Academic Progress

I wanted to make sure that all of you were aware that the last date to drop a 1st semester course without having it appear on your transcript is this Wednesday, September 25th. Remember though, you can only drop a class if you will still have above the minimum number of classes required (6 for freshmen, sophomores and juniors and 5 for seniors). Wednesday is also the last date to submit a request to have a 1st semester class graded on a pass/ fail scale instead of the standard scoring. Please make sure that your requests for these options are turned into the counseling center before the school day ends on Wednesday!

In many ways it feels surprising to realie that we are already beyond the half-way point of the first quarter.  As you are hopefully aware, you and your parents have the opportunity to check your grades on an ongoing basis.  But, if you haven't started checking your grades yet this year, now that we are about half way through, this is a great time to check because it will give you a good feel for how you are doing in each of your classes.  I strongly suggest that you take a look at your grades and make sure you are on track for the quarter.

Hopefully you and your parents know how to access Infinite Campus which is the system that has your schedules, attendance, grades, and transcripts.  Your teachers are updating their grades at least once a week so that you can check and have an ongoing update for how you are doing in each class.  This continual information provides you with the chance to celebrate if you are doing well and to identify what you might need to change if you are not meeting your own expectations for the goals you had set for the year.

One challenge for me is that I cannot see the same things you see when you look at Infinite Campus.  I have heard students say the program is a bit more difficult to use on the computer, but that for people with smart phones, the free app from Infinite Campus is very easy to use and is a great tool.  If you are interested in downloading and using the free Infinite Campus app, you will need to know that the District Code is: YCWTRL

If you haven't figured out how to access Infinite Campus at all, please visit the Worthington Schools Website at www.worthington.k12.oh.us and then you will click on the Portal Login Icon.