1. General Student Information: This section, found on the first page, is where identifying information for the student and the context of the report is provided. It includes the student's Name, Teacher, Grade, and School.

2. Attendance: This area tracks your student’s attendance record across the three trimesters (T1, T2, T3). It records the number of Days Absent, Days Present, Days Tardy, and Days Dismissed.

3. Portrait of a Nashoba Graduate Competencies and Work Habits: This section is a detailed evaluation of your student's essential Portrait of a Nashoba Graduate Competencies and work habits as they are demonstrated throughout the school day and applied in their academic learning. 

4. Portrait of a Nashoba Graduate & Work Habit Scale: This box provides the scoring key for the work habits listed in section 3 (and section 9). The scale defines the frequency with which the student demonstrates the habit and competencies.

5.  Academic Key: This is the standards key used by the teacher to assess the student’s mastery of the academic standards listed in section 6.

6. Core Academic Standards: This section shows how your child is progressing toward mastering grade-level skills in each subject. The majority of standards are assessed based on end-of-year expectations, and the scores reflect your child’s current level of mastery at this point in the school year. In most cases, students will not earn a top score of 4 in Trimester 1 or Trimester 2. A score of 4 early in the year is rare and usually only occurs for a specific skill that can be mastered quickly.

As students learn more complex skills over the year, their performance may change. A student who was close to mastering a standard in one trimester may need extra support later as the content becomes more challenging. Throughout the year, learning expectations increase, requiring more advanced thinking, reasoning, and a deeper understanding of concepts. The report card scores reflect this ongoing learning process and show your child’s progress toward mastering end-of-year standards.

7. Classroom Teacher Comments: This space is for narrative feedback from the classroom teacher(s) for each trimester. It is where the teacher(s) can provide personalized insights, highlights, and areas for growth regarding the student's overall performance in the classroom. It is also an area for teachers to report on a student who is exceeding a standard.

Please note, this page becomes a part of your child's report card starting in Grade 1.

8. Related Arts Standards: This section lists the specific learning standards for the Related Arts subjects. The teacher for each subject uses the Academic Key (section 5) to score the student's progress on these standards.

• Kindergarten: Not Assessed in Related Arts

• Grades 1-5 Related Arts: Art, Media Literacy, Digital Learning, Music, Health, and Physical Education

• Grades 6-8 Related Arts: Students have two different types of related arts courses:

  • Year-Long Classes: These courses meet continuously, and you will see a grade for them on every trimester report card: Physical Education, Music or Concert Band, and Spanish.

  • Trimester-Specific Classes (Rotation): These courses meet for only one-third of the school year (one trimester): Art, Health, and Engineering. 

What this means for report cards: You will only see a grade for Art, Health, or Engineering during the specific trimester your student attends that class.

9. Portrait of a Nashoba Graduate Competencies and Work Habits in Related Arts: This section is an evaluation of your student's essential Portrait of a Nashoba Graduate Competencies and work habits as they are demonstrated throughout their Related Arts courses.

10. Related Arts Comments: This section is for optional comments from the Related Arts teachers. Each teacher can write a brief comment specific to the student's participation, effort, and performance in their subject for each trimester. Please note, you will see blank comments when students do not have that trimester-class or if the teacher does not enter a comment.