Hazlet Middle School: School Counseling

Promotion Guidelines

Seventh Grade Promotion Standards

  • Students who fail three (3) or more major subjects* will be retained.

  • Students who fail one (1) or two (2) major subjects will be required to attend summer school to repeat the subject(s).

  • Failure to pass any subject in summer school will result in automatic retention.

Eighth Grade Promotion Standards

  • Students who fail three (3) or more subjects will be retained.

  • Students who fail one (1) major subject will be required to attend summer school to repeat the subject. They will be permitted to take part in the promotion exercises but will not receive a promotion certificate until they have successfully completed summer school. Students who fail two (2) major subjects will be required to attend summer school to repeat the subjects failed. They may not be permitted to take part in the promotion exercises and will receive a promotion certificate only upon successfully completing summer school.

*The following are considered major subjectsEnglish, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.