Dear Southeast Middle School Parents and Families,
Beginning in the second semester, SEMS will be changing progress report procedures. Currently, we send home paper progress reports three times per quarter for core classes and one paper progress report for encore classes. In addition, parents have full access to the Parent Assist Module (PAM), where student progress can be viewed at any time during the quarter. In an effort to save paper and to be consistent with the technology that our school system utilizes, we are going to reduce the number of paper progress reports being sent home.
For the second semester, all students will receive one paper progress report for each class in the middle of each quarter:
Quarter | Start/End of Quarter | Paper progress report date |
3rd | January 24 – March 29 | Wednesday, February 29 |
4th | April 9 – June 7 | Wednesday, May 16 |
Parents may continue checking Parent Assist at any time for student progress. Teachers will continue to stay in communication with all students and parents for those who are struggling academically.
What is the Parent Assist Module (PAM)? https://pa.ncwise.org/
PAM is an online program where parents can check their students’ academic progress in any subject. Teachers update their online grades approximately once per week. Parents can access this information with a user name and password from any computer with Internet access. In addition, parents are welcome to visit the school for Internet access if there is none available.
In order to sign up for PAM, please bring a photo ID to our Data Manager, Cindy Wilkes. She will assist you in accessing this program.
We appreciate your support and feel that this change will benefit all students, parents, and staff.
Winter Weather:
Winter weather is finally here! In case of inclement weather, you can check the status of school by tuning to WXII-12, going to http://www.wxii12.com/closings/index.html or visiting the WSFCS website for updates: http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/
In addition, students are reminded to review the dress code policy for winter coats:
OUTER WEAR:
"Any heavy or bulky coats, jackets, or other outer wear may be worn to school. Upon classroom arrival, they must be put in the student’s assigned locker, or assigned area. Heavy coats, jackets, coats/jackets; with hoods or pockets may NOT be worn in the classroom. Students should dress in layers during winter months for their comfort for the instructional day. Other items may be deemed inappropriate if it is a distraction to the learning environment. Teachers may use discretion if cool temperatures warrant using outer wear in class (i.e., power outage, heat maintenance problem, etc.)."
Quarter Testing:
The quarter testing will take place on January 17 & 18. Algebra students will also take his or her mid-term exam during this time.
School Fundraiser:
Information will be coming home soon in Wednesday folders for our school fundraiser. Be sure to check out all the cool spring items for sale!
School Calendars:
Check out this year's school events on our school calendar.
Also, a complete listing of sporting events is available on the athletic page calendar:
Other calendars:
• A Day/B Day Calendars: http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/cms/lib/NC01001395/Centricity/Domain/37/Calendars/2011-12%20A-B%20Day%20color.pdf
A-B Schedule Change! Due to the high school exam schedule in January, there have been two changes in the A-B day encore schedule. All schools are to follow this schedule:
Thursday, Jan. 12 - A day
Friday, Jan. 13 - A day
Monday, Jan. 16 - Holiday
Tuesday, Jan. 17 - A day
Wednesday, Jan. 18 - B day
Thursday, Jan. 19 - B day
Friday, Jan. 20 - B day
Friday, Jan. 13 - A day
Monday, Jan. 16 - Holiday
Tuesday, Jan. 17 - A day
Wednesday, Jan. 18 - B day
Thursday, Jan. 19 - B day
Friday, Jan. 20 - B day
• Information on Make-up days and other WSFCS Calendars: http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/site/default.aspx?pageid=535
- Information on five days added to the 2012-2013 calendar:
