For the big in school, SSL, Honor rolls, almost every one gets an award, I think there was just an email to all parents. For the actual single kids award, I received a letter in the mail saying my child would be receiving something and inviting me to attend (in the evening)

My DC got those big awards and not a single kid award. We got the invitation email too.

Same. Got all the emails and the letter in the mail -- kid only received the academic award that half the school got, and the SSL award that half the school also got.

The real bummer though is that my kid has 3 teachers who are not primarily 8th grade teachers -- and none of those 3 were given an opportunity to give awards to their 8th graders. If 3 kids in Math 8 get to win awards, I don't know why my Honors Geometry student is ineligible just because their teacher only has 1 class of 8th graders.

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Anonymous wrote:Do they not invite the parents of the students who did not get awards? I thought our school didn't do it but now I'm wondering if they had one and my child just didn't get an award. They did have a 4.0 all years and did complete SSL hours.

For the big in school, SSL, Honor rolls, almost every one gets an award, I think there was just an email to all parents. For the actual single kids award, I received a letter in the mail saying my child would be receiving something and inviting me to attend (in the evening)

My DC got those big awards and not a single kid award. We got the invitation email too.

Anonymous wrote:Do they not invite the parents of the students who did not get awards? I thought our school didn't do it but now I'm wondering if they had one and my child just didn't get an award. They did have a 4.0 all years and did complete SSL hours.

For the big in school, SSL, Honor rolls, almost every one gets an award, I think there was just an email to all parents. For the actual single kids award, I received a letter in the mail saying my child would be receiving something and inviting me to attend (in the evening)

Do they not invite the parents of the students who did not get awards? I thought our school didn't do it but now I'm wondering if they had one and my child just didn't get an award. They did have a 4.0 all years and did complete SSL hours.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised they do awards. i don't think our school does.

All MS and HS schools do. At a minimum, there is an award from MCPS for completing SSL hours in MS. Most schools also add in Honor Roll/GPA. There are some other external awards that the schools have to apply for (send in names of qualified kids).

Not ours. They did not do an awards ceremony during the school day or in the evening.

Varies a lot. Our school does a promotion ceremony during the day for just students but a separate awards night the week before, right after school where parents are welcome. No idea why it’s done this way.