a student is absent.  Then full credit will be given.  

                  b)  Graded assignments for daily work  -  If a student does NOT turn in an assignment, the grade

                       will be lowered 5 points for each day that it is late.  If a student is absent, he/she will have the

                       same number of days to complete the assignment.

 

Tests and Quizes

       In grades 5-8 most tests will be given a double grade.  The students are always informed of this.  Example:  If a       

 child receives a 94 on a test, that grade is entered two times.  A quiz is always entered as one grade only.

 

       At the end of October, students in Grades four through eightwill participate in a "mini fiesta," a very special

religious holiday in Mexico.  The children will eat pan de muertos, a typical holiday sweet-bread baked at an authentifc Mexican bakery.  (The bread is peanut-free so there is no need to worry about children who are sensitive to peanuts.)  

   

Field Trip

       Each year the eighth grade students visit the Mexican Fine Arts Cultural Center Museum in Chicago to view the

Day of the Dead exhibit of altars, commemorating the deceased.  (This holiday corresponds to All Souls" Day.)  The students also watch Mexican artisans make sugar skulls.  Everyone has an opportunity to buy sugar skulls of their choice.  This very popular trip ends with lunch at a Mexican restaurant.