Tinora Junior High School Summer School Program

Tinora Junior High will provide academic intervention to students who fail the following subjects second semester or for the entire year: English/Reading, Math, Science, History.

Purpose:

The purpose of this program shall be: To serve students who fail during the regular school year. To discourage the belief that students will be passed regardless of grades.
To increase students' knowledge in subject areas in which they have experienced failure.

Program Outline:

• This program applies only to Math, English/Reading, Science, and a combination of Ohio History/Western Civilization, American History, novel reading requirements, and term papers.
  
  
• Any student who fails the last two quarters of the school year shall be given the grade F regardless of his/her grades during the first semester.
  
  
• Any student who fails one (1) or two (2) subjects shall be required to take twenty (20) hours of class work per subject during the summer or be retained at his/her present level. 'These hours shall be set by the school.
  
  
• Any student who misses due to illness, or for any other reason, will be required to make up the hours.
  
  
• Students who fail 3, 4 or 5 subjects shall be retained in the present grade.
  
  
• Students who do not fail, but need remedial work will be accepted in the summer school program if space permits.
  
  
• Attendance at the summer school program will not erase the F grade from the course taken during the year. However, attendance at summer school will be recorded on the student's permanent record. Summer school will not affect a student's athletic eligibility.
  
  
• Students must attend 20 hours of summer school per subject failed. All student requirements must be completed and turned in at the conclusion of this 20-hour subject summer school.
  
  
• All students attending summer school must pass all summer school course they attend to be promoted to the next grade. Summer school failure will result in students being retained.
  
  
• Summer school will be held during the month of June.
  
  
• All Tinora Junior High Student Handbook Policies and Procedures will be in effect throughout summer school. Any significant discipline problems will result in removal from summer school and retention.
  
  
• An individual schedule will be given to each student during the last week of the school year.