AF Amistad High School Family Handbook 2017-2018 | 37 another year to be able to fully tackle the work, and the school is committed to ensuring that a scholar’s second year in a grade involves a clear plan to provide the scholar additional supports. The school will share promotion-in-doubt status with parents at multiple points in the years (e.g. Progress Report Nights at the midpoint of each quarter) The school’s administrative team (and ultimately the principal) has full authority to make all promotion decisions. The school does not “socially promote.” That is, scholars will not be promoted to the next grade simply because they are “old enough” to be in that grade. (The school may also choose to retain a scholar even if he or she has been retained before.) Promotion to the next grade is earned by demonstrating mastery of rigorous academic standards and the responsibility necessary to come to school on time every day, demonstrate behaviors that show the school’s reach values, and complete homework and other assignments reliably. Promotion Criteria The school will consider a student who fails to meet ANY of the following criteria to be at risk of non-promotion. The principal has final authority to make promotion decisions based on a scholar’s readiness for the next grade. Course Grades (9 – 12) Failing two or more core/required class (math, reading, writing, history, science, college readiness, required elective) after the summer academy session is over OR Being deficient two credits from any year of high school upon entering the grade. Some examples: Situation Retention Decision Reason Scholar fails two classes in 9th grade, successfully completes summer academy, fails one class in 10th grade. Will this scholar move to 11th grade? If he/she successfully completes summer academy, YES. After 9th grade, he/she was behind two credits, one was made up in summer academy, he/she then failed another in 10th grade, but if that credit is made up in summer academy, he/she will only be one credit behind. 11th grade scholar has never failed a class before, but fails three courses in grade 11. Will this scholar move to 12th grade? NO. Even if this scholar attends summer academy, he/she will be behind two credits and scholars cannot enter a year of school more than one credit deficient. This scholar will repeat grade 11.