Students are required to take the progress reports home, and typically must return them with a signature. Follow up letters with a copy of the progress report may be mailed home in the event that no parent response has been returned. Parents' comments on or questions about any communique are always acknowledged in writing or by a phone call. Weekly progress reports may also be used in cases where close follow-up is warranted, or students may be required to have a homework assignment pad initialed by teacher and parent on a daily basis. Regardless of the type of correspondence with parents, feedback is welcomed.
Parents are among our primary customers and SCMS strives for extraordinary customer relations.
Less formal means of reporting student progress are teachers calling parents at home, mail-outs of positive postcards to the home, the use of personalized notes for jobs well done, radio or TV broadcasts of student accomplishments, and school and local newspaper articles publicizing SCMS successes. To capitalize our efforts, Thursday afternoons are reserved for parents to drop in and check on student progress. Often there are surveys or questionnaires included in mailings. Parents are encouraged to call the school with their concerns. Our principal and staff members are vocal and active in regard to current educational issues.