Wicomico Schools Reopen Tuesday, April 14; Parents/Guardians Reminded to Review Report Cards with Students
Wicomico County students return to school today, Tuesday, April 14, following the spring holiday break. All students should return refreshed and ready to learn, and elementary students should be returning with a signed report card envelope in their bookbag.
Report cards were sent home on April 7, the last day of school before the spring holidays. Elementary report cards came home in a brown envelope that parents and guardians must sign and return to school with their child. A box on the envelope can be checked if a parent conference is desired.
Parents and guardians should take the time to review the student's grades and work habits with them, said Margo Handy, Director of Elementary Education. "Commend your child for their excellent work and offer any suggestions. Contact your child's teacher if a conference is needed. Encourage your child to always do their best work in school."
Report cards for middle and high school students do not have to be signed and returned, but parents and guardians are encouraged to sit down with the student to review the report card. The review should cover grades, attendance, teacher comments, and progress throughout the academic year.
"We are now in the final term for this academic year," said Kim Miles, Director of Secondary Education. Parents and guardians can talk with their student about goal setting for the final term as well as the links between current academic process and the courses the student will be considering for next year."
The fourth marking period began Monday, March 30. Due to a weather closing in March, the school year will now end Thursday, June 11, with half-days on June 9, 10 and 11. (The original last day of school was June 10.)
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The shame of it is that Parents need to be reminded to check their kids report cards and what to do if grades arent satisfactory or better.... And we wonder whats wrong with our youth...
ReplyDeleteThe head of elementary education needs a grammar course:
ReplyDelete1. "Your child" is singular, but "their best" is plural.
2. "To always do" is a split infinitive.
If Mrs. Handy is the educator in charge of elementary principals and supervisors, Wicomico County is in trouble. My high school juniors write with more skill.
Anon 3:03 -- I found this "reminder" a bit of a slap. Some of us didn't need to be reminded or even told. I'll raise my child, thanks. We opened his report card before we even left the school grounds last Tuesday. The very sad thing is that there are so many people who generalize. I'm raising my child just fine, thanks. It shows in his grades. I'm tired of the school system telling me how to raise my child, what to feed him, how important perfect attendance is (and they don't see the value of keeping a sick child at home), what to say about his grades, and the list goes on. The problem here is the public school system thinking they need to hold everyone's hands. I'll leave the teaching of academics up to them during the hours of 9 and 3:30 and they should leave the parenting up to me.
ReplyDeleteanonymous 8:19,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you're the perfect parent with the perfect child. However, there are lots of parents out there who actually don't give enough of a crap about their children's education to care about Report Cards. This Post is here to remind them that their child was supposed to bring a Report Card home.
You see, these are the parents who will say, well why didn't you warn me.
I'm wasting my time here. I'm happy you care about your children, that's the most important thing. Not enough parents do, sad to say.