The school will notify parents when the state wide tests are given and will provide parents with information on their child's achievement as measured by these tests. Students who do not pass all four SOL tests will be required to participate in remediation either during the summer or after school. Parents who have questions about the testing program or their child's school performance should contact the classroom teacher. While the basal reading program is one source of good reading materials, the use of a wide variety of literature is encouraged. Works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama and other lesser genres are used to accommodate a variety of interests, abilities and learning styles.
Literature provides experiences that are ordinarily inaccessible to children.
It broadens their knowledge of the world and its people, different time periods, places and cultures. It sparks imagination, spurs creativity and causes children to seek more knowledge. It is also the thread that ties the individual subject areas together in thematic instruction or interdisciplinary units. Students who will graduate in 2004 and thereafter must earn verified credit to qualify for a high school diploma. A student earns a verified credit by passing the Standards of Learning, SOL, test associated with the course.