Havergal College Course Calendar, 2020-21 Academic Year

Honours and Distinction Grades 9-11 Honours are achieved when a student earns an overall average mark of at least 80-89.4% based on her six best courses. Distinction is achieved when a student earns an overall average mark of at least 89.5% and better based on her six best courses. Grade 12 Honours are achieved when a student earns an overall average mark of at least 80–89.4% based on her five best courses. Distinction is achieved when a student earns an overall average mark of at least 89.5% based on her five best courses. Course Selection Information Evening In January, parents of Upper School students in Grades 8 to 11 are invited to attend a Course Selection Information Evening. These evenings are hosted by the Guidance Department and Upper School administrators and are intended to assist parents in understanding the many course options and support available to students in choosing a path that is right for each girl. Students and parents can contact their Guidance Counsellors to ask specific questions. It is important that students choose courses wisely, checking for prerequisites and considering their future paths. Parents are asked to check their daughter’s course selection and sign their course selection sheet to acknowledge that the course load is appropriate and they approve of the courses. The school timetable is created based on student course requests. Students who wish to make changes to their course selection after they have handed in their course selection sheet must do so before the timetable is set. If students change their course selection after the timetable has been created, there is no guarantee that it will be possible to make those changes.

Student Responsibilities

School Rules and Student Responsibilities Students in the Upper School take ownership for their learning and, as such, assume the following responsibilities: 1. arriving at school and class on time; 2. checking Veracross (VC) course webpages and school email on a daily basis; 3. using school email to communicate with their teachers, not personal email; 4. meeting established deadlines; 5. submitting their own original work in the manner required by each teacher; 6. reaching out to teachers in advance when they expect to be absent for a short or extended period of time; 7. using an Extended Absence form when they are going to be away for four or more days; and 8. making up missed class material if absent. Students in the Upper School, as members of the school community, assume the following additional responsibilities: 1. abiding by the Havergal Code of Conduct; 2. complying with all published school policies, protocols and rules; 3. upholding and demonstrating the school’s core values: Integrity, Inquiry, Compassion and Courage; 4. attending all classes, Grade, Form, House, TA meetings, Prayers and assemblies on time; 5. wearing the school uniform correctly at all times; 6. not smoking or vaping while on school property, at a school sanctioned function or while wearing the school uniform; 7. not having any liquor—in any form—or illegal drugs on the school grounds and buildings or at a school sanctioned function at any time; 8. respecting that the Grad Common Room is to be used by only Grade 12 students; 9. meeting friends/guests at the school in the Rotunda and signing them in (and out) with Security; and 10. complying with the Acceptable Use of Technology Agreement and Student Loan Agreement.

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