Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute

STUDENT SERVICES

Homework Policy

On April 16, 2008, the TDSB adopted a new homework policy. For full details click here.

This policy outlines the responsibilities of students, their families, the school and teachers with respect to assignments and completion of homework.

Students are responsible for: ensuring that they understand the assignment; recording the assignment in their agendas; completing the homework in a timely manner; and managing their time and materials.

Assessment / Evaluation

Assessment and evaluation measure student progress towards the curriculum expectations at the classroom, school and system level. Teachers will distribute assessment/evaluation guidelines at the beginning of the course. Students should be certain that they understand these guidelines. The pass mark for all subjects is 50%.

Mandatory Evaluations

Students who do not participate in the mandatory evaluation at the end of each course shall receive a mark of zero on the eveluation. The only exceptions to this are students:

whose medical doctor indicates in writing that the student is too ill to take part in the evaluations
who are directed to appear in court
who have experienced a death in the immediate family at the time of the evaluation

Legal documentation must be provided for any of these exceptions.

Promotion Policy

Promotions are awarded on the basis of “total assessment”. This means that research, seminar participation, daily assignments, essays, tests, and other areas of performance as well as examinations will be used to evaluate the student’s achievement.

Ontario Student Transcript – Full Disclosure

Senior students have up to five days following the first Provincial report card to drop a course without having the attempt appear on their OST. The course and mark will appear on the report card if the course is not dropped before the report, but will not be carried over to the OST. Courses dropped any time following the five days after the report date will be entered on the OST with a “W” in the credit column, indicating “withdrawn without credit earned”. The mark that the student was earning at the time of the drop – passing or failing – will be entered on the OST.

Full disclosure begins five days after the first report card is issued each semester.

Reporting Student Progress

Interim Reports: Reports are sent home early each semester indicating the student’s adjustment to the new subjects. Early diagnosis of a concern enhances the chance of a student’s success.

Report Cards: Individual results are issued to each student twice a semester indicating the mark achieved

Parents' Night: Frequent communication between home and school is helpful to a student’s success. There will be a formal Parents’ Night each semester.

Semester 1 - October 15, 2009
Semester 2 - March 11, 2010

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test

In the spring of their Grade 10 school year, students will write the provincial Literacy Test. Testing has been scheduled for April 8, 2010.

Students must pass the test in order to graduate from secondary school and to earn a secondary school diploma.
The literacy test will be based on the Ontario curriculum expectations for language and communication – particularly reading and writing – up to and including Grade 9.
The test will identify those students who have not demonstrated the required skills and will identify areas in which these students need remediation.
Individual Education Plan (IEP) accommodations/modifications consistent with students’ daily work, are available for the test although content may not be altered.
Students who are English Language learners (ESL) will also have provisions to aid their success.

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