Grades will be determined as followings:

Assignments (40%) - Includes tests over music, Solo Assignments, Classroom participation, Written work, etc.

Performance/Rehearsals (30%) –

Rehearsals -All students will begin each 6 weeks with a rehearsal grade of 100. This will be lowered 10 points for each unexcused absence and 5 points for each unexcused tardy.

Performances - All students will begin each 6 weeks with a performance grade of 100. This grade will be lowered 50 points for each unexcused absence and 20 points for each unexcused tardy.

The rehearsal and performance grade will be averaged together to determine the performance/rehearsal portion of the grade.

Reasons to be excused from a rehearsal or performance generally include the following:

Illness, family emergency, conflicting school activity (should be discussed with the director in advance)

ONLY EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD CAUSE STUDENTS TO MISS A PERFORMANCE.

All non-emergency excuses should be presented in writing and approved by the student’s band director prior to the absence. Vacations, weekend trips, and work are not considered reasons to miss a performance. In emergency situations, notes should be presented to the student’s director immediately upon return to school. E-mail from the PARENT’S e-mail address, or messages form PARENT’S on the director’s voicemail are sufficient notice. In any event, after the fact excuses will not be accepted.

Scales (30%)- Students will be assigned various scale patterns each six weeks.

Semester Exam – Audition Test and/or written test. The first semester exam will be over excerpts from the region band music.