Early February marks the second half of the school year. (If the Patriots had made it to the Super Bowl, this would have been a good place to insert football metaphors...but we'll punt on that idea until next year.)
Anyway, February is a good time for students to take stock of what they have accomplished thus far and set goals for the rest of the school year.
To help start these conversations at home, we are providing families with a new mid year competency report which is being mailed home today. In this report, teachers provide feedback on students performance in specific skill and content standards, rather than relying on letter grades.
We encourage you to review this FAQ Document on the Mid Year Competency Report.
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The mid year competency report is another example of our faculty's commitment to providing authentic and timely feedback on student performance beyond letter grades. We want the conversation to focus on how students are learning, and not just whether they have earned a magic number of points!
It will take an extra step, but we encourage students and parents of 10th-12th graders to follow the steps to log into VTCTS, which is the separate software program that tracks your child's vocational competencies in greater detail. More information will be on the competency report. These reports will give you a sense of the breadth and depth of skills being taught in our vocational areas.
After reviewing this information, please reach out to teachers, counselors or administrators with any questions. Our staff welcomes conversations that will help our students develop strategies to for future success.
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