1) The document provides answers to frequently asked questions about checking forms, yearend activities, promotions, honors, ceremonies and other policies for the 2017-2018 school year.
2) It clarifies what information should be written in remarks sections, who can give speeches on behalf of completes, whether CAT is included for senior high, policies around honors and promotions.
3) The document provides guidance on determining promotions versus retention, requirements for attached documents, authorized changes to surnames, and policies when original documents cannot be presented.
1) The document provides answers to frequently asked questions about checking forms, yearend activities, promotions, honors, ceremonies and other policies for the 2017-2018 school year.
2) It clarifies what information should be written in remarks sections, who can give speeches on behalf of completes, whether CAT is included for senior high, policies around honors and promotions.
3) The document provides guidance on determining promotions versus retention, requirements for attached documents, authorized changes to surnames, and policies when original documents cannot be presented.
for SY 2017-2018 What to write on the “Remarks” in school forms?
In SF9 (Form 138) & SF10 (Form 137),
PASSED or FAILED
In SF5 ( Report on Promotion)
PROMOTED /CONDITIONAL LY PROMOTED /RETAINED Who will give the Speech on behalf of the completes /graduates?
• In Elementary and Junior High, all students who
got the highest general averages in regular class and special programs (SSES, STE, SP-ICT,SPA, SPJ and SPS)
•In Senior High School, only 1 will deliver the
speech regardless of the strand In CAT Included in the Senior High School? May or may not be included, not graded
Teachers can included other subjects, eg. CAT, under the
learning areas
CAT is under MAPEH subject
CAT is encouraged to be a community service and not a
military training Can students with line of 7 grades be included in the honor roll?
• Yes (as long as the student meets the GA of 90%
and passed all the subjects, DepEd Order No. 36, s. 2016) Who are promoted? Retained?
• Promoted those who passed all learning areas
• Retained those who failed in 3 or more subjects • Conditionally promoted those who failed in 1 or 2 subjects If retained, will the student take all the subject?
• No, only the failing subjects
How to determine the honors in Grade 12?
Get the General Average in 4
Semesters (Grades 11 and 12) Will there be Moving Up Ceremony for Kindergarten and Head Start?
• No Moving Up Ceremony for Kindergarten
and head start In Secondary schools, is it moving up or completion ceremony or graduation?
In JHS, it should be Completion Ceremony
In SHS, it should be Graduation Ceremony / First Commencement Exercises When to conduct recognition day? In small elementary schools, conduct recognition day and graduation at the same time and date In big elementary schools, conduct separate dates for recognition and graduation In small secondary schools, conduct a separate recognition day. Completion and graduation should be conducted on the same date and time In big secondary schools, conduct separate dates for recognition day, completion and graduation ceremony. Where to write additional subjects( eg. SP-ICT,SPA,SPS,STE. Etc) in school form?
• Use the vacant space in SF 9 and SF 10
If there are failing grades, what documents should be attached by the advisers/ subject teachers? • Remedial forms and reports(schedules, list of failing students, lesson plan for remedial class) • Students portfolio • Teachers porfolio • List of competencies not mastered • Anecdotal records • Home visitation report • Any other documents (class records, attendance, etc) •All documents should be signed by the immediate superior and principal Is “Student Profile” required to be attached to school forms?
• Yes, with attached updated photo and information
• Student Profile should be provided by the Guidance Coordinator Should birth certificate be attached to the school forms?
• Yes, it should be original and complete
NSO or PSA birth certificate pages Who is authorized to change surnames due to the acknowledgement of the father in the school forms?
• Upon the presentation of the documents, the
teachers /adviser should change the new surname If the learner can’t present or provide the original NSO or PSA birth certificate, what should the teachers do?
• Require the parents of all the students most
especially the parents of the graduating students. If the learner failed to provide form 137 from his/her previous school especially from private schools, will he/she allowed to be promoted in the next grade level?
• NO, require them to provide the
necessary forms Should the EPS or monitoring supervisor attend and confirm in the graduation ceremony in elementary schools?
• Yes, the PSDS should provide the
monitoring EPS with the schedules If the student failed to take remedial class during summer for his / her 1 or 2 failing subjects, should he/ she take the subjects during the whole year of the next SY?
• The student should only take the
unmastered competencies. If a graduating student have failing grades from present or previous grade levels, will he/she be allowed to join in the graduations ceremony?
• NO, attendance in the graduation ceremony
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