Students are evaluated on effort, cooperation, and sportsmanship
on a daily basis. Students can earn or lose up to 10 points per
day of PE or Health class. The total
number of possible points that can be earned in a six-week period is 10 times
the number of days of PE/Health in those six weeks. For example, if there is 30 days of PE/Health
classes in a six weeks period the total number of possible points are 300 (30 X
10). 300 to determine the PE/Health
grade then divide the total number of points a student actually earns during
those 30 days.
Points earned in PE each day are determined according to the
following:
* 1-5 points are earned for cooperation
and sportsmanship. This includes
properly dressing out, being on time, following all the safety rules, and
displaying good sportsmanship.
* 1-5 points are earned for your effort. These are called
“participation points” and are based on a student participating to the best of
his or her ability. These points are not
performance based, but rather based on one’s personal best. In other words, participating based on one’s
own potential at that time, not someone else’s performance criteria.
Please note that if you are absent you must do work outside of
school to make up for the 10 points lost.
An example would be to do 30 minutes of housework or yard work for each
day absent. It is your responsibility to see your PE teacher following an absence to
get a “PE Make-up Form”. Forms are
available online for your convenience.
Go to www.mcps.org/cms The form is under the “Athletics”
button. After completing the work, have
a parent sign it before turning it in.
Students have 5 days following an absence to turn in the make-up work.
One final issue about grading is our policy regarding “dressing
out”. Because of personal hygiene and
safety, we require all students to dress out for PE class. If you do not have a gym uniform on a given
day, you must borrow clean gym
clothes from your PE teacher. You will
lose “cooperation points”, but you will not lose your “effort points”. Refusing to dress out or borrow PE gym
clothes is considered being in defiance of school rules and will be referred to
the administration for discipline. It also results in the loss of all ten (10)
PE points for the day. Just like in
sports, where an athlete cannot participate without the proper uniform, so it
is for activity in physical education classes.
If a student cannot participate for an extended period of time, an
alternative activity for a grade may be assigned. In some cases participation is possible on a
limited basis.
If you have any questions, please contact your PE teacher: Wayne
Carlson at (wcarlson@mail.mcps.org), or Angie Quesenberry at (coachq@mail.mcps.org), or Rich Pollock at (rpollock@mail.mcps.org), or
Allison Wojciechowski at (awojciechowski@mail.mcps.org) or Steve Wright at (swright@mail.mcps.org).
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Please sign and return this portion of the paper to your PE
teacher for his/her records. We do this
to insure that a parent has seen and read this information and understands the
policies that determine a student’s PE/Health grade. You may keep the top portion of this policy
for your reference.
Student Name (Print)
__________________________________________Period _____________
Parent/Guardian
_______________________________________________Date_____________
Parents E-mail address__________________________ Phone number_______________