TOO!
As we embark upon this school year, we expect scholars to follow our social-emotional informed “Paul Way” norms of behavior with your full cooperation and support. Scholars must remain in the class the entire time, until the teacher directs the class that it is time to transition to their next class. Parents should encourage punctuality and self-discipline while learning in-person, at home and within the larger community.

POWER SCHOOL PowerSchool is our online grading system.
For POWER SCHOOL help and troubleshooting please contact Principal Walker directly at swalker@paulcharter.org. You will need your Student ID number to login into the parent’s portal.

On PowerSchool scholars can:

• Review grades daily
• Check for missing assignments
• Review assignments, assessments, etc. grades

Parents can:

• Participate in their scholar’s progress
• Communicate with teachers
• Review attendance and review assignments, assessments, etc.

Promotion to the next grade level. Getting our scholars where they need to go! ✏

Paul’s promotion process ensures that students receive the support they need to succeed in the next grade level. Promotion decisions continue to be based on a holistic look at each student’s progress, with flexibility for differently abled scholars, remote learning conditions, and scholars who are English Language Learners. Paul teachers will review many pieces of student work to determine if students are ready for the next grade level. For grades 9 through 12, Paul International High School makes promotion decisions based on course credits.

Grading Guidance

• A = 100% – 90%
• B = 89% – 80%
• C = 79% – 70%
• F = 69% and below
  – Anything below 70% is failing