Accelerated Reader

AR is a required part of all 6-12 English classrooms and is 10% of the overall semester grade for the class. 

semester due dates for 2023-24

• semester 1: Wed, Dec. 20

• semester 2: Mon., May 13

To encourage students to make progress on this long term assignment, the teacher takes a 1/2 way goal grade computed at the end of the first quarter and third quarter. 

1/2 way goals due dates for 2023-24

• end of 1st quarter: Fri., Oct. 13

• end of 3rd quarter:  Fri., March 1

Students are to earn 1/2 of their total points by those dates. These are figured as daily grades, not the overall AR semester grade.

If students are reading a long book and know they won't make it, an email must be sent to the teacher with an explanation by a given date that is well in advance of the due date. The teacher will reply with no or okay the situation. These due dates for that email are posted in the classroom and are discussed. What to put in the email is also a requirement with a response required on behalf of the student.

if not meeting 1/2 way mark, a notification email must be sent to the teacher by the following dates:

• 1st quarter email alert due Mon., Sept. 11

• 3rd quarter email alert due Mon., Feb. 5

email content 

• subject line: AR 1/2 way goal for semester 1/2 (state the semester)

• body of email: how many pages in your book and what page you are on and an explanation of why you cannot meet the 1/2 way goal

• teacher will respond to this email and deny or affirm the request

• a response from you reading it will be required

• this is our electronic paper trail