As we begin to wind down for the holidays, I wanted to take some time to offer information about exams and other curriculum updates for Athens Drive:
PROGRESS REPORTS:

Students should receive a progress report in each class on Wednesday, December 4. Please communicate with your child’s teacher if you have questions about student progress. As a reminder, if you have not a signed up for a Powerschool Parent Portal Account, please see the information here about how to access student progress.

EXAMS: 

• Exams begin on Monday, January 13 and will end on Friday, January 17.  The Exam schedule can be found at http://athensdrivehs.wcpss.net/docs/CurriculumInstruction/First%20Semester%20Exam%20Schedule%202013.pdf.

North Carolina Final Exams:

Some courses require a state final exam.  Students in the following courses will take the NC Final Exams (these are not teacher exams and exemptions are not permitted):

• English I
• English III
• English IV
• Civics and Economics
• US History
• American History I
• World History
• Physical Science
• Chemistry
• Earth Science
• Physics
• Common Core Math II
• Algebra II
• Advanced Functions and Modeling
• Precalculus
• Discrete Math

Students in the following courses will take End-of-Course Tests

Common Core Math IB

English II

Biology

EXAM STUDY SUPPORT

• Students should take advantage of Mandatory Guided Study (MGS) and Tutorial this week as they head into the end of the semester. You can find the MGS/ Tutorial Schedule at https://sites.google.com/site/athensdrive/SMART-Lunch/MGS-and-Tutorials.
• Remember that students have access to Study Island to prepare for upcoming EOCs in English II and Biology, and there are resource materials for other content areas.  Students can access Study Island at www.studyisland.com.  Students usernames are student’s id #@athens and their passwords are their student ID #s unless they have changed it.  For example, if the id number is 123456, then the username is 123456@athens and the password is 123456. I am the contact for Study Island at Athens, if you or students have questions!
• Students may also find the WCPSS Success Series at http://www.wcpss.net/students/homework-help/ helpful for the supported subjects, and students may also find the videos at Khan Academy useful (http://www.khanacademy.org/) especially for Math and Science subjects.

Please make sure that you keep up with important news at our web site and specifically on the Parent Page of the ADHS web site!

Jeremy D. Parrish

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