Your grade is more than your digital textbook score

The digital textbook (Edmentum) accounts for only 40% of your overall grade. The other 60% comes from your scheduled teacher meeting, daily attendance and engagement, assigned work completion, and faith in action. Doing well in the digital textbook is important — but it is not enough on its own.

Regular attendance counts toward your grade

Showing up every school day in the Daily Discussion Forum is how attendance is tracked at CPA. It counts toward your grade as part of the Regular Engagement category. 

Your scheduled meeting counts toward your grade — come prepared

Meeting Attendance is worth 10% of your overall grade. Your teacher scores you on whether you showed up, whether you were on time, and whether you were fully prepared. Use the resources in the Meeting Prep class to help you prepare before every meeting. A student who arrives organized and ready to present earns full points from the first minute.

CPA requires you to put your faith into action every week

Faith-Based Community Values in Action — called Faith-in-Action — is worth 5% of your overall grade. Before your scheduled meeting, complete the reflection in the Meeting Prep class and be ready to discuss it with your teacher. Choose one of the ten standards, describe something specific you did, and identify a growth step for next week.

Your courses are on the CPA website — not just the digital textbook

Log in at calvaryonlineschool.org to access your Moodle course pages. Most courses assign lessons from a digital textbook that Edmentum curriculum — but the Moodle course page is your command center. Everything you need to do is organized there.

Follow the Calvary course page — do not wander through the digital textbook

Your Moodle course page tells you exactly what to complete and in what order. Not everything in the digital textbook is assigned. Do not open the textbook and work through it on your own — only complete the activities listed on your Calvary course page. If it is not on the page, it is not assigned.

Courses are broken into 18 sections — complete one section per each school week (Fall and/or Spring)

Every course at CPA has 18 sections. During the school year, the pace is one section per each school week. Check your welcome email for your assigned pacing. If anything is unclear, ask your teacher right away — falling behind is much harder to fix than staying current.

You cannot pass by only completing the digital textbook

The CPA grading model requires you to present a portfolio of your work — projects, worksheets, papers, labs, oral reports, and more — directly to your teacher in real time during your scheduled meeting. Your teacher will ask you to explain and defend what you learned. Submitted work alone is not enough.

Missing a meeting or skipping a day hurts your grade

During the school year the impact is immediate. If your meeting does not happen for any reason, do not stop working — your assigned work is still due at the original meeting time. Keep up with the daily schedule so you do not fall behind. Contact your teacher as soon as you can. Communication before the missed meeting is always better than silence after it.

You have more support at CPA than you might think

CPA offers tutoring workshops, clubs (Fall and Spring semesters), open office hours, and a pastoral teacher available for prayer and encouragement. Every staff member at CPA is here to support you. If you need help — academically, technically, or personally — just ask. You are not expected to figure everything out on your own.