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=Marking Period Grades - Summary= >  =Marking Period Grades - References=  =Calculating a final average - EXAM COURSE= Calculating a final average - Exam Course (all reg English Classes)
 * 1)  Setup your final grade calculations in PowerTeacher. High Schools will setup First Semester (S1) averages.
 * 1)  Make sure that all of your final grades are averaged to whole numbers. NO DECIMALS!
 * 2)  Add two (AND NO MORE THAN TWO) comments to each student’s quarter grade (Q1). You will notice that there is now a comment bank in PowerTeacher. The comments have also been updated based on building administration and teacher feedback.
 * 3)  Perform any manual overrides of calculated final grades as needed to issue Incompletes, etc.
 * 4)  Set the Final Grades Completion Status for each of your sections.
 * 5)  __Complete all of the above items by 12:00 PM on November 3, 2009__. At that time Tech & Media will pull your gradebook information and store it as the official report card record for the first quarter.
 * 6)  Any changes that need to be made after that point will need to be communicated to the office. Changes will have to be made in both the teacher gradebook and on the student’s stored grades to keep the parent portal, office records and teacher records in sync.
 * 1)  Tech and Media has tried to create a single resource for information on PowerSchool. It is located at: __[]__ If you are at home, you can also get to the site by accessing __[]__
 * 2)  You will be asked for a username and password. Login as wssd\ and use your email password. (i.e. wssd\sandersb and techguy).
 * 3)  Click on the tabs for **//Technology//** then **//PowerSchool//** There is a whole section dedicated to PowerTeacher and an entire subcategory for **//Report Card//**.
 * 4)  The documents for **//Report Card//** have been ordered following the steps outlined above, so just start at the top and work your way down.
 * 5)  If all else fails, c  all the //**help desk**// at 932-1819 and log a work ticket for your problem. Tech and Media will get someone to assist you.
 * Average the 2 marking period grades (MP1 + MP2 / 2 = SubTot1)
 * Multiply the result by 6 (SubTot1 * 6 = SubTot2)
 * Add Final Exam Score to the Average (SubTot2 + Final = SubTot3)
 * Divide that total by 7 (SubTot3 / 7 = Course Average)

=Calculating a final average - NON-EXAM COURSE= Calculating a final average - Non-Exam Course (Theater Arts, Comp/Comm, Journalism, etc.)
 * Average the 2 marking period grades (MP1 + MP2 / 2 = Final Grade)