HTS Examination Expectations

and Schedule

As part of a process that prepares students thoroughly for post-secondary academics, all students from grade 7 through 12 write final exams. Middle School students write five 90 minute exams, one per day in their homerooms, and Senior School students write together, university style, in the gymnasium.

Exam Schedule:

While the schedule has gone through several revisions with input from students and faculty, it may yet change a bit more. Check back closer to exams to be sure you have the latest copy. Download Examination Schedule (posted January 22)

General Information:

1. The Middle School will write in Middle School classrooms.
2. The Senior School will write all of their exams in the gyms. Students are asked to wait in the atrium adjacent to the dining room before being being seated. There will be no entrance to the exam room from any other points.
3. Senior Students are advised to bring all bags into the examination room and to leave phones with the exam room proctors.
4. Students are advised to read the Exam Expectations found on this page, as they will be held accountable for them and may be refused entry to the exam room if they are not in compliance with them.
5. Students with special needs will write in a classroom designated by the Guidance Department.

Examination Conflicts:

While every effort has been made to eliminate conflicts, some will occur. Students who notice they have two examinations scheduled for the same time need to complete an exam conflict form and present it or e-mail it to Mr. Burke. Download Conflict Form.

The Exam Expectations and Routines:

Students are advised to read this section carefully as they will be held accountable for it.

1. Students will remain outside the examination room until invited to enter by the faculty.
2. Students must remain silent once inside the examination room and wait for announcements.
3. Students may only touch the exam materials on their desk once they have been invited to do so by a faculty member.
4. Students must be properly attired in school uniform to be allowed into the examination room. Boys are to be cleanly shaven. Running shoes and slippers are not permitted. Faculty members will prevent students from entering the examination room until uniform irregularities are corrected.
5. Students who have questions, require additional paper, or require use of the washroom are to raise their hands.
6. Students may not leave the examination room until at least half the allotted time has passed and not before an invigilator has collected their examination.
7. In the case of a fire alarm sounding during the examination, students are to exit the building quickly and silently and gather by the parking lot. Students are expected to remain silent.
8. Student are advised to bring purses and book bags into the exam room and place them where directed by invigilators.
9. Cell phones, iPods or any other wireless or memory capable devices must be turned off and placed on the invigilation desk at the front of the exam room.
10. Food and drinks are not permitted in the examination room.
11. Grade 9’s are required to turn in their text books upon entering the exam room
12. Failure to follow these expectations may result in the awarding of a zero or another penalty.

Missed Examinations - Policy and Procedures From the Handbook

Writing exams is an opportunity for students to draw together various ideas and concepts and to utilize that information in the process of writing. Students who miss exams do not adequately develop this thinking skill and, from another perspective, create problems for teachers trying to mark, meet deadlines and make appropriate assessments of student work on their report cards.

1. Student absence from an exam for medical reasons must be verified by a doctor's certificate which must be given to the Director of Academics when the student returns.
2. Student absence from an exam for any reason other than a medical one must have prior permission from the Director of Academics following a written request from the parents. Permission will be granted only in exceptional cases. Dates of examination periods are scheduled a year in advance. Vacation plans must not be made to conflict with those dates.
3. If a student is sick on the day of an exam a parent must call the office to advise the school of the absence.
4. The school will attempt to reschedule any exams missed by students for a valid reason during the exam period on the first few days thereafter. Doing so may result in a delay in completion of the reports. If a teacher is able to estimate a mark, then such a mark will be entered and denoted by the abbreviation (EST). This mark would then be deleted and the new one added once the exam has been written and marked.