ParentNewsletter The La Salle
FOR PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL • PASADENA • CALIFORNIA • NOVEMBER 2014
Principal Ideas Learn•Serve•Lead
On October 25, we concluded our first grading period of the year. Report cards are in the mail that will advise you of your student’s work as we have reached the midpoint of this first semester. This report is the best and most accurate indicator of how each student is doing academically. While these grades are important, they are in fact leading us towards semester grades in December, which become permanent and are placed on each student’s transcript. The vast majority of students at La Salle are achieving fine grades that are appropriate to their ability, their hard work and their dedication to studies. I congratulate them for achieving outstanding grades. I encourage these students to continue taking care of business. We are at the mid-point of the semester and I commend them on their work ethic and achievement.
Academic Advisor Not far from those students who are attaining success are some students who are struggling with their academic performance. The “struggling” can be attributed to many things. I know that each student’s advisor is ready, willing and able to assist by offering the proper support and counsel. If the grades are not where they are supposed to be there is still ample time to correct them before midDecember when semester exams roll around. Many opportunities are available to remedy academic deficiencies. The National Honor Society students provide great tutoring assistance, as well as our Student Success Workshop (SSW) which meets after school, Monday through Thursday. The only requirement is a willing attitude and desire to improve. Continued on page 2
The words of St. John Baptist de La Salle to the first Brothers "As true disciples of Jesus Christ, Lasallian educators make schools places where the 'spirit of Christianity' can flourish." Saint John Baptist de La Salle Patron Saint of Teachers, c.1703 Spirit and Virtues p.411 PAGE 1