Summer Assignments

It's hard to believe that we are about halfway through the summer already! We hope you have been enjoying your summer in spite of the hot, humid days we have right now. While you are likely trying to stay cool inside, this is a great time to reassess where you stand with your summer assignments (if you have any).

As you know, students taking many of the advanced classes (Honors, AP or IB courses) next year likely have summer work to complete for those classes. 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. In the past there have been times when 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).  If you are planning on switching levels, it is really important that you make that change prior to Wednesday, 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.

Hopefully you are feeling good about your summer assignments and what is expected of you. If you haven't started, we strongly encourage you to start working on it. If you have lost your summer assignments, please feel free to check out the WKHS Counselor website - www.wkhscouselors.com - as we have posted the assignments your teachers have submitted there as well.

And, for the record, if you do want to drop from an advanced course to a regular class, please just email your school counselor before the end of the day on Wednesday the 15th and we will make the change for you once we return to school. The date/time stamp on the email will allow us to know which students have dropped without needing to complete the summer work.

We hope you are enjoying your summer and hope that the 2nd half is relaxing, enjoyable and productive.