Academics

student/parents/guardian to arrange for completion of coursework during the student’s absence, if possible.

Lunch

All students may be allowed to leave campus for lunch with a signed parental permission form. Students are encouraged to stay in groups of two or more and must sign out and sign back in with an adult. Students must finish their lunch and be ready to begin class promptly at 12:15 pm. Students with missing work may be asked to meet with a teacher to complete work during their lunch time. Students that return late for any reason may have this permission revoked.

Dress Code

We expect that our community will dress in a way that is consistent with the work and spirit of our school and mission. Clothing should allow for best engagement and connection with other members of the community. Students should be prepared to walk around the City with appropriate footwear and outerwear. Should we have concerns about a potential dress code violation, we will express those concerns thoughtfully.

Transportation & Travel

Revolution students regularly move around Philadelphia in a variety of ways based on considerations of the particular learning opportunity, efficiency, and safety.

Walking: During fieldwork outings students must stay with their group.

Public Transportation: Students who live more than a mile and a half from school may be eligible for free SEPTA transpasses. For questions, please reach out to Jeanne Mulvanerty.

Fieldwork Cell phones should only be used to document the outing with permission of the Faculty. Students may not use headphones or earbuds during fieldwork outings. Students must wear their student ID during Fieldwork Expeditions.

Personal Belongings & Storage Spaces

Students will be provided with personal storage space. This should be used for storing books, clothing, and other school-related materials. Students are asked not to bring valuables or large sums of money to school. All belongings, including all outerwear items, should be clearly labeled with the student’s name. The school is not responsible for any belongings. Revolution School reserves the right to inspect these personal storage spaces without permission or notice.

Technology in the Program

Students must have a fully-charged laptop or iPad to school each day for instructional purposes. Students may bring their own devices or request a chromebook at the beginning of the school year.

Use of any and all technological devices--even those owned by students or brought from home--will be governed by the School’s Responsible Use Policy, which must be signed by both students and parents/guardians prior to beginning use of devices each year. Any unauthorized use of an electronic device may result in the device being confiscated and the family being notified.

Assessment

Assessment at Revolution takes many forms. The goals of assessment are to exchange constructive feedback between students and teachers, measure progress, build good work habits, and allow students to practice metacognition. Grades are determined through assessment of both learning process and products, and are calculated as follows:

25% preparation & Practice 25% Active Engagement (participation) 50% Applications of Learning

Because we recognize that learners come to an understanding in a variety of ways and in their own time, students may choose to work with teachers and advisors to improve a grade on any assignment. The student, advisor, and parents/guardians will work together to re-engage with the relevant learning targets.

Revolution has four rounds of quarterly progress reporting scheduled at the close of each quarter with three in person student-led parent and advisor conferences.

Grading Scale:

97-99.99 A+ 93-96.99 A 90-92.99 A87-89.99 B+ 83-86.99 B 80-82.99 B77-79.99 C+ 77-79.99 C+ 70-72.99 C60-69.99 pass (D) Below 60 not yet (F) no credit

Student-led Conferences

Students, parents, and advisors will meet three times a year to discuss students’ academic and personal growth, points of pride, and opportunities for improvement.

Academic Integrity

While copying and plagiarizing are the most prevalent form of cheating, dishonest behavior includes, but is not limited to, the following:

● Misrepresenting a family or personal situation to get an extension. ● Using prohibited resources during a test or other academic work. ● Falsifying data or claiming to have done work you did not do. ● Claiming work of others as your own. ● Assisting another student in doing any of the above.

Student Support & ASSET

After School Student Enrichment Time or ASSET is offered from 3:30-4:45 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Students with missing assignments will be encouraged to attend these extra hours until they complete their outstanding coursework. Students have the option to receive additional individualized tutoring or academic coaching on skills or content with which they may be struggling or take advantage of this extra time for enrichment.

Graduation Requirements

Each student must earn at least 24 total credits. Students must take a minimum of 6 credits each year. Graduation requirements for students entering upper school for grade 10 or later are established by the Director of Student Life and Academics. We reserve the right to work on the requirements with each student on their personalized journey.

Students are required to take:

English - 4 credits

Mathematics - 4 credits History - 4 credits

Science - 4 credits

World Languages - 2 credits

Visual/Performing Arts - 2 credits

Entrepreneurship - ½ credit

Cornerstone Senior Project - ½ credit REVternship Wellness/PE - 2 credits

Financial Master Class Seminar - ½ credit

Farnam Decision Making Seminar - ½ credit

Community Service - ½ credit

Revolution Signature Programs:

REVternships REVternships engage each graduating student in a paid, personalized learning experience in the summer before their senior year. Mentors from partner organizations work with individual students to curate high quality relationship-oriented field experiences for a total of 60 hours. The experiences allow students the opportunity to apply interdisciplinary skills and demonstrate knowledge, while engaging in field work in a choice of partnered sites throughout the city.

Fieldwork Program

Fieldwork each week engages Revolution students in meaningful community connected activities aimed at growing their agency as learners and their personal networks. Fieldwork grounds content with transferable skills like questioning, contributing and problem solving through hands-on work with organizations and people. Starting with exploring the city right outside the doors of Revolution, students move through increasingly more independent work, making choices about participating in projects, collaborating with partners, and then identifying their own questions.

Cornerstone Senior Project

The Cornerstone Project at Revolution is an opportunity for students to demonstrate the culmination of their intellectual, social, cultural and emotional growth in high school. The Cornerstone represents a synthesis of the Revolution mission of breaking down the walls between learning and life.

Drawing from the learning in fieldwork and the REVternship, students walk through the arc of question finding for themselves, which looks different for each student, just as each student has a unique perspective and approach to learning. Together