Logan High School Citizenship Policy

Introduction:

The Logan City School District and Logan High School mission is to ensure that all students leave our schools ready to create a positive future for themselves and their community. High School is a time for students to gain the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to reach this mission. As with all schools, LHS has a grading system that reflects a student’s academic knowledge. A student’s academic learning is supported by their behaviors that demonstrate a readiness to learn, responsibility, and respect, all of which are included in our definition of student citizenship. Because these behaviors contribute to each student’s success, students will earn a citizenship grade in every class. Citizenship grades will be determined using the chart below and will be based on absences, tardies, and missing assignments.

Citizenship Grades

In each quarter, students will earn a citizenship grade in each of their classes. Students will earn H (Honors), S (Satisfactory), N (Needs Improvement), or U (Unsatisfactory) for their citizenship grade. A student’s citizenship grade is only as good as their lowest category. Each teacher will use the following rubric to determine citizenship grades:

Category
Honors
Satisfacotry
Needs Improvement
Unsatisfactory
Absences/ Late Tardies
Includes EXCUSED (School Excused not included)



0-2



3-4



5



6+
Tardies
Includes EXCUSED

0-2

3-4

5

6+
Missing Assignments

0-2

3-4

5

6+

Consequences

While the citizenship grade does not impact a student’s GPA, it will appear on the student’s transcript. Additionally, citizenship grades affect students in the following ways:

  • Students can qualify for the LHS honor roll each term in one of two ways.
    • Getting a 3.5 GPA or higher
    • Having all “H’s”
  • Any senior that graduates with all “H’s” will graduate with LHS honor cords.
  • Students who receive one or more “U” citizenship grades will receive an NG (No Grade) for that class and their grade will be unavailable to them until their “U” is made up. An NG can be restored up until time of graduation.
  • Students who receive an “N” or “U” citizenship grade will be put on probation and cannot participate in extracurricular activities until the “N” or “U” is made up. This includes, but is not limited to: Student government, and activities sponsored by the Utah High School Activities Association (music, speech and debate, theater, athletics). Students who fail to meet satisfactory citizenship requirements will remain ineligible to participate in extracurricular activities until citizenship grade(s) are restored (see restoration section below). Once the citizenship grade(s) is restored, the student will immediately be eligible for participation
  • In order to participate in graduation events (commencement, candlelight, L-banquet) students must have no more than four U’s per year. For those that have not met this requirement, restoration must be completed by the end of the 3rd quarter of senior year.

Citizenship Restoration
Immediate Restoration (Current Year)

Students can immediately improve their citizenship grades by restoring absences, tardies, and missing assignments, as outlined below. Any citizenship grade to be restored for the current school year is included in this process. (Example: a 1st quarter citizenship grade may be restored during the 4th quarter of the same school year.)

Absences can be restored through one of two plans

Plan 1 (Parent/Guardian Verified Absences)- Restoration needs to be completed within 2 weeks of the return to school date.

  1. Obtain a copy of the LHS Absence Restoration form from your homeroom teacher
  2. Work with your teacher to create a restoration plan for verified absence days.
  3. Complete the items listed in the restoration plan.
  4. Obtain teacher signature in column three to verify completion of restoration plan.
  5. Return the form to your homeroom teacher.

Plan 2 (Unverified Absences)

  • One absence can be made up with 60 minutes of restoration. Restoration can be done through the following methods
    1. Work with your teacher to receive before or after school assistance.
    2. Attend the LHS After School Center (Monday-Thursday: 2:50-3:50 PM)
    3. Attend LHS Super Saturdays.
    4. Attend LHS Super Saturdays.

Parent/Guardian Verified Absence Codes: Illness(3), Medical(5), Family Emergency(6), Vacation(V), Other(O), Quarantined(B)
Unverified Absence Codes: Late Tardy(Y), Absence(X), Sluff(S)

Tardies can be restored through the following options

Option 1

  • To restore one tardy, be to class on time for 5 consecutive class periods (excluding days absent).
Option 2
  • One tardy can be made up with 20 minutes of restoration.
  • One late tardy can be made up with 60 minutes of restoration.
    1. Work with the teacher to get before or after school assistance.
    2. Attend the LHS After School Center (Monday-Thursday: 2:50-3:50 PM)
    3. Attend LHS Super Saturdays.
    4. Lunch time restoration with citizenship coordinator

Missing Assignments:

Missing assignments will be restored and graded within 7 days of being submitted .

Process for Long Term Citizenship Grade Restoration

Long Term citizenship grade restoration is for students to restore and improve a citizenship grade from a previous term or year.

Option 1

  • When a student earns an S or H citizenship grade for the current term, the previous term will automatically be restored to the same S or H citizenship grade for the same course. (E.g.- Student earns an “H” for 2nd term in ELA 9, their citizenship grade for 1st term in ELA 9 will be replaced with an “H”.)

Option 2

  • Student reviews list of opportunities to restore a citizenship grade. Each opportunity, unless otherwise noted, will move one course’s citizenship grade up one level. For example, from a U to an N or from a S to a H.
  • Students can review these opportunities listed on the bulletin board by the office and on school TVs.
  • Possible opportunities may include, but are not limited to,
    • Clean up after a school event such as a football game, basketball game, concert, etc.
    • Clean up garbage in a specific area on the school grounds.
    • Participation in an ACT or other test preparation class
    • Participation in Super Saturday
    • Participation in a school sponsored service opportunity
    • After School Club
    • Lunch Restoration
    • Packets
    • Credit Restoration with Edgenuity and Packets
    • Data Dive Day restoration

Process for a previous school year

  • Contact the LHS Citizenship Coordinator or school admin to collaboratively develop a plan to restore a previous year’s citizenship grade.