Progress Report Cards

First Grading is over and it's revelation time! All of Yna and MJ's hardwork are summed up in these cards.

Yna, a consistent gifted and honors student, maintained her straight A grades and again achieved a Distinguished Honor Roll Status. Though she struggled with Algebra I and Science getting quizzes that were below 90%, she worked really hard to improve her grades. She'd practice working on several math problems almost every night and every time she'd be sleeping late. She tried several times to ask for our help or to check if her answers were correct, but hubby and I, unfortunately, forgot everything about Algebra. Simply put, we were totally useless. With all the projects she completed, tests and quizzes every week she studied on, loads of homework every night [even weekends!] she finished, essays and book reviews she'd written, and helping out babysitting for her sister [which she calls a strenuous and unpaid job], she rightfully deserved all A's.

MJ's grades are as impressive as his sister's although she teased him a lot about getting most 3's and only five 4's [4 is the highest]. MJ, a 4th grader, is in enrichment class for Math, Reading and Language Arts. His lessons are above his grade level so getting 3's is like getting 4's when he is in a regular class or having lessons for his grade level. I know it's confusing but that's how his teacher explained it to me during our 1-on-1 Progress Report Conference. Maybe they should just add 3E, where E stands for Enrichment, to avoid confusion and to make it more official. Also, during the month of October, MJ participated in the Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GRADE). A Growth Scale Value (GSV), a score, of 471 would reflect a higher reading performance for fourth grade students in the Fall. On this administration of GRADE, MJ obtained a GSV of 477.

What can I say? I am a very happy and proud mom. I'm glad to see all their hard work rewarded with hard earned high grades.