This is a Grace Academy Junior High information page.
For further information please contact the school.

The date listed, after the title of the entry, represent the most recent update. Some entries have not been updated for some time due to fact that there have been no changes to the event or the topic.




GRACE ACADEMY'S PURPOSE:
EDUCATING FOR LIFE; IMPACTING FOR ETERNITY


Welcome Junior High Families,

The purpose of The Beak Blog is to provide information, updated information is the goal. Many of the blog posts will remain throughout the years. These are generally event posts. We will try to update these posts each year as the specific event approaches. Other posts will remain for a week to two weeks and these posts will share information about current happenings most specifically in regard to junior high classes. We will also use this blog to make announcements.

For communication purposes it is still valuable to utilize many tools. Please continue to read the Eagle Flyer and email blasts that come from the school. Also, feel free to email our teachers at any time.

It is our desire to continue to improve the communication between the school and our families. Please become a follower of The Beak Blog so that you will receive and updates as they are published.

God's Blessings to you and your families,

Timothy Pearce
Secondary Vice Principal

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Junior High Winter Olympics - (updated 01/27/15)


Every year our high school students go to the mountains for a week at the beginning of second semester. During that week the junior high takes the opportunity to do something a little different. We do academics in the morning and then on four of our afternoons the classes compete in the Junior High Winter Olympics. The students have the opportunity to participate in events such as; chariot races, obstacle courses, the shoe kick, the acclaimed Great Ice Melt, among many other enjoyable rivalries.

Each class selects a team name and a theme song, creates a flag, and selects something to wear that shows unity. Each class is assigned a portion of our bleachers and they may decorate as they see fit. The classes earn spirit points based on the competitions as well as team unity, team spirit and obedience.

Students need to wear their uniform in the morning, but they may change at lunch, into clothing that is better suited for the event.
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FINAL EXAMS - (updated 01/27/15)

In junior high we begin preparing students for high school and beyond. One of the ways in which this is accomplished is by the administering of final exams. These exams will take place at the end of first semester which is also the end of second quarter and at the end of second semester which is also the end of fourth quarter.

During final exam week we will have a two and a half day special finals schedule. Each teacher will have approximately an hour and forty minutes in which to administer that class's final exam.
It is good to be aware of this week of testing, so that families can make sure that they do not schedule other events or vacations at this time. Making-up a missed final can be done, but it can be very difficult.

Throughout the year, it is a good practice to save all tests and quizzes from each particular class, as more often than not final exams will be created from a collection of questions or type of questions that the student has already seen or experienced.

Final exams count for 1/7 of the student's semester grade. This score will be averaged with the two quarters of the semester. Each of that semester's two quarters will count as 3/7 of the semester grade.
Most of your child's classes will administer a final exam. It is possible, however, for a quarter class or an elective, not to have a final exam. Study Hall, student aid and other such classes will most likely not have a final exam, but your child will still attend those classes for an extended period of time during the final exam week.

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