Monday, June 1, 2020

Remember September

Every once in a while I have to inform you about the practicalities of your life as a student. So here goes: practical information.


GRADES

On June 5, at exactly 14:00, the grades will be officially published. In order to be able to check them you should go to our website and just follow the instructions that will allow you to pass this screen.



REGISTRATION FOR 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR

After checking your grades, you may want to attend classes in October. If that is your plan make sure you register for the next school year. Your place is not compromised, but you still need to register.


EXAMS

Once your grades have been published, you can choose to take the certification exam (nivel C1). There are two potential scenarios here:


  • If your are a C1.2 student you don't have to pay for the examination fees. The deadline for registration is June 17. Remember that the exam will be held in September.
  • If you are a C1.1 student but would like to try your luck and take the official C1 exam you can also do it. The difference is: you have to pay and you there is a different schedule for registration. Unfortunately the dates are not available as yet. It will be, obviously, after June 17. I'll keep you posted.

As for the "examen de promoción", it will also be held in September. Remember: even if you have failed to be promoted (on account of a negative progress report) you can still make it to the next level (C1.2 or C2). You don't need to register for the "promotion exam". Just show up on the right date and take the part of the exam that you haven't passed now. Example: if you only failed the listening comprehension exercises that's the skill you will have to redo in September.

At any rate no exam calendar has been published yet, which is only logical. Our school will only be able to welcome half the usual number of students at a time. Therefore ensuring that the health, physical and safety needs are met is going to be rather complicated. To make matters worse the official rules and recommendations may change over the summer. So stay tuned.


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