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Revisions to several academic policies, including a change of grade scale, were communicated to parents July 1 and were in the online back-to-school packet, as well. If you have not had an opportunity to study these changes, please do so now. Two documents are below for you to download and read: (1) cover letter and (2) policy memo. Based on a few surveys parents completed at Meet the Teacher Night, it appears that some parents did not get word that the changes in the weighted scale and in the quality points for honors classes are retroactive; that is, for students in grades 10, 11, and 12, we have gone back and added the quality points for honors classes and have recalculated their GPAs with the new weighted scale. Students in grade 9, of course, do not have GPAs yet. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to email or call me.
This year's Parent-Student Handbook for the upper school is online only. No paper copy will be sent home. You may see the handbook by going to the Harding website <hardinglions.org>, then "Find it Fast" (at the bottom), and choosing the handbook. Or you may click here. Each student is required to get his parents to sign a handbook receipt and to sign the receipt himself. The receipt was in the Back-to-School packet online. It's attached for you here. Print it, sign it, and return it to your student's Bible teacher by August 30.
See more FAQs on the Harding website here.
Q: What if my student leaves his iPad lying around somewhere at school? A: If you're lucky, a teacher or responsible person will find it and turn it in to the Help Desk or Mr. Goddard. The student will have to pay $5 to get it back. If it happens more than once, the consequences will naturally escalate. See more FAQs on the Harding website here. Q: What if my student is walking around in the halls with his iPad open? A: A teacher will probably take it and impound it for some part of the day. The student will be able to retrive the iPad from the Help Desk. See more FAQs on the Harding website here. Q: May students have iPads at the lunch table? A: iPads may not be out at the lunch tables. In first lunch (grades 10-12), students may use their iPads in the bleachers. In second lunch (grades 7-9), iPads may not be out at all. Students in 7-9 must put their iPads in their lockers during lunch. They may not leave iPads in their backpacks in the halls. See more FAQs on the Harding website here. Q: What if a student's iPad isn't charged up in class? A: Students must come to school with fully-charged iPads every day. A fully-charged iPad should have enough power to carry a student through the normal activities of the day. However, if a student plays games, listens to music, views photographs, and so forth, he will run out of power. A limited number of outlets are available in classrooms for recharging; but iPads charge slowly and students will not be able to participate fully in class activities if their iPads are being charged. If you let him plug it in during class, he can use it while it’s charging. He just won’t be able to move around. If the teacher doesn't let him charge it in class, he will learn an important lesson. Not being charged up to begin the day and not coming to class with sufficient charge will be treated as work habits/conduct issues. See more FAQs on the Harding website here. Edmodo is a Learning Management System (LMS). Some of your students' teachers will use it this year. It allows teachers to post assignments, send work to students, receive work from students, interact with students, quiz students, and more. You can see a short video about Edmodo here. Parents can peek into Edmodo if their students will give them the necessary access code. A document that might help you is below, ready for you to download. Please note that our sharing information about Edmodo with you is not intended to imply that you should become more involved in the management of your student's school work. We want to foster independence, resilience, and responsibility in your students, and at the upper school level, those goals are rarely furthered by having parents stand over students to make them do what they should do. Some of your students' teachers will use websites (weebly) instead of Edmodo, or along with Edmodo. I am confident that your student will quickly know which place to look for what. If you are confused, your student can help you, I'll bet.
A khaki skirt has not been in the Harding dress code for at least three years. For a while, we allowed students to wear the ones they already had, but Parker has not been selling the khaki skirt—until this summer. Parker Uniforms made a mistake and sold some of our students khaki skirts. When we realized the error, they graciously offered to take back the skirts, whether or not they had been worn or washed. If you purchased a khaki skirt from Parker this year, you may return it to the store, or you may call Cristal, the store manager, and she will send you a UPS mailer. If you have one of the older khaki skirts (from a previous year), please retire it from school wear. Let me know if you have any questions. |
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