Academic Probation

Field Trips

NCCA 2006-2007 Handbook

Day Care --Kiddie Kollege's main objective is to provide a positive, Christian atmosphere which promotes the social, physical, intellectual, and emotional growth of children. Learning experiences, appropriate to the developmental age of each group, are provided daily. Large and small group interaction helps stimulate cognitive growth and creativity. Outdoor activities help develop large and small motor skills. The goal of each task is to promote the emotional and social development of each child. 

Preschool--New Castle Christian Academy offers a full day preschool for grades K3, K4, and K5. Instruction in phonics and math begins in our preschool with the use of the A Beka curriculum and interspersed themed activities.

Elementary --New Castle Christian Academy's elementary program offers a traditional, self-contained classroom for grades K5 through 5. The Bob Jones curriculum is used extensively in the elementary department.

Middle school and high school --A traditional schedule of classes is offered in our middle school and high school. A mixture of the A Beka and Bob Jones University Press curriculums are used. The core classes are enhanced by an extensive offering of electives.

Pre-school and kindergarten programs are primarily objective oriented. The following is an interpretation of the grading scale:

Report cards will be issued the Thursday following the end of each nine-week marking period. The year-end report card for Upper School students will be mailed the week after school closes for the summer.

Mid-period progress reports will be mailed home if you do not have an e-mail address. It informs parents of the students progress about halfway through each quarter.

New students enrolling in New Castle Christian Academy will be placed on academic probation for the first marking period. Probation will be removed based on appropriate performance at child's grade level.

 

Other students will be placed on academic probation for the following reasons:

• Poor past academic performance
• Low scoring on the entrance test - below the norm of 80%
• Present students in middle school and high school earning two or more F's during any nine-week marking period

 

The following recommendations will be made at the time of academic probation review:

• Academic probation will be lifted for those students who earn no F's
• Academic probation will be extended for those students who earn 1 or 2 F's
• Attendance at New Castle Christian Academy may be terminated for students who have earned 3 or more F's or have been on Academic Probation for two more or successive grade periods

 

Those students in the elementary school who have been retained will also be placed on academic probation. Academic probation will be reviewed periodically for elementary students.

 

If a student on academic probation is dismissed from New Castle Christian Academy, he will not be readmitted without an 80% or higher entrance test after sitting out one semester.

Retention for high school students is decided by the number of credits the student needs toward graduation.

• If the student is seven credits or fewer away from graduation, he is classified as a senior.
• If the student needs between fourteen and eight credits for graduation, he is classified as a junior.
• If the student needs between twenty-one and fifteen credits, he is classified as a sophomore.
• If the student needs more than twenty-one credits to graduate, he is classified as a freshman.

 

Remediation and/or retention in the middle school and elementary will result for failure of two core subjects. The core subjects are

• Mathematics
• Social Studies (history, geography, world cultures)
• Science (earth science, life science)
• Language Arts (reading, grammar, phonics, handwriting, literature and spelling)

 

School administration must approve the remediation of a failed subject. Approved programs include summer school, private tutors, or tutoring centers. If one of the two failures is not in an approved program, then retention is required.

Believing that homework is an integral part of the school program, each teacher is at liberty to give homework to aid the students to advance in their studies. Therefore, each student is required to complete his homework assignments on time. Homework is given for several reasons.

1. For reinforcement : We believe that most students require adequate review to master material essential to their educational process.
2. For practice : Following classroom explanation, illustration and review of new work, homework is given so that the material will be mastered.
3. For remedial activity : As instruction progresses, various weak points in a students grasp of subject become evident. Homework following instruction is given to overcome such difficulties.
4. For special projects : Book reports, compositions, special research assignments and projects are some of the activities that are frequently included in homework.

 

Parents and students should expect homework each evening with the exception of Wednesday, due to the fact that NCCA promotes attendance at the local church. Therefore, teachers will not assign homework on Wednesday evening to allow families to attend church together. First Baptist Church and New Castle Christian Academy encourage the amount of time per-night required for homework should be as follows:

Times required for homework could vary significantly due to skills possessed and degree of concentration. Each student is expected to complete successfully the homework assignment each day.

Students who have excused absences are required to make up work missed in each class. It is the student's responsibility to obtain all make up work from the teachers immediately upon his return to school. Failure to obtain make up work is no excuse for not doing work missed. A student has the return day plus the same number of days absent to make up all missed work. For example, absent one day = return day plus one day to make up all missed work; two days absent = return day plus two days to make up all missed work. Parents may call the school office for homework if more than one day will be missed. When calling for homework, please call before 9:30 a.m. so it may be included on the morning announcements. Assignments can be picked up at the school office after 3:30 p.m.

Students from ninth through twelfth grade will be required to take a final exam at the end of each semester. The exams will be given during the final week of each semester. Students will not be admitted late into any exam for any reason. Make-up exams must be taken after school dismisses for the day. Parents will be required to pick-up their young person at the end of their last final of the day. Any student that has an A average for the semester/year will be exempt from taking these exams.

New Castle Christian Academy administers the Stanford Achievement Test. Results are provided with the student's final report card. Test results may be used in student evaluation and placement.

• All high school juniors will take the PSAT test in November.
• All college-bound students should take the S.A.T. or A.C.T. in the spring of their junior year. Seniors are allowed to re-take these tests in an effort to improve their scores.