MIDTERM PROGRESS REPORTS

The Discovery School teachers sent their Midterm Progress Reports this week. These reports serve an important role in allowing teachers, students and parents to track how well the student is doing in school during a 4 week period, before report cards are issued at the end of each quarter. They give students a chance to correct study habits, modify their behaviors and make other changes to keep themselves on a positive academic course.

Purpose - By creating and sending home progress reports, teachers show parents where their child stands with their academic achievements and in-class behaviors. Parents may appreciate this information so that they can reward their children for doing well or make changes to the at-home schedule by implementing more study time to help kids get back on track academically.

Student Awareness – Midterm reports give students an academic advantage. They get to see how well they are in class. This helps eliminate some of the shock that comes when they get their end of the quarter or year report cards. With Midterm Progress Reports, students have the chance to identify their improvement needs and make changes to bring their grades up before the final report cards are released.

Teacher Tracking - Teachers can track how well their students are doing in class and learning the material through school progress cards. By issuing these Midterm Progress Reports, teachers are forced to review student strengths and weaknesses on a regular basis. The teacher can then determine whether the lesson needs to be readdressed with the class. Since teachers have classroom standards to reach, Midterm Progress Reports can help them see whether the class is meeting those academic expectations.

Communication Link – Our Midterm Progress Reports are just another communication link between teachers, students and parents. Through them, everyone involved has the same information and understanding of the student's progress in school. This helps keep information consistent between all parties and opens the door for communication between teachers and students, students and parents and teachers and parents to the benefit of the student's education.

What to do next? – If you have not done so, please sign and return the Midterm Progress Reports to your child’s teacher. If you would like to discuss the Midterm Progress Reports in a conference, and one has not been requested by a teacher, please call the school as soon as possible to set up an appointment. Our students’ educational achievement and success are our goal, and your involvement is crucial in achieving this.