Parent Information

The students who receive support services have had a psycho-education evaluation and/or a speech evaluation and have exhibited between aptitude and achievement. Evaluation data, formal and informal assessments are used to develop annual IEP's with appropriate goals and objectives. An individual criterion for the mastery of each objective is included in the IEP as are methods by which mastery will be assessed. In addition to academic requirements, all students must also meet the attendance policy requirements of the district. Students in grades 6-8 will participate in the grade level district assessment called the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) in the winter. Students in grades 6-8 will participate in statewide assessments called the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) in the spring as well as SCReady. Students may be given accommodations on the MAP, PASS and SCReady tests; however, these accommodations must be on their IEP and must also be used in the regular education classroom during testing situations. Reporting to parents will be done every 4.5 weeks through progress reports. Goals and objectives on the IEP will be updated quarterly and the results of the students' progress will be provided to the parent/guardian. Evaluations to measure progress will include curriculum-based assessments, teacher-made tests, standardized tests, and teacher observations paired with the recording of data. Portfolios of the students' work will be maintained and kept in each students' Progress Monitoring folders. Progress Monitoring folders are kept in the classroom and put in the due process file at the end of the school year.

Parents, please take advantage of checking out your child's teacher website. There is a lot of important information to be found there like homework assignments, upcoming tests, and quizzes, as well as some very important updates for the kids to remember.

If you need to contact me for any reason, please call me at (864) 355-1452

or you can email me at nwashington@greenville.k12.sc.us

I am looking forward to working with your children and helping them reach their fullest potential.