Please do not ask that your student be allowed to take semester exams early so that you can begin Christmas vacation early. December 16, 17, and 18 are school days.
We take exams seriously. They count 1/5 of the student's semester average. These exams are comprehensive (meaning that they cover the semester's work), and they are 90-minute exams. The reason our exam days are half or partial days is that we expect students to spend the rest of the day prepping for the next day's exams. Also, exams if exams are appropriately challenging, a student probably won't do well with a full day of back-to-back testing. Asking to take four or five exams in one day speaks volumes about the importance one places on academics or semester exams.
What we want is for students to finish strong, to take exams seriously, to do their best, and to feel a sense of accomplishment as they complete this semester. We do not want them to rush or cram or be distracted by knowing that mom or dad is in the parking lot with the car running.
Please help us place the appropriate emphasis on academics and on finishing strong. While everyone will be eager for the break to begin, it's an important life lesson to keep working right up until the time we're supposed to begin our vacations.
We take exams seriously. They count 1/5 of the student's semester average. These exams are comprehensive (meaning that they cover the semester's work), and they are 90-minute exams. The reason our exam days are half or partial days is that we expect students to spend the rest of the day prepping for the next day's exams. Also, exams if exams are appropriately challenging, a student probably won't do well with a full day of back-to-back testing. Asking to take four or five exams in one day speaks volumes about the importance one places on academics or semester exams.
What we want is for students to finish strong, to take exams seriously, to do their best, and to feel a sense of accomplishment as they complete this semester. We do not want them to rush or cram or be distracted by knowing that mom or dad is in the parking lot with the car running.
Please help us place the appropriate emphasis on academics and on finishing strong. While everyone will be eager for the break to begin, it's an important life lesson to keep working right up until the time we're supposed to begin our vacations.