1.2.2

Section 1 — The New Grading Model

Your Grade: Meeting Attendance and Faith-in-Action

These two holistic tier categories together account for 15% of your overall grade and apply to every course you are taking.

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Holistic tier — 10% of overall grade

Meeting Attendance

Your meeting attendance score is entered once per section and applies to all your courses. It is made up of three components totaling 10 points:

Component	Max points	What earns full credit
Attendance	4	Present at your scheduled meeting. First reschedule per semester = full credit. Second+ = 0.
Punctuality	2	Joining within 2 minutes of meeting start. Your teacher uses their judgment for borderline situations.
Preparation	4	All work done, your Calvary course pages open in separate browser tabs — one per course, each at the correct section — assignments organized and ready to present.
Total	10

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Holistic tier — 5% of overall grade

Faith-Based Community Values in Action (Faith-in-Action)

Each meeting, as part of your pre-meeting reflection, you choose one of ten ESLR faith-in-action standards and describe a specific way you put it into practice during the week — at school, at home, or in your community. This is the applied expression of Faith-Based Community Values in Action.

This is not graded on how spiritual you sound. It is graded on whether you made a genuine effort to reflect and act. Non-Christian students can earn full credit by demonstrating genuine character and community values in practice.

The ten Faith-in-Action standards

#	Standard	What it looks like in practice
1	Scripture and obedience	Reading the Bible and letting it shape a real decision you made this week
2	Prayer	Praying with purpose for yourself or someone else — not just out of habit
3	Compassionate service	Seeing a need and actually doing something about it
4	Evangelism and witnessing	Sharing your faith naturally through your words or how you treated someone
5	Integrity in academics	Doing your own work honestly — refusing to use AI to cheat is a great example
6	Building community	Encouraging a classmate, resolving a conflict humbly, or unifying people
7	Stewardship of time	Making intentional choices about how you spend your time and energy
8	Critical biblical thinking	Thinking carefully about an idea rather than just going along with it
9	Tech and outreach	Using digital skills to create, connect, or serve — not just for entertainment
10	Holy living and discipleship	Pursuing spiritual growth and investing in others around you

How it is scored

Level	What it looks like	Credit
Full credit	Specific genuine description of faith or values in action + one concrete growth step for next section. Qualifying venues: DDF interaction, prayer forum, club participation, service, acts of encouragement.	100%
Partial credit (teacher discretion)	Reflection submitted but vague or missing the growth step. Something real was attempted.	50%
No credit	Meeting Prep Survey not submitted before the meeting, or the faith-in-action section was empty or clearly hollow.	0%