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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My boy, 12 yo and in seventh grade, got Bs and Cs on his first advisory. It does not seem good at all, but I’m trying to understand the extent of the problem relative to other students. He’s smart, has a lot of common sense, is happy, and a good group of friends. But he doesn’t particularly work hard and is quiet, which surely doesn’t help. He’s in eighth grade math, so there’s that, fwiw. He maybe spends 10-20 minutes a night on homework, and often misses assignments. I have the feeling that his grades will more or less stay the same without drastic intervention. I’ll find out more when I attend the parent-teacher conferences but am wondering what folks think of this performance. Something to worry about? If so, what to do? Do parents work with their kids nightly? [/quote]

Deal is a IB program.   Is your child taking advantage of the tutoring and GRIT sessions offered by the school?   Is your child retaking items that he does poorly on?

My DS is also in 7th - we ask each night if he has homework.  When he says no, we open up ASPEN and ask about specific items due later in the week and his status on completing them.   Surprise - he will say he actually does have some homework to do.    When he has assignments that are 0 he finds them and hands them in.  He will send his teacher an email or possibly take a picture of the completed assignment and send it to her.

My son has very low executive functioning - so we support by giving options - but he needs to do it.[/quote]

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