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FIELD TRIPS AND OTHER STUDENT TRAVEL The Regional School Unit 1 Board of Directors recognizes the educational value of school-sponsored trips as a means of extending the curriculum and as a vehicle for encouraging and supporting student participation in academ...

File: IKE-R RETENTION OF STUDENTS -- PROCEEDINGS [Guidelines for Elementary Retention] When a teacher considers the retention of a student, the following procedures shall be observed. A. The teacher brings his/her concerns to the principal about the possible n...

In this policy, "surveys, analyses, or evaluations" refer to methods of gathering data for research purposes. No student shall be required as part of any program wholly or partially funded by the U.S. Department of Education to submit to any survey, analyses, ...

RSU 1 will employ standardized testing as one of multiple methods for measuring student achievement and for gathering information to use in improving the instructional program for the District and individual students. Large-scale assessments will include the N...

The Board recognizes that Maine law requires each school administrative unit to use multiple assessment methods to measure student proficiency in the content areas of the Learning Results and the cross-curricular Guiding Principles. The Board also recognizes t...

FILE: IKFC HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS FOR PRE-HIGH SCHOOL Students of Regional School Unit 1 are to be offered a varied academic program, which attempts to meet their intellectual and developmental needs. Students should have the opportunity to pursue the most challe...

GRADUATION EXERCISES Because the Regional School Unit 1 Board of Directors believes that completion of the requirements for a diploma from the public schools is an achievement that improves the community as well as the individual, the Board wishes to recognize...

File: IKFA GRADUATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES For students with disabilities between ages 15 and 20, a student's PET may make appropriate adaptations of the specific state and local graduation requirements to meet those unique skills and abilities that r...

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS As a minimum for graduation from Morse High School, the prospective graduate must have completed successfully a total of 23 credits at the secondary level (grades 9 through 12). Required credits include the following: • English – 4 cred...

File: IKE-E INITIAL REFERRAL FORM Date: ______________________________ Name: _____________________________ Previous Retentions (grade): _________________ Date of Birth: ________________________ Previous Referrals (i.e., speech, medical, PET) __________________...

File: IJOAA OVERNIGHT CLASS TRIPS Any overnight or out-of-state trip sponsored by RSU 1 shall require prior board approval. In the event that a previously unscheduled school activity requiring an overnight or out-of-state trip arises between school board meeti...

File: IKE RETENTION OF STUDENTS RSU 1 acknowledges the large body of research that discourages school retention except in very unusual, well documented circumstances. When considering retention, it should be abundantly clear that such action will significantly...

It is the Board's intent to provide sequential instructional programming that provides equitable opportunity for students to acquire the knowledge and skills that will enable them to meet the content standards of the system of Learning Results at each grade le...

The Board of Directors is committed to recognizing outstanding academic achievement of the students in the school system. The following criteria will be followed in recognizing Honor Roll students in grades 6-12: High Honors All A's Honors A's and B's Honorabl...

The board believes that the purpose of homework is to support classroom learning through pre-learning, checking for understanding, practice, and processing. Homework is to be used as an on-going assessment of learning. Homework is the practice needed to perfec...

File: IKAB STUDENT PROGRESS REPORTS TO PARENTS All report card revisions will be approved by the board prior to distribution. Report cards will be issued as follows: A. K-5, quarterly, to include a written report each quarter and a parent conference during the...

File: IKA [GRADING SYSTEM] The grading system of Regional School Unit 1 is designed to grade student progress in the most objective, meaningful manner possible. The grading of each student shall be based on his/her school performance as measured by tests and b...

The evaluation of the academic achievement of students in RSU 1 is based on the premise that students have diverse capabilities, interests and individual patterns of growth and learning. It is essential that the professional staff have adequate information to ...

The RSU 1 Board of Directors welcomes and encourages the use of school volunteers in our schools. School volunteer programs must provide adequate screening and reasonable supervision of volunteers based upon the amount of student contact and adequate training ...

No more than six (6) credits earned outside the regular Morse High School program may be applied to graduation requirements. This six-credit rule does not apply to transfer or home-schooled students. The principal reserves the right to authorize exceptions on ...