WELCOME PARENTS!
I look forward to working with your teen and you throughout the school year. We will be working on important life and job skills and National Common Core ELA proficiencies in reading, writing, and speaking through the school year.
Report Cards and Progress Reports will only be available online. If you have not signed up yet for access to your child's online grade book, you can do so now using the Parent Gradebook Registration button above.
Mid-Marking Period 1 Grades (Interims) are due OCTOBER 3, 2014. It takes up to 10 days to receive the password to your child's grade book, so please register ASAP!
Mid-Marking Period 1 Grades (Interims) are due OCTOBER 3, 2014. It takes up to 10 days to receive the password to your child's grade book, so please register ASAP!
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To improve your child's digital literacy skills in preparation for life beyond high school, we will be using a variety of Internet resources both during class and for homework.
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READ 180 is a 10 credit, 90-minute blocked class. Click the button below to visit READ 180's FAMILY PORTAL for more information.
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Reading GapBy the end of Fifth Grade, students who do not read daily for at least 20 minutes a day end up 2.5 years behind their peers who do read daily. And it doesn'y stop there, the reading gap is cumulative and if not corrected will continue to widen each year. This is why READ20 HW is required 5+ days a week, EVERY week.
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PARENT Q&AMy teen needs to be up at 6AM but says she can't hit the sack before 11PM. How do I coax her to bed earlier?
Nearly 70% of high school teens don't get the shut-eye they need. Help her understand the importance of sleep by sharing compelling scientific truths: Getting enough ZZZ's could lead to higher grades, improved mood, and better health. |
Check out these bedtime tips:
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Education Beyond a HS Diploma is Essential:
Job Losses Persist for the Less-Educated
Even as employment rose during the recovery, people who did not go to college continued to lose ground, shedding 200,000 jobs from early 2010 to early 2012. Continue reading...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/us/job-losses-persist-for-the-less-educated.html?_r=3&src=recg
Even as employment rose during the recovery, people who did not go to college continued to lose ground, shedding 200,000 jobs from early 2010 to early 2012. Continue reading...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/us/job-losses-persist-for-the-less-educated.html?_r=3&src=recg
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