A. Curriculum
Christian Academy of Lion Lamb adopts the K to 12 Curriculum as prescribed by the Department of Education. It envisions children being nourished in the Word of God as they quest for academic excellence. Part of its goals is to establish a community where children use the fluency of the English Language; computer literacy becomes their trend, making them globally competent at present and in the future; and to enhance their God-given talents by allowing them to get involved in Enrichment Programs that they are interested like singing or voice culture, dancing, theatre arts, and playing musical instruments. Enrichment Programs will be given letter grades but are not included as basis for the selection of honors. Teachers are obliged to spend time for remediation to follow up learners with difficulties.
B. Testing Instrument
CALL has set an exceptional high academic standard in which examination questionnaires are formulated to ignite the intellectual capacity of the child to analyze, understand and answer the questions based on his mastery learning in the classroom. The scope of the test is expounded and limited to the competencies allotted on such grading period.
C. Grading System
The K to 12 Basic Education Program (BEP) uses standards – and competency – based grading system. These are found in the curriculum guides. All grades will be based on the weighted raw score of the learner’s summative assessments. The minimum grade needed to pass a specific learning area is 60 which are transmuted to 75 in the report card. The lowest mark that can appear on the Report Card is 75 for Quarterly Grades and Final Grades.
For these guidelines, the School Department will use a floor grade considered as the lowest possible grade that will appear in the learner’s report card. Learners from Grades 1 to 6 are graded on Written Work, Performance Tasks, and Quarterly Assessment every quarter. These three (3) are given specific percentage weights that vary according to the nature of the learning area.
1. How learner progress is recorded and computed.For Pre-school
Kindergarten checklists and anecdotal records are used instead of numerical grades. These are based on learning standards found in the curriculum guide. It is important for teachers to keep a portfolio which is a record or compilation of the learners output such as writing samples, accomplished activity sheets, and artwork. The portfolio can provide concrete evidence of how much or how well the learner is able to demonstrate knowledge and/or perform the task expected of kindergarten learners. Through anecdotal records or narrative reports, teacher will be able to describe learner’s behavior, attitude and effort in school.
For Grades 1 to 6
In a grading period, there is one Quarterly Assessment but there should be instances for students to produce Written Works and to demonstrate what they know and can do through Performance Tasks. There is no required number of Written Works and Performance Tasks but these must be spread out over the quarter and used to assess the learner’s skills after each unit has been taught.
- The following are the steps in computing for the Final Grades:
Step 1: Grades from all student work are added up. This results in the total score for each component, namely Written Works, Performance Tasks and Quarterly Assessments.
Raw scores from each component have to be converted to a Percentage Score. This is to ensure that values are parallel to each other.
Step 2: The sum of each component is converted to the Percentage Score. To compute the Percentage Score (PS), divide the raw score by the highest possible score, then multiply the quotient by 100%. This is shown below:
Percentage Score (PS) = Learners Total Raw Score x 100Highest Possible Score
Step 3: Percentage Scores are then converted to Weighted Scores to show importance of each component in promoting learning in the different subjects.
Weighted Score (WS) = Percentage Score x Weight Component
Weight of the Components for Grades 1 to 6
A learner who obtains a general average of 90% in all subjects will be included in the Achievers’ List. As such, if one gets 89% in one subject, this will disqualify the learner in the Achievers’ List even if learner‘s general average in that period reaches above 90%. This applies to all grade levels.
To keep the mutual goals of both parents and school for the academic development of a child, a conference with the teacher is opened every after Distribution of Cards. Parents may set their meeting with their child’s adviser after class hours.
D. Summer Classes
CALL offers summer classes in English and Mathematics for two hours daily from Monday to Friday. Classes will start on the second week of April and will end on the 1st week of May.
E. Absences and Punctuality
Parents should always write in the Letter of Excuse whenever child misses a day in school. Successive absences without valid reason call for a conference with the parents and administrator. If the reason is health, a medical certification is needed. In case the child comes late successively, the parent/guardian is requested to talk to the teacher personally as to the reason of tardiness.
Request for homework, quizzes and exams may be denied when students are on vacation (unauthorized absence) during regular class days. No pupil is allowed to accumulate absences more than 20% of the total number of school days. In such case when the absences exceed the allowable number, a letter with a valid reason should be submitted to the principal.
F. Cancellation of Classes
In the event of inclement weather or other emergency situation which would result in cancellation of classes, parents should listen to all major radio and television stations for the final announcements.