Late and Incomplete Work 1. Students are expected to complete all assignments on time. If circumstances prevent that, a student may petition a teacher for an extension until a specified date (to be determined by the teacher and student). Under most circumstances extensions are granted only to students who make the request at least one calendar day before the assignment’s due date.
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2. Should a student fail to turn in an assignment when it is due, faculty grade the work according to its merits and deduct a full letter grade for each calendar day or part of a day that it is late. 3. Students are expected to complete all work by the end of each semester. If, at the end of the course (semester or year), a student has not submitted assignments valued at more than 10 percent of the semester grade or considered by the department to be work integral to the completion of the course, the teacher will give the student an incomplete.
Such work must be completed one week after the end of the semester. Exceptions to this deadline must be adjudicated by the academic advisory group. Under normal circumstances, a course grade of incomplete may not stand beyond the one-week deadline, at which time it will be converted to an E.
Any incomplete work valued at less than 10 percent of the semester grade may, at the teacher’s discretion, be assigned a grade of zero (0). The teacher may require that the work be made up, but no additional credit may be given.
Class I students who have not completed academic work necessary for the granting of their diploma by noon on the day before graduation will not be given incompletes. If this policy interferes with their completing a requirement, or requirements, necessary for graduation, Class I students may appeal, at that time, for a delayed diploma, which requires a vote of the faculty.
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Changes in a Student’s Program Changes should only take place when a student is in a clearly unsuitable course. A student seeking a change must have his advisor, relevant teachers, and relevant department heads sign a “Request for Change of Program” form, available in the Registrar’s Office. Ultimate approval for a change must be given by the academic dean or the registrar. During the first few days of school, the Registrar’s Office will prioritize making level changes for new students. A student may switch levels in a particular subject on or before October 29 without a record of the initial level appearing on the student’s transcript. The transcript will only indicate the level of the subject into which the student changed and the year-end grade for that level. If a student switches levels after October 29, the student’s transcript will indicate the grade in both the higher level and the lower level of the subject, with the date noted when the level change took place. Exceptions to this policy will be made by department vote, after consulting the academic dean. If a Class I student applying early to a college has changed levels in a course before October 29, no grade will appear on the transcript for the new course until the teacher has enough graded material to make a fair assessment. (“Level” refers both to different “years” of a course, for example, Latin 3 and Latin 2, and to course alternatives offered within the same “year,” for example Math 51 and Math 52, or Honors Chemistry and Chemistry.) A student may enter a new course after the first two weeks of the semester only in unusual circumstances and only with the explicit approval of both the relevant department head and teacher. Class I students may not drop full, half, or first-semester courses after October 29. They may not drop second-semester courses after October 29 unless they switch from one second-semester course to another in the same discipline. Exceptions to this policy will be considered by the academic advisory group only under unusual circumstances and only with full disclosure to and approval from colleges. In these exceptional cases, the student’s grade at the time the course is dropped will appear on the student’s transcript.
Transcripts All courses (half, semester, noncredit, required and full courses) taken at Milton Academy, whether assigned a letter grade or graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis, shall be recorded on the student’s transcript. Exceptions are affective education courses, Class IV arts, and physical education.
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