News & Notes from LVMS (October, 2017 Valley View)

It has been a busy first grading period here at the middle school with our full-scale conversion to a standards-based learning system. Now that the grading period is completed we are preparing to send home grade reports on Thursday, November 2nd. Unlike years past when we mailed home progress reports, all of our students will be bringing home an envelope on November 2nd. The students will be instructed to give the packet to parents and I ask each of you to sign and return the cardstock receipt on Friday, November 3rd showing that you have received it. This packet will include a gradecard, the Jumprope standards report from each class, and their Fall 2017 MAP testing data. I would ask, just as I did at the parent meetings in August, to pay particular attention to the college-career readiness ratings that your student has received in each class. As I talked at length about in those meetings I believe that these indicators are paramount for our students to be successful in their current academic setting and will become even more important as they progress towards high school and beyond. Should you have questions about the standards-based learning and reporting system now in place district-wide I would encourage you to refer back to the materials we covered in August and that are also accessible on our building website HERE . As always should you desire to discuss your student’s progress I encourage you to contact their teachers and feel free to contact me by calling the school office at 740-763-3396 or by email at [email protected]. I also encourage you to plan to meet with your student’s teachers on our upcoming conference nights on Monday, November 6th and Thursday, November 9th. Conferences will be held both days from 3:30 to 7:00 p.m. You will be receiving a postcard with scheduling information in the near future but feel free to contact Carma at the building office to schedule a conference. Now that all of you have parent access to Jumprope you have the ability to monitor your student’s progress online all the time. If you have not yet accessed their progress online I would encourage you to do so through our website or contact Mindy Hanson at the school office.

Sincerely,

Scott Beery

Principal, Licking Valley Middle School