Week of Septemer 29, 2008

How Important Are Grades?
It’s hard to believe that the end of the first quarter is nearly here. Officially, the quarter ends on October 17. Progress reports were sent out the week before last, so everyone should have a copy by now. Progress reports, like report cards, are good feedback tools to communicate how each student is doing. It shows both performance and ability.

Reporting grades can also give us a chance to see where more work is needed. Students may need closer monitoring academically or just simply encouragement. Whatever the case may be, using grades to monitor students’ progress is a good practice. I encourage parents and students to go online and check their grades regularly (weekly). A link to online grades and teacher gradebooks for each student in all subjects can be found in the links section on this page and on our website’s homepage for quick access. If you have any difficulties getting online, call the office (788.0925) and we’ll walk you through it.

Thank you to everyone for taking the time to complete our weekly surveys/polls found on this page. Working together we can achieve our goal of helping our students become Leaders in Learning.

Sports
Congratulations to our sports teams for a strong posting last week. The Lady Hawks swept Burton while falling to Garvey in a very close match-up. The Cross-country team took third once again with many of our Hawk runners improving their times. We are continuing to get better every meet. Congratulations also to our men’s football team for crushing Garvey. Execution was key and we’re very proud of our squad. In fact, if you have come out this year, you know all our teams are strong performers. If you haven’t attended one of our teams’ games, come out and join us this week. I am sure you will be just as impressed with our teams as I am.