Exemption Information

Exam Dates and Exemptions

Exam Schedule 2025-2026

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May 18

Regular schedule for all students until 1:10.
Exam for H or I period 1:15 – 3:15

May 19

Exam for A1 (red) period 7:45 – 9:15
Exam for C2 (blue) or D2 (blue) period 9:20 – 10:50

May 20

Exam for B1 (red) period 7:45 – 9:15
Exam for B2 (blue) period 9:20 – 10:50

May 21

Exam for C1 (red) or D1 (red) period 7:45 – 9:15
Exam for A2 (blue) period 9:20 – 10:50

Final Exams & Exemptions

Ninth, tenth, eleventh, and first-semester twelfth grade students may exempt one exam. Twelfth grade may exempt all exams in the 2nd semester. A student may not exempt the same exam both semesters, except in the case of a second-semester senior. Students enrolled in AP classes, and taking the AP exam, are eligible for an additional exemption for each AP class in the spring but must take those exams in the fall. Please note that the attendance component has been added back into the exemption qualifications. In order to qualify for an exemption, the student must have the following:

“A” average with no more than 3 absences in the class for the semester
“B” average with no more than 2 absences in the class for the semester.
There must be no grade less than a “C” on any nine weeks to qualify for an exemption in a class.
A semester average of a “C” may not exempt.

Semester exams will be counted as follows: Sixth grade – exams count as the last grade of the term Seventh grade – 10% of the semester average Eighth grade – 15% of the semester average Ninth and Tenth grade – 20% of the semester average Eleventh and Twelfth – 25% of the semester average

A parent note explaining the absence will result in the absence being excused, but it WILL count against exemptions.
A doctor's note explaining the absence will result in the absence being excused, and it WILL NOT count against exemptions.
A negative COVID test will result in a one-day absence being excused, and it WILL NOT count against exemptions.
A positive COVID test will result in a 5-day absence being excused, and those days WILL NOT count against exemptions.
Other absences that WIL NOT count against exemptions include funeral attendance, legal appointments, driver's license renewal, school field trips, and athletic events.

Other absences may be dismissed by appeal only. An appeal form must e submitted with documentation and will be reviewed by administration prior to exams. The following will be the only absences considered for apeal.

Funerals
Extended Hospital Stay
Injury at School
Serious Medical Condition

Second Semester Exams: Students taking AP courses who also take the AP exam may be automatically exempt from their end of the year course final exam if they meet the attendance and grade requirements listed above. Exemptions in an AP course are in addition to those listed above.

Parents should not make plans for students to take semester finals early. Those who miss finals will receive an "I" and will have to make up the final exam during the summer. If it is necessary to request a student take an exam early, the parent must emailMrs. Derry, the academic advisor at kderry@faithwest.org. Teachers cannot give permission to take exams early.

On the days that midterm exams and final exams are given dismissal time will be 11:00. All secondary students must leave campus at that time. Please arrange for your child to be picked up promptly.

Carpool Schedule during Finals

May 18

6th-12th grade students not taking an exam will be dismissed at 1:15 pm. Please pick students up from the fountain area at that time. We will not run an organized carpool at 1:15. There will be a 3:15 pm carpool on this day. No extended care for 6th – 12th graders on this day. Extended care will run as usual for elementary students

May 19-20

Secondary students will be dismissed at 11:00 (there will be a carpool at 11:00). If your child only has a 7:45 am exam on either of these days, you will need to pick up at 9:15 am (this will not be a formal carpool). No extended care for 6th – 12th graders on this day. Extended care will run as usual for elementary students

May 21 There will be a carpool at 11:00. There is no Extended Care on this day. All students who normally go to Extended Care must be picked up by 11:00.