Parents, please help me press the importance of turning in the research paper. I have already had multiple students inform me that they are thinking about just not submitting a paper. This would result in a zero and would bring their grades down significantly. A zero for a test grade on this quarter would cost a student 17 points on their final grade for the quarter, which is more that a letter and a half penalty (a student with an average of 80% would drop to a 63%. A student with an average of 65% would drop to a 48%). None of them would want this, but there are many who honestly cannot afford a grade drop that low without failing the 8th grade.
This would be a great time to remind parents that summer school is back to being a paid program now. The cost is $250 per course failed...may the odds be ever in your favor.