Student Resources

Grades 9-12 Attendance

Even though you are taking courses virtually, your attendance will be monitored.  In order for your attendance to be in good standing, you are expected to login and work a minimum of 5 hours per course per week.  A full-time student taking 6 classes is expected to login and work for 25-30 hours per week to meet attendance requirements and to complete their work on time. You can avoid having absences by making adequate weekly progress in your assigned coursework or by working ahead in your coursework.  Unlike a regular classroom, you can work on assignments 24/7.  If you are ill for a day or two, you can still complete your work throughout the week and not fall behind. 

Please refer to the Princeton High School Handbook for information regarding attendance and truancy.

Please notify Rebecca Fuller, Princeton Online MN Coordinator, at 763-389-6069, or the PHS Attendance Line (763-389-6014)  if you become ill for several days or if you are planning to be out of town for an extended period of time.

Academic Honesty

Students accessing educational programs through Princeton Online MN are expected know the definition of plagiarism and academic dishonesty. You are expected to achieve success with integrity. Academic dishonesty is a serious violation of academic standards and is not acceptable. Please refer to the Princeton High School Handbook.

We encourage all our students to reach out to their teachers and counselors early and often. Each of our staff member is committed to helping you succeed personally and academically.

Search for and access contact information using our Staff Directory.

General Tips

• Posters: You can create a poster with Google Drawing or a make a pamphlet.
• Models: Check with teachers before you start.
• Charts: Use Google sheets to make charts or draw them and upload picture
• Speech or Video: Type up your script or speech and turn it in.

Written Assignments

• Grammar, spelling and punctuation are factored into your grades.
• We suggest you use Grammarly, an extension from Google.
• Citing sources means to list all of the information for the source. Example: Title, author, date of publication, etc.
  • Easy Bib
  • Citation Machine
• You can disregard word count on essay questions. The quality of your answers are more important than the length.

Science Assignments

• If you don’t have the listed supplies, you can substitute materials that will give you similar results. Example: you could use golf balls instead of marbles, cereal instead of peanuts, etc. You are not expected to have fancy scales, weights, chemicals, etc.
  • Example: If it asks for a beaker, you could use a clear jar or clear measuring cup.
• If you can’t substitute, then make your hypothesis and look for a video on Youtube or Khan Academy. Use the Internet to research the experiment online to find the answers. The purpose is for you to understand the concept of the experiment and the results/outcome.

Math Assignments

• Look for math websites that will provide extra examples, definitions or explanations. You can also watch Youtube or Khan Academy videos.
• Upload worksheet assignments to your Google Drive.

Troubleshooting

• Check our FAQs for help troubleshooting assignments.
• If you are still having trouble, reference our Tech Support resources.

The following grading scale will be used by all teachers for all courses.

A	93 – 100%	C	73 – 77%
A -	90 – 92%	C -	70 – 72%
B +	88 - 89%	D +	68 – 69%
B	83 – 87%	D	63 – 67%
B -	80 – 82%	D -	60 – 62%
C +	78 – 79 %	F	59 & below

 

The following category grading breakdown is what is used for typical courses:

• 80% Summative Assessments
• 20% Formative Assessments

Teachers correct assignments Monday–Friday but it may take several days before your grade is reflected online. Scores will typically show as a zero until they have been graded, so please wait a few days before contacting teachers.

All end-of-term grades are posted in Skyward Student Access.

Princeton Public Schools has an advisory program to provide students in grades 9-12 with information in the areas of career awareness and post-secondary education. Full-time online students will access advisory lessons in Schoology and completion scores will be factored into their English grade each trimester. Participation and completion of advisory is a graduation requirement and will be documented each trimester.

Please contact Rebecca Fuller at 763-389-6069 or rebecca.fuller@isd477.org if you have questions.

• Encourage your student not to be nervous to take the test. Their achievement is so much more complex and amazing than what could ever be measured on a test.
• Make sure students get a good night sleep before their test and eat a good breakfast.
• Plan to arrive a little early to the testing location so there is no extra stress put on students to rush out the door.
• The tests will be given on a computer. If your student is not very familiar with using a mouse to scroll, click, and navigate on a computer, it is a good idea to allow them to practice at home so they are familiar with it for test day.