"I don't have to do it if I don't want to!"

The fact that some students choose not to learn impacts not only the student but those around them. Teachers, peers, parents, guardians all talk to the student and encourage him or her to “do better”, or “try harder” because we all believe they can. Students who have decided not to learn don’t show the desire or put forth the effort it takes to make academic progress. To put it simply, “I don’t want to do it so I don’t have to.”

In the past the solution would have been to send the student out or give a “0”, parent conference, student conference, remediation, afterschool or any of a number of different traditional remedy. Ayden Middle is breaking away from that response. With a scheduled time during the school day to give every student support our support for students who are refusing to learn is shifting from the traditional to:

• ·         Mandatory homework help
• ·         Peer tutoring
• ·         Goal setting and study skills
• ·         Re-teaching
• ·         Mandatory make-up/study hall

These opportunities are put in place to make sure that all students make high levels of academic growth and that no student is allowed not to learn. Please join us as we make sure all students make high growth.

Go Knights!!