Homework Policy 

Homework is an important part of school life.  Students may have some homework everyday.  The amount of homework will progressively increase with grade level.  Homework is not "busy work."  It must have at least one of the following purposes:

        1.  Practice - to reinforce newly acquired knowledge and skills

        2.  Preparation - to prepare for upcoming work and concepts that will be presented in     class

        3.  Extension - to apply and use new skills or concepts in different situations

        4.  Creativity - to integrate learned information and skills to produce original responses or solutions that demonstrate or reflect understanding of learned skills or information

        5.  Responsibility - to help students organize and budget their time to meet the performance and learning requirements of their course of study.  Learning to organize, plan, and budget time to complete tasks (like homework) is an important life skill.

Effective usage of time given in school can significantly reduce the amount of homework that must be taken home.

It is important that students who are experiencing trouble with a particular subject take time to speak to that teacher.  Teachers will work with students to help them overcome difficulties they are experiencing.

09/10/2007 02:52 PM

Don't do this with your homework