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<p>3500 students, 93% matriculate, 87% (or so) to 4-year colleges. Typically there are double-digits of kids admitted to the most selective college programs. And it’s a NCLB failing school.</p>
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<p>What does that mean?</p>
<p>No Child Left Untested. Oops, I mean No Child Left Behind.</p>
<p>IJD - is it because their numbers haven’t gotten better, even though they’re good? Our high school has 4,500 kids. I’m not sure how many go to a 4 year college upon graduating. <heading off="" to="" google="" that…=""></heading></p>
<p>PN-- No, it’s because there are identifiable segments of the very diverse population that have never had good numbers, in spite of many plans to remediate. That’s what happens with truly diverse populations. This isn’t even a matter that eventually everyone will fail. It’s been a joke for a very long time now.</p>
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<p>I had no idea this class/exam existed. My S is taking Music Theory now, as a senior. He’s auditioning for several music schools this month and all have a Theory test he will take, though they say it’s for placement, not admission. He has looked at a sample text provided by one state U and feels comfortable with it.</p>
<p>I wonder what an AP Music Theory class would cover differently than a non-AP theory class.</p>
<p>[AP:</a> Music Theory](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>AP Music Theory – AP Students | College Board)</p>
<p>My daughter is heading into finals at the end of this week. She has Bs in two of her classes because of homework she “forgot” to turn in. It’s frustrating to see her get As on her tests/quizzes and Cs for homework. I’m hoping she can do well enough on the finals to make up for her laziness/forgetfulness/whatever.</p>
<p>I thought we had worked through this issue in 7th grade, but apparently not.</p>
<p>Quotia - this is my middle son! I think he’ll like college a lot more than high school for many reasons, but emphasis on test over homework is one of them! His physics teacher this year actually has a policy that if a student wants, he can take whatever pre-curve grade he gets on the last test of the grading period as his homework grade. So he skips all of his homework all grading period and goes with the test score. I’ve figured out over the years, he’s not lazy (I used to think he was). He does have a hard time keeping track of minutia. As he put it to his mutlivariable calc teacher - he always makes sure he understands the material before neglecting his homework. He is a lot less stressed in a hard class with little homework than in a “blow-off” class with daily assignments.</p>
<p>Grades came home today. Not a big surprise…A<code>s in Bio, WH and Geo. English, religion and spanish: just B+</code>s. However, a minor miracle…ds got 2 comments from his English teacher: “a positive influence in class” and 'demonstrates enthusiasm". Comments from a drop down menu, to be sure, but I`m not used to hearing positive comments from English teachers!</p>
<p>Robotics is starting in earnest. Its 7 days per week.</p>
<p>Heres to a good 2nd semester.</p>
<p>Way to go, VBCSon!</p>
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<p>Quotia, I know the feeling! D. missed a 30 points homework. (she forgot to turn it in. the teacher won’t accept late hw.) For a long time, this and another 15 points are all the homework. So her homework grade was a F, for a long time. No matter how well she did in other category, her overall was low. Finally the teacher started to put more stuff in the homework category. She is now having 89. There is one more week before the end of the term. so it’s at the skin of her teeth - at least that’s how she feels. Some pressure may not be a bad thing. At least she loves the subject and likes the teacher.</p>
<p>Quotia and HH Mom,
Man do I hear you about the homework. I never had an issue with S12, he was always amazingly diligent, but D15 and homework is another issue. She does it and then forgets to turn it in, about 1 out of every 10 times. It kills me. I show her the Parent Viewer and explain how a zero is MUCH worse than even an F. She got a B- in a class (Biology) last semester with a 97 for in class work and tests and a 52 for homework. Grrr. This semester is starting out a little better, fingers crossed…</p>
<p>My D’s school sounds much like yours, IJD. A little smaller (about 2800) but without the NCLB problems luckily. They offer an amazing array of classes - I swear, looking through the options was like reviewing a college course selection book. They do not offer an AP in freshman year, and I’m fine with that. (The most they offer is Honors Algebra II and “enriched” English which = harder English but without the GPA bump of honors.) She is just finishing exams today, and I think all has gone well. I also wish exams took place before Christmas so they could just relax over break!</p>
<p>Just to chime in on homework: D got an A- first semester in Orchestra because she failed to give me a form to fill out. Never mind that I filled out the same form for choir. By the time I found out about it, it was too late to fix. ARGH. She’s done great on her playing tests, etc., so it’s so aggravating that one form brought down her grade like that.</p>
<p>It’s frustrating, when they do the work and then forget to hand it in! In our family, the firstborn was forgetful … but has mostly outgrown it. Amazingly, I don’t have to remind D15 about things. But old habits die hard, so I do anyway. ;)</p>
<p>It’s nice to know we’re not the only family dealing with this. In the end, a B is not a bad grade, but it is frustrating to know that she’s capable of more and that her forgetfulness is what’s holding her back.</p>
<p>Hi all! I am new to this thread. I have 2 Ds- one is a college freshman and the other is a HS freshman. The 2 girls are complete opposites. D1 is a serious student, would do all of her work, super organized, would never think of not turning in assignments.</p>
<p>D2 is like some of you who posted above. The grades that she gets on work that she actually turns in are fine. I am having trouble getting her to turn in the work. When I check the online progress reports, I see 90s for work that she completed, but 0s for missed assignments. I try to tell her that getting a “0” on an assignment brings down the average. When I asked her about some of the assignments, she had them right in the class folders, they never made it to the teacher’s desk.</p>
<p>The HS gives all of the students a daily planner. I asked her one day as she was leaving for school “Don’t forget your assignment book.” Her response was “I don’t like using it.” That explains the missed homework assignments.</p>
<p>She has midterms next week. I plan to sit with her this weekend to come up with a study plan for the exams.</p>
<p>She is a smart kid, with lots of personality. If she would just remember to do her assignments, all would be fine with the world.</p>
<p>The second quarter will end tomorrow. D. is getting her As and is very happy. Let’s hope she gets better organized. We went to her CTY reunion and they had great time. </p>
<p>@gsmomma, my D. was not using her planner when she was in middle school. This year, however, like a miracle, planner was used everyday to write down homework assignments. She forgot to bring finished homework to school twice and they are costly. </p>
<p>She will need to study for AP gov exam some time. This is the first time the course was offered in the whole county. The teacher is not sure at all how the class is done and how well the students will do in the exam. **Any tip for AP gov exam study? **</p>
<p>Good place to start: [AP:</a> U.S. Government & Politics](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>AP United States Government and Politics Exam – AP Students)</p>
<p>herandhis - I have an AP gov’t cram packet saved as a PDF, but I’m not sure where I downloaded it. If you want to PM me your email I can send it to you (you can always open a new yahoo email for this purpose if you don’t want to put your email “out there”!). I’m glad you asked - I’m going to print it out for my senior who’s in AP Gov’t this year. (So it can sit and be ignored…). Freshmen are so nice and malleable!</p>
<p>Editing to say - I just noticed it’s 9 MB, so I don’t even know if it will email. Let me know if you want to try…</p>
<p>Same frustration here as far as kids’ school assignments go. S2 stopped using the planner since 7th grade. I got him a calendar-at-a-glance desk calendar for him to write down HM and test/quiz dates. Then last week he got a zero for a bio HW he said he did not know about. This week he turned in a wrong geom HW. Sigh.</p>
<p>And she’s through her first high school finals period! Tomorrow she needs to go in and write a reflection for her writing portfolio in 90 minutes, but then the semester is over! (Of course, we get to do it all again starting next week.)</p>