TAKS Information and NEW Poteet TAKS Exemption Policy
Tuesday, February 20th - ELA TAKS Test!
9th Grade Reading
10th Grade ELA
11th Grade Exit ELA
12th Grade ELA Retest
9th/10th SDAA ELA/Writing
All non-testing students need to arrive at 12:30 for 3A/4A classes.
Testing students - the test will begin promptly at 8:35 AM! Be on time! Breakfast will be served in the cafeteria from 7:50 - 8:20. You will also be able to purchase a sack lunch from the cafeteria that morning. The cafeteria will NOT be open for lunches. Testing students need to either bring a sack lunch or purchase one from the cafeteria that morning before 8:20 AM. Non-testing students need to eat before they arrive on campus at 12:30.
What to bring:
- two #2 pencils
- a book to read (with your name on it)
- a sack lunch including a drink (may be stored in your locker or brought to the testing room
What NOT to bring:
- cell phone (leave at home, in your car, or in your locker)
- iPods, .mp3 players, any electronic device (do NOT bring into testing room!)
- Purses and bags will be stored in the front of the testing room
3A - 12:35 - 2:05
4A - 2:10 - 3:45
NEW Poteet TAKS Exemption Policy
Poteet High School will be participating in the district TAKS exemption pilot program. For the spring semester of 2007, the following guidelines will be used to determine exemptions for certain final exams. The Pilot program will only affect students in their core classes that are tied to a TAKS exam. The exemption policy will only apply to 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students. The district's original exemption policy is still in effect, but the TAKS exemption policy will take precedence. The TAKS exemption policy states that a student who passes a TAKS exam will be exempt from the semester final exam for that core class.
9th grade students will be eligible to gain an exemption in their math class by passing their math TAKS test and an exemption in their English class for passing the 9th grade Reading TAKS test.
10th and 11th grade students will be eligible to gain exemption in Math, Science, Social Studies, and English classes by passing the TAKS test related to that class. For those students who do not pass the TAKS test, the original exemption policy will be in effect.