Regular Engagement and Community Values

Two categories that together make up 10% of your grade. Both recognize that being a CPA student means showing up consistently and living out your values every day.

Holistic tier · 5% of overall grade

Regular Engagement

This category measures how consistently you engage with your schoolwork throughout the week. The goal is not just whether work gets done — it is whether you are showing up regularly and spreading your effort across multiple days rather than cramming everything into one session.

What counts as engagement

Full-time students (regular semester): Your teacher looks at both your Daily Discussion Forum (DDF) participation and your digital textbook login activity. The DDF is required every school day for full-time students. Missing DDF posts may lower your engagement score at your teacher’s discretion, even if your textbook logins are strong.

Part-time students: Engagement is measured primarily through digital textbook logins. The DDF is not required for part-time students. If you voluntarily post in the DDF during a week where your textbook engagement was weak, your teacher may use that as a recovery signal — raising your score by up to 1 point. This is a recovery tool, not a bonus.

Scoring — 5 points per section

Score	What the teacher sees
5 / 5	Strong, consistent engagement across the week. Work spread across multiple days. DDF participation on most school days. Both venues active for full-time students.
3–4 / 5	Moderate engagement. Present on multiple days but not fully consistent. One venue may be stronger than the other.
1–2 / 5	Minimal engagement. Work concentrated in one or two sessions. Little evidence of distributed effort.
0 / 5	No engagement recorded. No digital textbook activity and no DDF posts for the section.

Summer school — DDF attendance policy

In summer school, DDF is 100% required every school day. The first two absences are handled by the rubric only. Starting with the 3rd absence, a direct grade deduction applies per school policy:

Absence	1 course	2 courses	3 courses
1st & 2nd	Rubric only	Rubric only	Rubric only
3rd+	−3% per absence	−2% per course	−1% per course

This is a school policy applied separately from the rubric score. There is no double-penalty on absences 1 and 2.

Holistic tier · 5% of overall grade

Faith-Based Community Values in Action (Faith-in-Action)

Each section, as part of your pre-meeting reflection, you identify one of ten ESLR standards and describe a specific way you put it into practice — in school, at home, or in your community. This is the applied expression of Faith-Based Community Values in Action.

This is not graded on how spiritual you sound. It is graded on whether you made a genuine effort to reflect and act. All students — including non-Christian students — can earn full credit.

The ten Faith-in-Action standards

[1]

Scripture and obedience

Reading the Bible and letting it shape your real-life choices.

[2]

Prayer

Praying with purpose — for yourself and for others.

[3]

Compassionate service

Seeing a need around you and doing something about it.

[4]

Evangelism and witnessing

Sharing your faith through your words and actions.

[5]

Integrity in academics

Doing your own work honestly — as an act of worship.

[6]

Building community

Encouraging others and unifying people.

[7]

Stewardship of time

Using your time and talents in ways that honor God.

[8]

Critical biblical thinking

Testing ideas against Scripture before going along with them.

[9]

Tech and outreach

Using digital skills to create, connect, and serve.

[10]

Holy living and discipleship

Pursuing spiritual growth and investing in others.

How it is scored

Level	What it looks like	Credit
Full credit	You submitted your reflection, selected an ESLR standard, gave a specific and genuine description of how you practiced it, and identified one concrete growth step for next section.	100%
Partial credit	You submitted a reflection but the description was vague or you forgot a growth step. Something genuine was attempted but not complete. Teacher discretion applies.	50%
No credit	Reflection not submitted, or the Faith-in-Action section was empty or clearly not genuine.	0%