Summer Assignment Reminder

Doing school work during the summer time is not typically high on the priority list for many students, but I wanted to offer a friendly reminder that many of you signed up for classes that require you to complete summer work.  If you are taking an AP, IB or Honors class you may have summer work that needs to be done and, if so, hopefully you have started making progress on the work that is expected of you.  It is important to remember that you are responsible for completing all summer work and that it will impact your grade in your class.  Sometimes, in the past, students would procrastinate on completing their summer assignments and then decide at the last minute that they would drop out of the advanced course in favor of the non-advanced version (so, for example, dropping AP US History in favor of regular US History).  Remember, per school policy, you only have until July 15th to make that change.  So if you are planning on switching levels, it is really important that you make that change prior to July 15th.  If you wait until after July 15th to decide that you want to change levels, you will still be responsible for completing the summer work because even if you change levels your summer assignment is a part of your academic record and so your grades on the summer assignments will go with you to the new class.

Like I said, ideally you are feeling good about your summer assignments and how you are progressing on your summer work, but if you haven't started, please get moving on it!  If you have lost your summer assignments, please feel free to check out the WKHS Counselor website - www.wkhscouselors.com - as the teachers have submitted your assignments on there as well.

And, for the record, if you want to drop from an advanced course to a regular class, please just email me at babbott@wscloud.org before the end of the day on the 15th and I will make the change for you the next time I am able to drop by school.  (The time and date stamp on your email will allow me to make sure that the change is able to be completed without the summer assignments being required.)