A Word About Report Cards

Johnstown Intermediate School's report card is a hybrid card, containing two grades.
1.  Traditional Grades:  As we build a bridge to the future, we wanted to better prepare parents and students for the marks they will receive at middle school and beyond.  Each core subject will have a traditional letter grade.

2.  Standards-Based Marks:  As we have done in the past, we will continue to record the level of mastery of individual standards, or essential learnings, in each subject.

The marks are:

M: Mastery - Student performance meets the demands of the standard and/ or benchmark while demonstrating a firm grasp of concepts and procedures involved

AM: Approaching Mastery - Student understands relevant foundational concepts but requires support to meet the demands of the standard and/or benchmark

DV: Developing - Student is developing understanding of foundational concepts

L: Limited - Student has limited understanding of the foundational concepts, requiring consistent support

You'll notice report cards look very different this year.  We hope you will appreciate more room for comments and the dual grades.

Thank you for your patience as we work through the implementation of this part of PowerSchool.