Grades!

First I just want to say good job to everyone that tried to take the AP exam yesterday. Some of you are done now, but some weren't able to submit your answers and will be taking the makeup. I am still available to help you practice, and I will still be scoring FRQs on AP Classroom.

Now, on to grades! I have to submit grades by end of business day on Thursday, May 21st (Monday for seniors). I am going to start posting them now, but I can change them up until Thursday. Remember, YOUR SEMESTER GRADE WILL NOT BE POSTED LOWER THAN YOUR Q3 GRADE, no matter what Synergy says. If you think I've made a mistake, LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY.

I want to say thank you to all of the students that had a perfectly decent Q3 grade, but chose to complete their physics work anyway. This shows the sort of work ethic and intrinsic motivation that universities and employers look for, and I would indicate that in any recommendation letters you may ask me to write next year.

If you would like to try to raise your grade in the next week, you can! You have a lot of options:

• I'm accepting retakes of all tests, including the rotational dynamics take-home test that literally said "no retakes" on it. Just email me to request the retake of any test.
• Turn in any missing work at all, no matter how old it is. Then when nothing is missing, you can do extra credit until you have 100% in the homework category (can't go higher though)
• Fix labs
• Take the optional electricity unit test. You only get one shot at that, but I also only put it in if it helps your grade.

Note that, as stated in the syllabus, I will round a grade up if nothing is missing and you are 0.5% or less away.

Please email me or use Remind if you have any questions or need any help, even after next Thursday.

And now, a cat photo.