ParentNewsletter The La Salle
FOR PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL • PASADENA • CALIFORNIA • NOVEMBER 2012
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In a day or sooner you will be receiving, in the mail, a midsemester report card that will advise you of your student’s work. This report is the best and most accurate indicator of how each student is doing academically. While these grades are important, they are in fact leading us towards semester grades in December, which become permanent and are placed on each student’s transcript. The old adage, “It ain’t over till it’s over” is most true in the academic arena. Many, many students at La Salle are achieving fine grades that are commensurate with their ability, their hard work and their dedication to studies. I applaud them for achieving fine and outstanding grades. I encourage these students to continue taking care of business. We are at the mid-point of the semester and I commend them on their work effort. Keep it up! Not far from those students who are attaining success are some students who are struggling with their academic performance. The “struggling” can be attributed to many things. I know that each
student’s Academic Advisor is ready, willing and able to assist by offering the proper support and counsel. If the grades are not where they are supposed to be, there is still ample time to correct them before mid-December when semester exams roll around. Many opportunities are available to remedy academic deficiencies. The National Honor Society students provide great tutoring assistance, as well as our Student Success Workshop (SSW) which meets after school, Monday through Thursday. The only requirement is a willing attitude and desire to improve. The mid-semester grades are often a “wake-up call” for students. Now, if they will just answer the call!
Your Vote Counts As a former classroom instructor in civics, government and U. S. History, this was a wonderful time, every four years, to be teaching. Students in our Mentor program have received some education on the current major political candidates and ballot issues. They were invited to cast their Continued on page 2
The words of St. John Baptist de La Salle to the first Brothers “Those called to teach children must devote themselves to bringing them up in the Christian Spirit.” Saint John Baptist de La Salle c.1703 Letters to new Brothers
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