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Grading
policy
Progress
Report
Makeup
exams
Dress
code
Graduations
Students’
responsibilities
Grading
policy
The grading policy is as follows:
A – (75 or more) Approved (Passed)
R - (Less than 75) Repeats
I - Incomplete
In order to pass any course, a student must be present 75%
of the total teaching time in any one cycle. Students who
have met this requirement, who have a midterm grade and a
participation grade, but have been unable to take the final
exam, will be given the grade of (I) – incomplete. Those
students must take the makeup exam. Students must request
this exam as soon as possible after the absence. They are
given one week to request this test and take it.
Progress
Reports (For the Junior Program)
After the midterm, which is usually given the fifth week of
class, the parents will receive a progress report about the
behavior and performance of their children in class. The parents
will be informed of their productivity, discipline, and midterm
grade. This report must be returned, duly signed by the parents,
and with any comments they may have. These comments will be
read and answered by the teacher and by the Junior Program
Coordinator.
Makeup exams
Students must take their exams on the established date. Makeup exams are given to students who
really need to take these exams because of circumstances beyond
their control. Makeup exams are given on set dates, outside of the regular class schedule. These dates are assigned every cycle; deadlines for registration for makeup exams are also established every cycle. Thedeadlines for requesting makeup exams are also established each cycle.
In order to take makeup exams, both midterms and finals, students must submit the documents the Instituto Cultural Dominico Americano asks of them (a personal letter stating the reason for the absence) to the supervisor no more than five (5) days after the date of the official exam. It is the student’s responsibility to take note of these dates and to observe them. A special fee must be paid in order to take a late exam, and the receipt must be presented. In the case of final exams, the makeup exam must be requested as soon as possible.
Exam Conditions for all exams
Students must be on time on exam day, and turn off all their electronic devices (pagers, cell phones, etc.) as long as they are in the classroom. As soon as they finish the exam, they must go over it and hand it in to the teacher, and leave the classroom as soon as they have handed it in. They are to keep silence as long as they are in the room, and leave in silence and order. This includes makeup exams and level exams.
Dress Code
In order for us to attain our educational objectives, and for safety’s sake, students must observe a dress code; therefore, the following items cannot be worn on campus: extremely low-cut or revealing blouses, very tight pants, skirts that are too short, or any other attire that might not be suitable in a classroom situation. You will find below a more complete list of items and activities that are not allowed on campus:
- Wearing caps and dark glasses;
- Shorts, Bermudas, and miniskirts;
- Transparent clothing, strapless tops, tops with transparent shoulder straps that show the naked midriff or back, as already mentioned;
- Exceedingly tight and/or extravagant clothing;
- Unconventional hairdos and/or haircuts;
- Ornaments and accessories that violate the school norms, such as piercing in different parts of the body;
- Wearing thongs or other kinds of extremely casual sandals;
- Food, drink, and/or chewing gum;
- The use of cell phones or other kinds of electronic devices in the classrooms, as well as charging cell phones in the classroom;
- Bearing arms or any other kind of device that may put at risk the safety of the student body and of the teaching personnel.
The ICDA reserves the right not to admit into class students who do not comply with these requirements and who in the eyes of the Institution are not appropriately dressed for the classroom; at the same time, it expresses its appreciation for your compliance with these norms, so that we can continue offering you our educational services. The security guards will not allow into the classroom any students who are inadequately dressed.
Graduations
The ICDA has two graduations per year, one in March and the
other in September. Students from the Juniors’ and Adults’
programs can graduate upon completing the basic and the advanced
programs. However, a student who enters the Institute by level
exam and is placed in a level 6 or higher cannot graduate
from the Basic program, since one of the graduation requirements
is having completed eight (8) levels at the Institute. He
must, therefore, graduate from the Advanced program.
The
ICDA reserves the right to issue diplomas only during only two
years after the end of the corresponding program. Students
who request letters certifying that they have studied here
or completed programs here must do so within the five years
that follow the date at which they finish studying at the
ICDA. After these five years, the student must take a level
exam and study here for at least one level in order to obtain
these documents.
Students’
responsibilities
1 Attend at least 75% of all class hours.
2 Be punctual and come to class with their required materials.
3 Participate actively in class.
4 Do their assigned homework.
5 Be present on all exam days.
6 Abstain from eating, drinking, and chewing gum in the classroom.
7 Turn off pagers, cellular phones, and any device that may
perturb class.
8 Dress appropriately, following the dress code.
9 Carry out all the academic procedures as described in the
students’ handbook.
10 Use English as the language of communication in the classroom. |
