Student Responsibilities

Students are responsible for knowing and adhering to the policies and procedures that are described below. Failure to read the policies and procedures does not excuse students from the rules described therein.

• Attendance
  VHS students are expected to attend and participate in their NetCourses as fully as they would attend and participate in a traditional classroom course. All assigned work should be completed in a timely fashion, and students must actively participate in course discussions. At an absolute minimum, students are required to log-in and perform work in their NetCourse(s) three times per week. Ideally, students will access their VHS classes each day.

  The following parameters can be used as guidelines for VHS high school level courses:

  • A standard level class requires students to be actively engaged in their coursework for approximately 6 - 8 hours per week.
  • An honors level class requires students to be actively engaged in their coursework for approximately 8 - 10 hours per week.
  • An AP level class, requires students to be actively engaged in their coursework for approximately 10 - 12 hours per week.

  In cases of extended student absence due to illness (five days or more), the student, or the student's parent/guardian, may either contact the NetCourse teacher directly to notify the teacher of any delay in providing assigned work, or contact the VHS site coordinator (Steve Walsh) to make arrangements for work that will need to be made up. It is the responsibility of the student to make up work missed due to absence. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, work should be made up within one week of the student's return to class. Credit up for make up work is at the discretion of the course instructor.
  
  A student who neglects coursework, or has excessive or unexcused absences may be required to withdraw from the course. Required withdrawal from a course is equivalent in all respects to failing it; the student is assigned a grade of WF (withdrawal fail) and earns no credit for the course. In cases of extended absence due to illness (two days or more), the student, or the student's parent/guardian, should notify the teacher directly of any delay in providing assigned work. It is the responsibility of the student to make up work missed due to absence.
  
  

• Academic Honesty
  All work submitted to meet course requirements is expected to be the student's own work. A student suspected of academic dishonesty in any form is subject to review and disciplinary action by the VHS National Office. Disciplinary action may result in termination from the course.
  
  
• Acceptable Internet Use Policy
  All students participating in VHS are expected to conduct their communications in a professional, respectful manner. The use of proper Internet etiquette is expected at all times. Inappropriate language or behavior will result in disciplinary action and possible termination from the course at the discretion of VHS National Office.
  
  
• Anti-Harassment Policy
  The Virtual High School Global Consortium is committed to safeguarding the right of all individuals involved in VHS to work and learn in an environment that is free of harassment. Harassment on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, or disability in any form will not be tolerated and may result in termination from the course.
  
  
• Student Discipline
  As in any classroom, the VHS teacher will attempt to address discipline problems directly with the student prior to referring the student to VHS National Office. If the instructor is unable to resolve the problem, or if the infraction is such that it requires administrative notification, the teacher will contact the VHS National Office and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken.

Grades

There is a common grading scale for all courses offered by the Virtual High School Global Consortium. Grades range from A+ (100%) for excellent work to F (59% or below) for work that does not meet the minimum requirements of the course. Your current grade average will be available in your course each week and your final grade will be available in your course and be sent to you via email.

When converting numeric grades to letter grades, the system will use the following scale:

Letter Grade	Numeric Grade
A+	97 - 100
A	93 - 96
A-	90 - 92
B+	87 - 89
B	83 - 86
B-	80 - 82
C+	77 - 79
C	73 - 76
C-	70 - 72
D+	67 - 69
D	63 - 66
D-	60 - 62
F	00 - 59

A final grade report will be mailed to each student. For alternative arrangements please contact .