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How To Calculate Weighted Grades

For the 2026-2027 school year grading categories will be weighted in my classes in accordance with Warwick grading policies.

 My categories for Honors Biology:

  • Learning Activities: Classwork, worksheets, select group activities, select labs, things withina unit.
  • Concluding Activities: Tests, select labs, things at the endof a unit.
  • Homework: Assignments that must be completed outside of class for practice.  They will be checked for completion and will be tracked in the grade book.
My categories for AP Biology
  • Exams and Presentations
  • Lab Reports and Lab Assignments
  • Classwork and Homework

Honors Biology 221
Learning activities will be weighted at 40%, tests and quizzes at 60%, and homework at 0%.  To calculate the grade, follow these steps:

  1. Add up the points you earned for all the activities in a category.
  2. Divide this by the total points possible in that category.
  3. Multiply this by the following.
    1. 0.40 for Learning Activities Category
    2. 0.60 for Concluding Activities Category
    3. 0.00 for Homework Category
  4. Add together the three numbers from step 3.  This is the grade.
  5. Students completing at least 90% of items in the homework category will earn an additional 1% added to their marking period grade at the end of the respective marking period.

AP Biology
Exams and presentations will be weighted at 50%, lab reports and lab assignments at 30%, and classwork and homework at 20%.  To calculate the grade, follow these steps:

  1. Add up the points you earned for all the activities in a category.
  2. Divide this by the total points possible in that category.
  3. Multiply this by the following.
    1. 0.50 for Exam & Presentation Category
    2. 0.30 for Lan Report and Lab Assignment Category
    3. 0.20 for Classwork and Homework Category
  4. Add together the three numbers from step 3.  This is the grade.