Grade-level and School Policies

Grading Policy and Completed Work

      In order to assure that students master curriculum and to foster an environment where perseverance and resiliency are valued, students will be able to retake graded assignments that scored lower than a 70. Report cards will be posted online in Skyward every nine weeks. The first report card will be provided at Parent/Teacher Conferences at the end of the first quarter.

      Completed classwork will be sent home in the "Keep Home" pocket of your child's blue "Take Home Folder".  We encourage you to sit with your child and go over their work with them. These papers are yours to keep! A weekly planner and behavior tracking chart will stay inside the blue folder throughout the year.

Homework Policy and Expectations

      Your child will have homework on a regular basis in order to practice academic skills and personal responsibility. Math homework will be given on a weekly basis--assigned Monday, due Friday--in order to reinforce the current skill from class (new skills will not be included).  Just as importantly, the week-long period allows students to develop their time management and organization abilities. Similarly, students will receive study guides for many of their tests about a week in advance, which will help them develop study habits.

      We also ask that our students are reading a good-fit book 20 minutes each night, which does "count" in their homework time. It is very important that children read at least 20 minutes each night. This article and image provides information on the research and logic behind the number:  https://www.k12reader.com/why-read-20-minutes-a-day/. 

      If your child completes the math assignment in one sitting, their homework time (including reading) should not take more than 40 minutes. If it is consistently taking your child more than 40 minutes, let us know, and we will work together to find out the cause and come up with solutions!