Pulling 8th Grader (Longfellow) out for week and half before winter recess

[Anonymous]

Anyone know how hard this is to do? Our son would miss the last 8 days of school before winter recess and he's taking Geo H and Spanish 2, along with the other core classes. Will Longfellow administration give us issues with this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how hard this is to do? Our son would miss the last 8 days of school before winter recess and he's taking Geo H and Spanish 2, along with the other core classes. Will Longfellow administration give us issues with this?

You’ll probably get a letter regarding more than normal absences, but there’s not much they can do. Your student could have quite a bit to make up on their return, you shouldn’t expect teachers to prepare work in advance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how hard this is to do? Our son would miss the last 8 days of school before winter recess and he's taking Geo H and Spanish 2, along with the other core classes. Will Longfellow administration give us issues with this?

It depends on the reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how hard this is to do? Our son would miss the last 8 days of school before winter recess and he's taking Geo H and Spanish 2, along with the other core classes. Will Longfellow administration give us issues with this?

You’ll probably get a letter regarding more than normal absences, but there’s not much they can do. Your student could have quite a bit to make up on their return, you shouldn’t expect teachers to prepare work in advance.

Can they provide the work being missed/due though? I don't want him to lose grades for missed work, so he'll need to submit anything due while he's away. I'm hoping the teachers allow that to be completed.

Anyone know who the geometry teachers are at Longfellow?

[Anonymous]

That’s a lot of class to miss. I wouldn’t do it.

[Anonymous]

That’s a lot to miss at the end of a quarter especially for honors geometry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s a lot to miss at the end of a quarter especially for honors geometry.

It's not the end of the quarter, is it? How much are they covering before the winter break?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how hard this is to do? Our son would miss the last 8 days of school before winter recess and he's taking Geo H and Spanish 2, along with the other core classes. Will Longfellow administration give us issues with this?

You’ll probably get a letter regarding more than normal absences, but there’s not much they can do. Your student could have quite a bit to make up on their return, you shouldn’t expect teachers to prepare work in advance.

Can they provide the work being missed/due though? I don't want him to lose grades for missed work, so he'll need to submit anything due while he's away. I'm hoping the teachers allow that to be completed.

Anyone know who the geometry teachers are at Longfellow?

Don't expect them to provide work ahead of time. Work may change depending on what the geometry team decides for the coming week. He'll probably need to check Schoology for what can be made up at home (e.g. homework) and he'll have to make up missed assessments when he comes back.
Expect his grade to go down. Math isn't forgiving when it comes to falling behind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how hard this is to do? Our son would miss the last 8 days of school before winter recess and he's taking Geo H and Spanish 2, along with the other core classes. Will Longfellow administration give us issues with this?

You’ll probably get a letter regarding more than normal absences, but there’s not much they can do. Your student could have quite a bit to make up on their return, you shouldn’t expect teachers to prepare work in advance.

Can they provide the work being missed/due though? I don't want him to lose grades for missed work, so he'll need to submit anything due while he's away. I'm hoping the teachers allow that to be completed.

Anyone know who the geometry teachers are at Longfellow?

No, teachers don’t provide work in advance. He will have to try to make it up after he returns.

[Anonymous]

If you do end up asking teachers to provide the work in advance, please give them at least 2 weeks notice. (and depending on school policy, they aren't obligated to provide it if this is just a vacation) I've had a lot of parents ask for the work the day before and it just isn't possible to prep that. You'll have to teach your kid all the math concepts they'll be missing, but I have no idea how you'll cover the Spanish work. Are you fluent in Spanish?

[Anonymous]

Horrible idea. 8 days? Wtf? You’re already getting 2 weeks off!

[Anonymous]

Also please don’t expect teachers to stay after school to reteach everything your student misses in those 8 days off.

[Anonymous]

Lots of teachers give assessments right before Winter Break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of teachers give assessments right before Winter Break.

My 7th and 9th graders last year both had a ton of tests the last week before break because the teachers don’t want to test the stuff from before break after break. My kids would not be happy to miss that much and have to make up that much.

[Anonymous]

My son would not have been happy if I did that to him last year (when he was in 8th grade). He didn't even want me booking dr's appointments. He's not the uber studious type - it's just too hard to catch up. I'd recommend you reconsider.