Our Vision

Long Island City High School is committed to the development of a safe and productive learning environment that fosters a meaningful and respectful collaboration among students, staff, parents/guardians, families and the community in order to achieve common goals. With a strong focus on promoting literacy and communication skills across the curriculum, instruction is delivered through Smaller Learning Communities.  Our curriculum and school practices are shaped by the consistent collection and analysis of data, rituals, routines, active engagement, and opportunities to apply new knowledge supporting a culture of responsibility, ownership, achievement and diversity for self-directed lifelong learning.   A strong and productive learning classroom environment requires daily attendance, timeliness to classes, preparedness, and the tools and focus necessary to engage with higher order thinking tasks.

• Teachers shall use daily, ongoing checks for understanding of content and attainment of skills. 

•  Teachers shall use summative assessments regularly to measure student progress toward mastery of the NYS P-12 Learning Standards by Content Area.  These standards can be found on the NSED Web Site.  We require proficiency in all NYS commencement learning standards. We encourage mastery level proficiency, meeting the New York State Learning Standards for all areas of study.

• Report Card grades will be distributed six times per year.

• Fall and Spring Parent/Teacher conferences are opportunities for students and parents to collaborate with teachers regarding students’ academic progress.  Parents/Guardians and families may schedule additional progress meetings with teacher teams through their Smaller Learning Communities’ Guidance Counselors. Please see the Parent Teacher Conference Page (click here) for more information.

• Grades are cumulative.  Grades represent a student’s level of mastery of content.  The final grade reflects the quality of the work the student has completed for the course.  It will be the only grade that appears on the student’s transcript.  Students will be provided catch-up opportunities to improve their grades throughout the term. For more information about after school and Saturday tutoring, please see the Tutoring Page (click here).

• Students who demonstrate a proficient or better score on a NYS Regents or Alternative Assessment may use that score to replace a summative assessment for which they did not demonstrate proficiency during that course’s tenure.

• Students entitled to accommodations based on their ENL or IEP or 504 must receive those accommodations to support mastery of content.

Please see your classroom teachers for  additions to the above grading policies and instructional expectations for each  class.