SHOJ - English Language Arts

Students received them today. They are due back signed on Monday. Crazy to think we're already half of the way through fourth quarter!

*This was sent home with your child's report card. JMJ Dear Middle School Parents, We want to inform you of a small change in the grade cards for 2nd semester ELA (English Language Arts). Our ELA curriculum includes Reading, Writing, and Language. First semester grade cards reflected these three subdivisions with a percent grade in each category. Beginning 3rd quarter, there will only be two grades for ELA: Reading and Writing. Language will continue to be taught, but all language grades will be reflected in the writing grade. Honor roll for the second semester in ELA will be figured with two grades. (Religion, Math, Social Studies, and Science grades are also figured into honor roll. Technology, Art, PE, Music, and Health are not figured into honor roll.) As most of our students will be attending St. James Academy, they are in agreement with this new ELA grading system. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. In Christ, Maureen En...

Middle School Curriculum Update:  Grade Cards From Mrs. Engen and the Middle School team We have entered the realm of formative verses summative grades, and this transition has brought some questioning.  The predominant inquiries seem to be centered around two topics:  1.   Student and parent understanding of which grades on the school portal count for the final grade.  2.  How homework will be reflected on grades. It is important to the Sacred Heart staff that students and parents have full knowledge of how grades are determined.  We realize that it can be confusing to see formative and summative grades on the school portal and try to figure out how a final grade will be determined.  From now on, the only grades entered onto the school portal will be those that factor into a student’s final grade.  Therefore, teachers will only enter summative grades on the portal.  This practice has been done in the past years, there...

As a middle school team, we know this is new for all of us. Please let us know if you have any questions. In all of our classes, summative assignments are what transfer to the student's grade. Because completion is an important facet of a student's role, students will earn some summative points for their effort to turn work in on time and complete.   Info Mrs. Engen sent out earlier this week:  We are entering into our third week of school and teachers are beginning to put grades on the school portal.  Historically, fewer grades are entered the first weeks of school as teachers take time to build community, and set up classroom procedures.  More grades will be entered and updated as progress reports come out next week.  The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has set up our grade books to reflect formative grades and summative grades. It is important to understand the difference as the summative grades, which show mastery of a skill, will be the ...