This is Sabreena’s first year of high school and she is in all honors classes. I do not think she realizes how different HS is from middle school. Teachers don’t hand hold in HS and I’m afraid she thinks they do and will.
The HS Sabreena goes to has a website where parents can review everything that is going on in school like, grades, attendance, classwork, homework, etc (school has come a long way since I attended). Last night I decided to take a peek and thankfully I did. I must admit I freaked out a little, ok fine a lot!!!!!!
In a few of her classes she was missing work and we are only 3 weeks into school. For two of the classes they said she failed to turn in a signed copy of the class syllabus. That is the easiest 100% ever to get because all you need to do is bring it home and have it signed and return it. Not sure why this is happening but I emailed the teachers last night. One teacher said if she brings a new one in signed she will get a 100% for it. The other teacher said he gave extra point if it was handed in on time and she did hand it in but late so not sure how much credit she will get for it. Going to need to follow up on this one.
I reminded Sabreena that teachers aren’t going to accept late work and most of her teachers said they won’t when we attended open house last week. They don’t care if you did it, forgot it or if the dog ate it. If it isn’t turned in on time no grade and no make up grade either. I told her she needed to be on top of things and make sure her work is getting done and handed in on time. Sabreena is extremely smart but not very organized so I think we might need to get her some kind of planner.
Hopefully this is just because HS is new to her otherwise this is going to be a long school year. Wish us luck. LOL.
