Report Cards

End of semester report cards and grades are on the horizon. I will be collecting report card progress (K-5) and grades (6-12) at our LP5 virtual meeting. LP5 begins on December 17th, so for many of you this won't be until after the winter break. I will repost this the first day of LP5.

Here is how to prepare:

Grades K-5:
Remember, there are no real "grades" for K-5. Report cards just track progress through the grade level standards. In general: most students will be earning 2s for most categories,  a student working above grade level will earn 4s, categories not addressed yet will earn 1s, categories covered fully will earn 3s.

• Download (or just view) sample report cards below. Look over the categories and see if you have any questions. 
• Decide if you would like to add optional effort grades and if so, have them ready to give me at our LP5 meeting.
• Write up your overall comments to read to me at our LP5 meeting. 
• Have your progress grades ready to give me at our LP5 meeting.
• You don't need to fill out the LP5 progress tab on the semester plan. The report card will count for that.

Grades 6-12:

• Check in on your student's grades and progress, keep close track between now and our LP5 meeting.
• Write up your overall comments and optional effort grades to give to me at our LP5 meeting. 
• Have your final grades updated in your Semester Plan for our LP5 meeting.

Grades 9-12:

• Check in on your student's grades and progress, keep close track between now and our LP5 meeting. 
• Write up your overall comments to give to me at our LP5 meeting. 
• Have your final grades updated in your Semester Plan for our LP5 meeting.

You can download/view samples here:
These are last year's samples, but I haven't been notified of any changes.
TK/K Sample Report Card
1st Grade Sample Report Card
2nd Grade Sample Report Card
3rd Grade Sample Report Card
4th Grade Sample Report Card
5th Grade Sample Report Card
6th - 8th Grade Sample Report Card
9th - 12th Grade Sample Report Card

If you have any questions, or need any help, please contact me.

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Ski Days!

From the Wire...

2019 Home School Ski Day Dates Announced – Sign Up Now!

Love to ski or snowboard? Interested in learning how?

Visions Home School students and their immediate family members will have the exciting opportunity to ski or snowboard at our annual Ski Day events this winter.

We’re partnering with Sierra-at-Tahoe to offer multiple Ski Day dates where students can use student funds to learn the sport at discounted school group rates. Even better, family members and non-lesson students/siblings can also take advantage of the same discounted rates by paying for the tickets with personal funds.

2019 SKI DAY DATES*

Friday, Feb. 1


Friday, Feb. 8


Friday, Mar. 8


Friday, Mar. 22

To participate, families will need to fill out a Ski Days Order Form (one form for every family member) on the Visions-Sponsored Ski Days event page.

*All dates are subject to cancellation if weather conditions risk the safety of our students. Please remember that we can’t control the weather and do our best to work through its unpredictability!

PAYMENT & CANCELLATION POLICY HIGHLIGHTS (more details on event page linked above)

• Only enrolled students who take a lesson are able to use student funds. Parents and/or non-enrolled family members will need to pay with personal funds by the close of business the Friday BEFORE the ski day date. This allows Sierra-at-Tahoe sufficient time to hire instructors.
• Visions is able to accept check, cash, or money order only. We are unable to take credit card payments at this time.
• Because we need to report confirmed numbers to Sierra-at-Tahoe, failure to pay for parent/non-enrolled family member tickets by the Friday before assumes the family does not wish to participate and will result in cancellation of tickets for you and your student/family members. Orders are also non-refundable after that time.
• For ski days canceled due to weather/safety of our families, student accounts will NOT be charged and all non-student payments will be transferred to another ski date of your choice. If this happens, please fill out the ski form and in the comments notate that you are transferring your payment from a previous date.

For questions, please reach out to the Home School Event Coordinator at (916) 883-1611 or hsevents@viedu.org.

https://wire.viedu.org/2019-home-school-ski-day-dates-announced-sign-up-now/

This Week's Meeting Schedule

Monday 12/3
Office Day

Tuesday
Ione - Corner Cafe
Austin - 12:05
Ione
Jasmine & Roxie - 1:30

Wednesday
Gingerbread House Event
Jacob, Lilly, Tiffany, Madison & Logan
Grace Church
Jezreel - 11:00
Jackson Library
Isabeau & McKenna - 1:00

Thursday
Ione 
Charlotte - 2:30

Friday
Office Day