How Grades Are Calculated:
50% Tests
20% In-Class Projects
10% Class Work
10% Homework
10% District Midterm Cumulative Exam
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How to Check Your Child's Grades Online:
When you go to the Parent Communication Center at http://www.gulfportschools.org/jpweb/ to check your child's grades, the "Grades" tab will give you only an average for each subject. The "Progress" tab gives you individual grades in each subject.
If you have not used the Parent Communication Center before, you will need to register as a new user. To do so:
1. Go to http://www.gulfportschools.org/jpweb/
2. Click on Register a New User
3. Click on the gray drop-down arrow and select your Relationship Information. Type your First Name and Your Last Name. In the PSN field, type the last five digits of your child's Social Security number.
4. Click the Submit button.
5. Complete the New User Registration information where you will choose a login name and a password.
6. Click the Submit button.
7. When you see the message New User Registration, Account Created Successfully, click on the Logout link to get back to the login screen. Type in your new Username and Password, and then click on the Sign In button.
If you forget your User Name or Password, just click on the Forgot Password to retrieve this information from the Parent Communication Center at http://www.gulfportschools.org/jpweb/.
Note: Once you've set up your account, you may choose to share your log-in information with your child so that they can check on their grades any time as well.
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My Favorite Book for Parents of Middle-Schoolers
Teenproofing by John Rosemond
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Boot Camp for Study Skills
A website that you may want to check out:
http://www.radicalparenting.com/radical-teens/study-skills-bootcamp-webinar-for-parents-and-students/
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Conversation Starters
The following information came to me in an e-mail newsletter that I receive from: http://www.radicalparenting.com
Do you have trouble getting your kids to open up about anything? Or maybe you get along great with your kids, but you really want to keep them engaged and building that foundation for the future? Either way, we wanted to give you 10 great table topics you can use at your family dinner table, while driving to school or at ice cream.
Great Conversation Starters for You:
1. If you had to give every human being one quality, what would it be and why?
2. Do you have any recurring dreams? Describe them?
3. What is the meanest thing someone could say to you?
4. If you could be a famous athlete, actor, writer or musician which would you choose and why? (It is fun to guess what the other people in the group will say before divulging answers)!
5. If you were invisible where would you go and what would you do?
6. If your life was made into a movie, who would play you? why?
7. If you could invent one thing what would it be?
8. What is the greatest song ever written?
9. Do you believe in heaven? What does yours look like? Is it different for everyone?
10. What is the most important quality for a boss to have?
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