I am trying to prepare the kids for the High School experience they will be having next year. The current freshman are struggling a little bit with the volume of work and the speedier pace of classes. We want to see our students comfortable, confident, and succesful at WHS. We are trying to ease our eighth graders into the study and homework habits they will need when they arrive at WHS. Many students are saying that they felt unprepared for some of the new standards such as not having their late homework accepted, having to study or do homework every night in order to maintain a "b" average, and not being able to re-take tests.
My students will be having a homework assignment of some kind every night from now on, and late work (for homework only) will not be accepted. Any homework not done, forgotten, or lost will be entered as a zero and will remain a zero.(This does not apply to absences. If a student is absent, he /she should turn in their work upon their return. If a student is absent when an assignment is given he/she has the standard amount of time to make it up.) Please let me know if you need any information on what your child should be doing at home. You can check the Spanish or French Agenda here on my blog for updates and specific assignments.
Students have just completed their mid-term exams and within the next week you will be receiving a recommendation form to guide you in deciding your child's placement for next year. I will email you again when those go home and students will be expected to have them signed and return them to me.
No comments:
Post a Comment