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y Greg Yasutake
Final report cards will will soon be distributed.
What should you do if you are
unhappy with your child’s report card?
According to Dr. Raymond J. Huntington,
co-founder and chairman of Huntington
Learning Center, “If you believe
your child could be doing better than the
grades show, you owe it to yourself and
your child to remedy the situation.”
“If grades are mediocre or poor, it
means your child is not gaining valuable
skills. The skills children learn in school
are like building blocks. If a skill is not
learned, future skills will suffer.”
Mediocre or poor grades can result from
a variety of problems. Dr. Huntington
offers suggestions for what to do when a
child brings home a poor report card:
Examine the situation realistically and
remember that every drop in grades indicates
that valuable skills are being missed.
An effort should be made to learn and
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Poor Report Cards: What To do
reinforce those missing skills. While this is
being done, it is important to identify and
remedy the basic problem, so it does not
continue to hurt your child’s education.
Sometimes, bright students get bad
grades for behavior related activities.
Does your child hand in homework? Is it
correct and on time? Is your child bored
with schoolwork and not paying enough
attention? These are not excuses; they are
symptoms of problems. you must identify
the problem before you can remedy it.
Ask your child why he/she thinks he/she
got poor grades? It is important that your
child knows you take the situation seriously.
Work with your child to develop a
plan that will help achieve better grades.
Talk with your child’s teacher, a professional
educator. What are his/her observations?
What does he/she recommend?
It is important to know the cause of
poor grades may be that your child missed
one or more important basic skills. Sum-
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The Huntington Learning Center is a
nationally recognized leader in the field
of improving a child’s basic study skills
through remediation and enrichment
programs. Students are given individual
attention by certified teachers using personalized
programs tailored to improve
skills in troubled areas. Huntington offers
individual testing and tutoring in reading,
math, study skills, writing and ACT/SAT
preparation to students of all ages.
Parents who want additional information,
or who wish to discuss a specific problem,
are encouraged to call Huntington Learning
Center in Broadview Heights at 1-440-
526-9450 or 1-800-CAN-LEARN. ∞
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