Progress reports are an effective means of communication with parents.  They are a "report" of how your child is doing at key points between grade cards.  Progress reports allow us to enter personal comments including dates of projects, exams, and other general information.  Please ask your child for these reports on the day they are issued so you can see how they are doing.  

     If there are low grades, it is a sign that something is wrong.  We ask that you institute a mandatory study time at home each night.  Each teacher puts an agenda up in the room.  We encourage students to keep an assignment notebook where they can record the agenda.  This will allow you, the parent, to see what is being studied.  Go through the student's binder with them and pull out assignments with low grades; have the child correct the mistakes made by reworking the problems or looking up the correct answers.  Help them review by using their notes to quiz them over information.  If possible, monitor their study at the kitchen table.  Students who are sent to their room to study alone may not make good use of their time.  Students' schoolwork usually improves when they know their parents are involved and are going to be checking up on them.