For all-day absences, please call the 24 hour attendance line at 503-399-3298 and leave a message.

If you need to check your student out for an appointment, your student is arriving late due to an appointment, or if you need to reach the attendance secretary, please call 503-399-3069 and press 2.

Please keep in mind that we need enough time to send for your student, calling in advance would be greatly appreciated.

Release from School-Student

Students arriving late to school (unexcused tardy) will need to show their student ID card and get a tardy slip before going to class. They can also pull up studentVue and show us their picture there.

Next Saturday Schools are scheduled for January 21 and January 28.

Our School Counseling Team Member Cristal Ramos (Cb-Gan) will be out on Maternity Leave starting December 5th, through the end of March. Her return date is April 3. There will be a substitute who will be managing her students here part-time starting in January. As always if your student needs immediate attention all Counselors will be helping while she is out.

All Seniors are required to Complete their Personal Education Plan (PEP) to be eligible for graduation. If you have not yet completed your PEP, go to the CIS website and use the “Single Sign On” in the upper right hand corner, select Salem Keizer School District, login using the same sign-in you use for your Chromebook. Complete all activities and you will have met this requirement.

Link to CIS Website: https://oregoncis.uoregon.edu/timeout.aspx

Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Resources

Mental health resources are available to students and families should you find yourself or anyone in your family experiencing struggles with mental health or suicide ideation. Here is a list of services available:

Marion County Youth and Family Crisis Services: Call: 503-576-4673

Oregon Youthline: Call: 1-877-968-8491

Text teen2teen: 839863

Email: Tean2Teen@LinesforLife.org

Chat: https://oregonyouthline.org/

Psychiatric Crisis Center: Call: 503-585-4949

Suicide/Crisis Hotline: Call: 503-581-5535 OR 1-800-560-5535

National Hopeline Network: 1-800-784-2433

SAT-Information can be found on the College Board website

Link to Register: https://mysat.collegeboard.org/login

ACT-Information can be found on the ACT website

School fees can be paid through the online payment portal you can also stop by North to see the bookkeeper to pay in person. We accept checks payable to North High School, cash, or credit card. There is a 2.75% transaction fee for credit card purchases. The purchase of an ASB card, Parking Permit and other fees are optional.

Making a payment through the Online Payment Portal:

• Go to the online link: https://skpay.salkeiz.k12.or.us/

• User Name: Student ID number (found on students ASB/ID card)

• Password: Student Last Name (Case sensitive - as it appears in ParentVUE)

*Make sure to keep a copy of your receipt for your records. You will need to bring in a copy of the receipt if you are purchasing a parking permit.

We believe that by providing students with clear targets for academic success, specific feedback, and consistent academic expectations from classroom to classroom, students will be empowered to take control of their learning to work toward graduation and their future success after high school.

North Salem Grading Scale

4-Highly Proficient- Can do the skill really well/Has thorough knowledge 4-3.2 A

3-Proficient-Can do the skill well/Has strong knowledge 3.19-2.4 B

2-Developing Proficiency -Can do the skill/Has basic knowledge 2.39-1.6 C

1-Emerging Proficiency Can do the skill minimally/Has minimum knowledge 1.59-0.8 D

0-No Proficiency Demonstrated No demonstration of learning. No work submitted 0.79-0 F

School-Wide Expectations

All classroom teachers will grade standards-based assignments/assessments entered into Synergy on a 4-0 scale:

• 4-Highly Proficient
• 3-Proficient
• 2-Developing Proficiency
• 1-Emerging Proficiency
• 0-No Proficiency Demonstrated

All classroom teachers will report A-F grades according to the following range:

• A-4-3.2
• B-3.19-2.4
• C-2.39-1.6
• D-1.59-.8
• F-.79-0

All student grades will be based on adopted standards–behavior is not graded unless it is directly taught in the class and included in the adopted standards (i.e. CTE Professionalism standards).

All classroom teachers will ensure students have the opportunity to reassess their learning on all standards and summative assessments. Retakes on standards-based summative assessments that follow department policy may be taken through the duration of the student’s enrollment in the course (i.e. end of the semester).

All classroom teachers will use Synergy for communicating grades to families and students.

All classroom teachers will include the following on their syllabus:

• Belief statement about Common Equitable Grading
• Grading Scale
• Reporting range aligned with letter grades
• PLC Priority Standards for the course that will be assessed
• Department weighting system
• Department policy regarding deadlines for formative assessments/practice
• School-wide policy regarding deadlines for summative assessments
• Department policy regarding retakes for summative assessments
• Departments will share syllabi with the Curriculum Assistant Principal

Practices and Policies to be Determined by Departments

Each department will decide which weighting system of the three below they will use:

· Grades will be determined 100% by summative assessments

· Grades will be determined 90% by summative assessments & 10% formative assessment/practice

· Grades will be determined 70% by summative assessments & 30% formative assessment/practice

Each department will decide the policy they will use regarding deadlines for formative assessments/practice.

Each department will decide what the common practice for retakes for summative assessments.

1. Hall Pass Guidelines
2. Electronics Policy
3. Dress Code: INS-A025-Dress Code Student.pdf
4. Guidance for Dress Code Enforcement: INS-W053-Guidance for Dress Code Enforcement.pdf
5. Tardy Policy