Progress Reports- 2nd Cardmarking

Hello O. L. Smith Community,

This week, students will be bringing home their progress reports. As I put their grades in to be submitted for the progress reports, I noticed an upsetting trend. Students are not turning in their work. The most upsetting aspect of this is students are given time in class almost daily to finish their assignments. In fact, I see many of them finish the assignments in class! For some reason, however, students are putting their work into their folder rather than in the basket.

The other problem with missing work I have noticed is students not turning in work that was due when they were absent. Students are aware, and it is written in the syllabus, that it is the student’s job to figure out what they missed from another student. Instead of asking what they missed, many students continue in class without ever turning in their assignment.

I will be speaking with students tomorrow about what I have noticed and ask students to turn in anything they have missing within the week.

As parents and guardians, I ask that you check ParentConnect regularly. If anything is missing, ask your child if they have it turned in. Frequently, I will write the comment that I saw the student working on it in class. In these instances, especially, the student more than likely forgot to turn it in. Ask them to show it to you and have them get it to me ASAP.

As of right now, there is no penalty for late work up to three assignements, however, if the privilege to turn work in late continues to be abused, I will start penalizing students for late work. If that occurs, I will post about it here, alter the online syllabus, and inform the students.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

Megan Timpf