A Note to Parents about Agendas

Just a quick reminder about agendas. They are purchased each year for the student body by PTA to help our kids build organizational skills that will take them through middle school. Your child should bring this very important tool home nightly. If you don't see it, ask for it! The student is in charge of keeping up with writing their homework assignments down, as well as spelling/vocabulary words, and specials days. The student will also keep track of their nightly reading in the agenda, as well. That way there is no seperate reading log to lose track of, and you can at a glance check homework, reading, and any discipline reminders or communication from us and initial at the bottom of each day. It is the student's responsibility to bring it to an adult to sign. I will be stressing this with the kids, and following up by checking their agendas each morning. As part of our behavior plan, missing/icomplete reading logs cost a "stick", and if homework is not written down properly, it usually means missing assignments - which has the same consequence. Please also use the front clear pocket for all monies (in the correct payment envelopes) and transportation notes. In the past I have found that a small 1/2 inch or 1 inch binder helps to protect the agenda when it travels back and forth from school to home, but that is up to you. If a child forgets their agenda at home, they are usually unprepared for class, which also has a consequence on our behavior plan.