Hi Northside Family,

Please find attached the spring schedule for final exams. Exams will be given Tuesday, May 20th through Thursday, May 22nd. Students are required to take their final exams according to the schedule unless approved by school administration. 7th – 11th Grade will take exams and breaks on the same schedule, listed below and attached. Senior exams will be given on Friday, May 16th and Monday, May 19th in the students’ regularly scheduled classes. The schedule for those exam days is listed below and on the second page of the attached document. Seniors are not required to submit exam exemption forms. Seniors are only required to be in class on Friday or Monday if they are taking exams. There is an optional extended time block following each exam period. Teachers may offer this extended time to students if it is needed. It will be at the teacher’s discretion to either require the exam to be completed in the one-hour time frame or to allow students to remain during the extra-time block.

Students who have completed their exams may be dismissed at the end of the standard exam period, but not before. Students are only required to be on campus during exam times.

• Students who arrive before the start of the 8:30 exam should report to the gym or to a teacher’s scheduled help class. • Students who drive may leave campus between exams.

• Students who do not drive must remain on campus and report to study hall when not in exams. • All students are dismissed at the end of the last exam period and should leave campus or report to the gym.

• Sign-Out sheets will be provided in each classroom for students to report that they have left campus.

• All students must be in dress code for exams. Students not in dress code are subject to being sent home and will have to take a make-up exam on Friday, May 23rd.

Exemptions

Teachers are not required to approve exemptions until class on Monday, May 19th. Students will be expected to complete a form documenting their exemptions and submit it in the high school office by 3:00pm on Monday, May 19th. This form will be made available the week before. Friday (5/16) and Monday (5/19) are required school days in Term 4 for 7th – 11th grade students. Missing those days counts against attendance and would void perfect attendance exemptions. Teachers may give graded assignments on those days and missed assignments may be counted as a zero. Seniors are not required to submit exam exemption forms.

Per the Student Handbook:

Students can exempt four semester exams in which they have maintained an A in both 9 weeks. AP or dual enrollment classes cannot be exempt from final exams. Students can also qualify for another exemption on perfect attendance for the semester. If you have perfect attendance in the 3rd and 4th nine-week terms you can qualify for a perfect attendance exemption in any class in which you have an A or a B for the 3rd and 4th nine weeks. "Perfect Attendance means that a student attended all day every day of the school year including doctor’s appointments, funerals, and vacations." "Missing 25 minutes of any class will be considered an absence. The school day begins at 8:00 A.M. and ends at 3:00 P.M. Five unexcused tardies voids perfect attendance." (Page 38)