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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS in 9th grade made very good grades in everything except Art. He made a C+. I know he is trying and he spends a lot of time on his projects. He has dysgraphia so he has a hard time with drawing. He also has ADHD (medicated but probably still a bit disorganized and has a hard time with starting and staying focused at times when meds wear off). He brought home his major project (painting),and I thought it was great. He was proud of it and enjoyed the process he said. I did not meet with teacher during parent-teacher conferences as I just met with the main academic teachers due to time constraints/scheduling, but now, I wish I had to see what is going on. DS felt ashamed of his grade. He said he had no idea he was that bad at art. He's worried how this will look on his record. He has always made all As - even in art (but that was in public MS). Should I reach out to the teacher? Should he reach out to the teacher? Maybe he's not understanding what he is being graded on. He says he will not take art after this year, so. should we just ignore it and move on? Wondering how it affects his overall GPA. [/quote]

if your kid can’t explain to you how he’s being graded, definitely reach out to the teacher. There’s a non zero chance your teacher wants to give your kid a higher grade because of effort and product, but due to the rubric literally can’t. Approach it with the attitude you’ve got here - my kid is discouraged and I don’t understand the grading - and it should be fine![/quote]

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