Great Mills High School Planning Calendar from December 2009 - June 2010

MIDTERM EXAMS

January 2010 has scheduled Midterm Examinations.  Every class has a Midterm Exam. Some have SMCPS developed while others have teacher developed.
JANUARY 2010 MIDTERM EXAM CALENDAR
 

FINAL EXAMS

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE 2010

• Every class has a final exam. Some have SMCPS developed while others have teacher developed.
• English 12 and Contemporary Issues end of course assessments are scanned at Moakley Street.
• The AP examination may be substituted for the formal final semester examination required for the course, provided students have maintained a B average or above for the 3 rd and 4 th marking periods.
• The following courses will have scanned assessments for students.  Seniors in these courses will have these assessments during the scheduled exam period for seniors.  Underclass exams will occur in their scheduled exam period.

*Part of the World Language assessments will be administered prior to the regular testing in order to accommodate the speaking section of the assessment.

HSA, PSAT, SAT EXAMS 

SAT EXAM SCHEDULE 2009-2010...Register with Ms. Ramona Smith or Mrs. Audra Bishop in Guidance.

 http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/calenfees.html
 

 ACT EXAM SCHEDULE 2009-2010...Register with Ms. Ramona Smith or Mrs. Audra Bishop in Guidance.

 ACT schedule 

 

GMHS will give the PSAT on October 14, 2009 to all 10^th, 11^th grade and STEM students. Students will be identified as 10^th and 11^th grade students by their advisory. The testing is organized by English classes. 

• Students must bring their own calculators. Remind students to bring calculators on Wednesday. Cell phone calculators are not allowed.
• Teachers with 9^th and 12^th grade classes will continue as normal following a revised bell schedule.   10^th and 11^th grade students in those classes will be taking the PSAT on that day.
• Teachers who have predominantly 10^th and 11^th grade classes will proctor the PSAT. Inform 9^th and 12^th grade students in your classes to report to the cafeteria. 
• All students will use their school ID number beginning with 000. For example, if a student’s ID number is 198654, they would bubble in 000198654.
  
  HSA Remediation Letter (to Parents)

QUARTERLY ASSESSMENTS

Quarterly benchmarks begin October .  

 First quarter assessments will be provided by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction for Algebra Course A, Algebra Course B, Algebra 1, Biology, English 9, English 10, United States History, Government, Precalculus, AP Calculus AB, and AP Calculus BC for administration according to the schedule below.  Assessments are only one class period in length, requiring no schedule changes.  Assessment items are modeled after the High School Assessments.  Make-up assessments must be given when the student returns to class unless it is a prolonged absence.  Assessments will count as one test grade in the first marking period.

 Assessment Administration Schedule