Parents,
We will be sending two things home this week; report cards and Iowa Assessment data. We will hand these out to students at lunch later this week. Please ask your son or daughter to see these. This year we have been going with electronic report cards, but with the Iowa Assessment data going home, we thought we would send report cards as well.
The most recent grade is the Hex 5 grade. As a reminder, the hex grades are cumulative from January on. This grade is just an update on the progress they have made so far. They can still bring this up by working hard and studying for their assessments (including semester tests). I would encourage you to contact individual teachers if you have questions about your child's grades.
Iowa Assessment is the new test that replaced the ITEDS. There are very simmilar but do have a different name. Included with the Iowa Assessment data there will be some explanation of what everything means. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Clark in the guidance office. One common misunderstanding is the percentile rank. The percentile rank is not a percentage correct, it is where the student falls when compared with other students in the country or in Iowa. If they are at the 50th percentile they are right in the middle. The 40th percentile and below is used as a cut off for proficiency. If they are above the 40th they are proficient, below the 40th would indicate they have some work to do. Please take a look at these and discuss them with your child.
There is a teacher in-service this week and we will dismiss at 1:12 on Wednesday.
This Friday we will have two big events. In the morning former West Hancock student Dan DeKrief will address the students. He has had a lot of varied experiences following graduation and would like to share some advice with our students. His address will be from 8:33-9:33 on Friday.
Friday afternoon we will be heading out into the community for an advisor program dedicated to community service. We will be doing community service for a variety of groups in Britt and Kanawha. This is our way to say thank you to the communities for their support and show our students that volunteerism is a great habit to get started. Those students that do not turn in their permission slips or refuse to participate will be placed in a silent study hall with no access to electronics. We hope to have 100% participation.
We will host our spring concert on Thursday April 19th. It will be at 7:30 because there is a home junior high track meet that night. Please make plans to attend and see our band and chorus students in action.
Our high school golf and track teams remain very busy. Good luck to all of them as they continue in their meets.
Have a great week!
Weekly Schedule
Monday - Senior Trip
Board Meeting - Britt - 7:00
Tuesday - Golf @ Lake Mills
Girls Track @ Garner Hayfield - 4:30
Boys Track @ Belmond Klemme - 5:00
Wednesday - 1:12 dismissal
Thursday - Spring Concert 7:30
Friday - Girls Track @ BK
