Handbook - Parent/Student - Ss. Peter & Paul School

Q. Report Cards and Parent-Teacher ConferencesIn conjunction with diocesan regulations, each student's academic report is issued by the principal,pastor, and parish priests four times a year.Conferences are scheduled in early November following the distribution of the first report card.Parents use a software program that allows them to register online for all of their conferences. Conferencesare ten minutes in length and parents may meet with as many teachers as they like. As a matter ofconvenience, as well as helping teachers and parents maintain their conference schedule, all sessions will beheld in Zuker Hall (lower level of the Jr. High building.) In addition, we will have another opportunityfollowing distribution of second quarter grades in January for parents of kindergarten and first gradestudents to also meet with their child’s teacher.While formal conferences are not scheduled after November, our teachers are available to meet withany family where major concerns and questions arise, be they academic or social.The Joliet Diocese has been using the combined conference and report card method of reporting toparents. The teacher generally uses the following standards as guidelines in evaluating a student in theareas of achievement and effort:a. ability of the studentb. participationc. daily class and home assignmentsd. effort to improveThe parents are encouraged to confer with the teacher more often when the child displays a lack ofinterest in his work or a change of attitude toward school. It is important to remember that your child is anindividual and the information should not be compared with any other child's report card; this is especiallytrue for children in the same family.The marks on character traits are highly important for they show how your child is learning to getalong with others and his/her development as a responsible individual.R. School Supplies/School StoreChildren should be supplied with the necessary items on the first day of school. To help parentsavoid the hassle of driving all over town to buy the necessary supplies at sale prices, our Home & SchoolAssociation provides this service for you. Order forms are placed online each spring.Students who lose or damage equipment or supplies that are the property of the school will berequired to pay for the cost of replacement.Each Thursday during the first semester, beginning September 13, and twice a month beginning inJanuary, our School Store is set up in Zuker Hall during the lunch hour for students who need to purchaseadditional school supplies like pencils, rulers, pens, and assignment notebooks.S. Standardized Testing ProgramThe Iowa Test of Basic Skills is the standardized testing program for all diocesan schools. Allstudents in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 are tested annually in the last week of September and the first week ofOctober to help us assess student growth, as well as the effectiveness of our curriculum. Batteries of testsare also administered in second grade. Results are mailed home in a self-addressed stamped envelope.Results can be discussed at our November parent-teacher conferences or at a later date if moreconvenient. An analysis of school results on these standardized tests is presented to the School Board inJanuary and to the school families at a special coffee in February.38