To view grade reports online, go to the School Maestro Student Report Center and use your Student Code and Password given to your by Mrs. King. Some Frequently Asked Questions about the grades are answered below. Please scroll down to see them.

To be notified when the grades are updated, please send Mrs. King your e-mail address. She will send you an e-mail when the grades are updated.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

1. What does "nc" mean on the grade reports?
2. How often do you update the grades online?
3. How long until quizzes and tests are corrected and returned?
4. Where can I find out more about your classroom and grading policies?

1. What does "nc" mean on the grade reports?

nc = not counted. It does not mean no credit and it is not equivalent to a zero. Because I sometimes choose randomly which students homeworks I will grade, I use the "nc" mark for those students who were not selected. I also use it if I excuse a student from taking a quiz, which can happen in the case of long term absences due to illness.

Since homework is assigned daily, I am unable check off all the homeworks I assign. At four homework assignments per week and approx. 100 students, that would be 400 assignments per week. So, here is what I do instead:
Some days I collect all the assignments. Some days I don't collect anyone's. Some days I draw names out of a coffee can. (I have each student's name on a little slip of paper inside a coffee can. I draw seven names randomly on the days when I use this method.)

Each student will have their homework collected a different number of times. One student might have their homework collected 30 times during the quarter, another student 35 times, another one 25 times. This is enough times for me to get a good estimate of the student's homework completion rate without collecting all assignments.

For a student whose homework was collected 30 times, their homework percentage is computed out of 60 possible points ( 2 pts per homework ). For a student whose homework was collected 25 times, their homework is computed out of 50 possible points. I have to enter all the assignments into my gradebook program, so if I collect Homework #10 from only 7 students, the other students in the class receive "nc" on that assignment. It is simply as though the assignment never existed, as far as their grade computation is concerned.

I cannot tell you if your son or daughter has done all the assignments, since I do not collect them all. However, if her homework percentage is 100% or very close to it, then I would bet he or she is doing them all.

2. How often do you update the grades online?

My goal is to update grades once per week. Well, that's my goal. Everyone needs something to strive for.

If you send me your e-mail address, I will send you an e-mail when I update the grades online. Perhaps this will save you having to check back frequently and finding that there has been no update.

3. How long until quizzes and tests are corrected and returned?

Chapter Tests, which are usually given about every three to four weeks, take me about a full week to correct and return. Quizzes, which are shorter and usually given once per week, take from one to three days to correct and return.

4. Where can I find out more about your classroom and grading policies?

My classroom and grading policies were handed out to all students in the first week of school. They are required to keep this copy in the front of their notebook. I also have these handouts available online. You can view them here:
AP Calculus
AP Computer Science
Intermediate Algebra