periods, all withdrawals are recorded Withdrawn/ Passing or Withdrawn/Failing. No requests for withdrawal from a course may be considered or approved more than seven days after interim comments are recorded. Except under the most unusual of circumstances, students may not enter a course later than seven class days after the beginning of the course. A change in course level, for example from French III Honors to French III, would be an exception to this policy so long as the established course change procedure is followed.
GRADE REPORTS The school year consists of three trimesters with formal numerical grades recorded at the end of each trimester. Interim comments for all students may also be recorded at the midpoint of a particular trimester. All interim and trimester grades and comments are made available electronically to parents, students, and advisors.
ATTENDANCE (UPPER SCHOOL) Students are expected to attend all of their classes, and to arrive to class on time. Three latenesses in a single trimester in any combination of commitments are equivalent to a unit, and a lateness of more than 15 minutes is typically considered as an absence. Any student who misses 8 or more class meetings of a class in a single trimester may be subject to Pass/Fail rather than numeric grades or may result in loss of credit in the class.
ACADEMIC STANDING Promotion Standards Upper School: For promotion from 9th to 10th grade, a student must have successfully completed 12 credits, including three credits in 9th grade English. For promotion from 10th to 11th grade, a student must have successfully accumulated 4 2021-22 COURSE OF STUDIES
27 credits, including three credits in 10th grade English. For promotion from 11th to 12th grade, a student must have successfully accumulated 42 credits, including three credits in 11th grade English. Academic Probation Upper School: For any student with a full load of five courses, a trimester grade report that includes two grades lower than 70 or one grade lower than 60 will result in the status of academic probation. A student who is carrying only four courses will be placed on academic probation with one grade below 70. If the student’s grades at the end of the following trimester are not sufficiently improved for removal from academic probation status, the student will be permitted to continue at Williston only at the discretion of the head of school and the academic dean. Each student who is placed on academic probation will meet with his or her teachers, his or her advisor, and the academic dean, to formulate a plan to assist the student. The student and his or her parents will be notified promptly of the probation, as well as the features of any assistance plan. Middle School: Students’ academic and social lives are carefully monitored by Middle School faculty and the Middle School director. When concerns arise, contact is made between school and home. Any student whose trimester report includes two grades lower than 70 shall be placed on academic probation. A student on probation will meet with his or her parents and teachers, and the Middle School director. The goal of that meeting will be to formulate a plan to assist the student. If the student remains on academic probation at the end of the next term, the student will be permitted to continue at Williston only by vote of the faculty.
