ACADEMIC REGULATIONS Reporting Student Progress The Middle School staff recognizes the importance of maintaining effective communications with parents. Student progress is assessed continuously, and parents are informed of any drastic change in performance. We use four formal means of reporting student progress: quarterly report cards, progress reports, parent conferences, and the ACS Planner. The ACS Planner is a combination calendar planner for assignments and home-school communication tool. All Middle School students are expected to carry the ACS Planner with them at all times and check the Moodle site. We highly recommend the daily use of the ACS Planner as the most accurate documentation of homework assignments. For homework postings and announcements, Skyward Family Access is also available to parents for online monitoring of student work. Links to Moodle and Skyward are on the ACS homepage www.acs.gr Student performance is assessed using letter grades A, B, C, D, F. In their individual classes, teachers assess students using subject-specific assessment criteria. Teachers, counselors and the principal are available to meet with parents to discuss any concerns or questions. Parents can arrange such meetings by calling the Main Office or Office of Student Services to set an appointment. Progress reports and Report cards are available to parents electronically on specific dates via Skyward Family Access.
Progress Reports Progress Reports may be issued at any time, but will be issued to students as follows: 1st quarter: Monday, October 15th 2nd quarter: Monday, December 10th 3rd quarter: Monday, February 25th 4th quarter: Wednesday, April 24th During the first quarter, all students will receive progress report comments on Skyward from all their teachers. Progress reports serve as a snapshot of cumulative student performance. Thereafter, all students earning a grade of C- or less will receive a progress report comment, though teachers may post comments to recognize excellence and /or improvement. Progress Reports will document students’ progress in achieving Approaches to Learning outcomes as well as subject-specific learning objectives. The Progress Reports will appear as a comment(s) in Skyward family access in the above stated dates.
Report Cards Report Cards will be available on line through Skyward Family Access approximately two weeks after the end of each quarter. Report cards will be sent to parents/guardians via the students and/or mailed home early in July at the end of the school year. Should parents not receive progress reports or report cards on the above mentioned dates, they should contact the Middle School Main Office.
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