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Bad Report Card? What To Do #5: Check The Schedule

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Bad Report Card? What To Do #5: Check The Schedule

Are the demands of an excessive extra-curricular schedule causing report card grades to be low? Sports, music, and theater are just a few examples of time consuming activities students may focus on more than their studies. Sometimes there is not enough time in the day to meet the demands of their activities and put in their best effort on their homework. As a parent, you have the responsibility of examining the extra-curricular schedule and modify it if necessary so they have the time needed to do their homework and study.

Bad Report Card? What To Do #3: See The Teacher

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Bad Report Card? What To Do #3: See The Teacher

Often there are a lot of different components that go into calculating a grade. A simple letter grade on a report card may not provide a clear picture. Your child’s teacher can give you an explanation as to what components specifically may have lowered the grade. The teacher will help you identify what areas in that subject matter require additional support. Then you can decide if the extra support will come from you, the teacher, or a Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutor.

Bad Report Card? What To Do #2: How To Study

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Bad Report Card? What To Do #2: How To Study

There are some students that want to do well on tests, but do not know the actual process of how to study. Learning study skills will allow your student to be able to demonstrate their understanding on tests and raise their grades.

Bad Report Card? What To Do #1: Organization

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Bad Report Card? What To Do #1: Organization

Many times a student is very capable of learning and understanding, yet have lower grades due to their organization. Poor organization from time management to completing and handing in homework can lower report card grades tremendously. Teaching a student how to be organized can be an invaluable life lesson.

Report Cards

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Report cards can be stressful for many students. If your child’s first term report card does not have the grades you would have hoped for, it does not pay to panic and add to the stress. Some children and their parents outrageously consider a bad report card a death sentence. This is simply not true. A report card can be used as a tool to help a parent have a clearer vision of what strengths and weaknesses their child has. Then once a weakness is on the radar, a parent can begin to address the problem.

There are many factors that go into the grades your child received on the most recent report card. Over the next several days we will take a closer look at first term report cards and what you can do to help your student improve future report cards.

HOPE Sudbury

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Y3K Tutor in your home is proud to donate our tutoring and test prep services to the HOPE Sudbury Telethon and Auction. The money you bid for our tutoring will go towards supporting Sudbury, MA families in need. In 2013 alone, 57 families turned to the HOPE Fund for support. It is always a pleasure for Y3K Tutor In Your Home to help these Sudbury families whenever the need arises.

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Family Promise Metrowest: Keep The Promise

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Once again Y3K Tutor In Your Home gives back to the community. This time we are donating our tutoring and test prep services to Family Promise Metrowest for their fall fundraiser, “Keep The Promise”. Bidding on our tutoring will help them raise money to assist families and children who are homeless in the Metrowest area.

Michigan State Board of Education Policy: Student Options for Animal Dissection

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Michigan State Board of Education Policy: Student Options for Animal Dissection Coursework

The Michigan State Board of Education recognizes that a growing number of students have moral, ethical, religious, or other objections to animal dissection and that modern nonanimal teaching methods (e.g., interactive computer software) are available. The State Board of Education also recognizes that these alternative teaching lessons may be more effective and less expensive. Consistent with the recommendations of leading science education organizations, to accommodate these students and create an inclusive learning environment, any K-12 student who objects to dissecting animals or animal parts should be permitted to opt out of dissection activities without fear of reprisal.

School districts should establish a written policy stating that options are available for students who object to dissection activities, and that upon written request, the school will permit a student who objects to dissection activities to demonstrate competency through an alternative method.

Teachers shall provide these students with an alternate project (i.e., completing modules on interactive computer software) that does not involve participating in or observing dissection and through which they can learn and be assessed on the material required by the course. The alternate project should be selected by the teacher and entail a comparable amount of work to the dissection activity.

No student shall be punished or discriminated against based up on his or her decision to opt out of animal dissection activities.

A student who is reluctant to voice his or her concerns about animal use in a particular course, or who thinks these concerns have not received proper attention, may seek assistance from their principal.

Buddy Dog Collection Drive List

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Here is the complete list of items collected for the Y3K Tutor In Your Home 12th Annual Buddy Dog Humane Society Collection Drive. Pick ups are from November 1st to January 10th. Call now!

Most Needed Items:
• Limited-slip or Martingale collars of all sizes
• Non-clumping, clay cat litter
• Litter box deodorizer
• Bleach, laundry detergent, liquid dish soap, sponges
• Waterless hand sanitizer
• New, standard-sized litter boxes (no hood)
• Rubbing alcohol and distilled water

For the Cats and Kittens:
• Science Diet brand dry food
• Canned cat food (any brand, not shredded variety)
• Blankets and soft cat beds
• Towels
• Toys (squeaky toys, balls, stuffed mice, fishing pole toys, catnip)

For the Dogs and Puppies:
• Science Diet brand dry food
• Canned dog food (any brand or variety)
• Leashes (4, 6, or 8-foot; not the retractable kind)
• Toys (squeaky & plush toys; no tennis balls/rope toys)
• Pressed raw hides
• Blankets and soft dog beds
• Step in harness small and medium sizes

For the Staff:
• Office supplies: dry-erase markers & two-pocket folders
• Paper towels and tissues
• Medical supplies such as cotton balls, hydrogen peroxide, Q-Tips, and first-aid items
• Plastic drinking cups
• Ajax cleaner

Gift Certificates: We welcome gift certificates from the following stores, so that we may purchase shelter supplies.
• Walmart
• Petco
• Home Depot
• Lowe’s
• B.J’S Wholesale Club
• Pet Edge
• Target
• Homegoods

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