Grades Posted for Q1 Progress!

Good Morning Academy Juniors -

I have some great news, some good news and some bad news!  That news really is dependent on your current grade in my class. While a few students are currently earning an A+, with some even over the 100% mark, there are others of you who are well below 50%.  That is not good news at all.  Academics are important - in particular, your 11th grade year (especially for those of you who maintained above a 2.0 GPA last year) can be incredibly important when it comes to your post high school options ... and you want post high school options!  Just look at the chart above.  The first key to keeping those options open is taking care of business when you come to school.  For this class, that means being in class on time everyday and working to complete every single assignment on time and to the best of your ability.  Unfortunately, some people are not following through with that expectation.

Today is a one time opportunity for our first quarter progress grade.  Read carefully -

• Today only I will offer a make-up opportunity for any missing/incomplete assignments.  Login to School Loop and check your current grade in my class.  While a few of you have 100% or higher (great work) some of you have already fallen below the 50% mark.  Check which assignments, if any, you're missing and know that because of the few assignments completed to date, one missing assignment can have a significant impact on your grade.
• NOTE** The only assignment score I will not regrade is your blog.  If you want to improve it for the sake of having a good quality blog - go for it.  Click on your blogs, edit them, add text, an image, etc but that will be for your personal satisfaction only.
• For ANY assignment you want to receive credit for, follow these instructions:
• Complete the assignment as specified in Schoology.  
• Complete any/all missing assignments and send them to me in 1 single email.  I do not want 4 separate emails from the same person.
• Files must be emailed to me as a .pdf (Ever Growing, Changing ME) or exported .swf file to crubin@seq.org.
• All assignments must be received by the end of your class period today, 9/16 or 9/17
• Any assignment received after that time will not be accepted under any circumstance.
• Grades will be finalized and posted for Q1 progress by Thursday, September 17th @ midnight.

Please take advantage of this opportunity.  Assignments submitted late will not receive full credit but will significantly raise your grade vs. the current "Missing" score.  Those of you who currently have an A in the class - today is not "FREE" time! I encourage you to take this time to work on assignments from other classes (academy or non-academy) so you have a glowing (ALL A's) report card mailed home that you can be proud of and that will create amazing opportunities for you in the future!

Again, please read the instructions above carefully so that you can take advantage of this 1 time opportunity to raise your grade. I hope to receive 1 email from each of you with an assignment (or multiple assignments) before the end of class.  Obviously any extra time should go towards working on your Windmill Assignment.

Thank you!

Mr. Rubin