Academic Requirements

Grading System

The grading system used at Maud Williams High School is as follows:

*The school year consists of two semesters each of 19 weeks

Range	Academic Assesment	Letter Grade
90 - 100	Excellent (Exceeding Competence)	A
85 - 89	Very Good (Advance Competence)	B+
80 - 84	Competent	B
75 - 79	Moderately Competent	C+
70 - 74	Minimally Competent	C
65 - 69	Developing Competency	D+
60 - 64	Weak	D
0 - 59	Unsatisfactory	F

*Note: Honors is a grade 80 and above

Promotion Requirements

Essential Subjects

Students are required to pass 2 core subjects being Mathematics and English.

Academic Competency

Students are required to obtain a score average of 60% or higher.

General Benchmark

Apart from the 2 core subjects, students are also required to pass 3 other general subjects.

Summer Classes

A student who has a passing average but has failed either Math and/or English with grades between 50% and 58.40% may be offered summer classes. If the student passes then he/she will be promoted. When summer class is not offered such a student will be promoted on academic probation for first mid-semester, on the condition that:

The student must pass with an average of 60% or over.
Attened mandatory academic support.
At the end of the first mid-semester if that student did not obtain a passing grade of 60% or over, he/she will be demoted to the previous form.

The Abacus Grading System

Grade Insight

You can have visibility of your child's individual grades per subject in real time. All grades up to the present date are in this platform.

Attendance Insight

You can review your child's present attendance and missing assignments.

Behavor Tracking

You can see a report on his/her behavior - amount of detention / suspension that has been served

Report Cards

Feedback to parents on students' progress is provided to parents through mid-semester reports and report cards. A mid- semester report is given to all students reflecting their performance in all subject areas so they may be aware of subjects that they are failing (below 60%) or passing marginally, below 64%).

End of the year report cards can be picked up at the secretary's office. Report cards are given to parents or legal guardians only, however any responsible individual who brings a written authorization from the parent will be given the report card.

Report cards and mid-semester reports are given out according to the following schedule:

Semester 1	Month	Report Card/ Mid Semester Report
Mid-Semester	October	Mid Semester Report
End of Semester	January	Report Card

Semester 2	Month	Report Card/ Mid Semester Report
Mid-Semester	March	Mid Semester Report
End of Semester	June	Report Card