Here is a copy of the letter that students from our pod wrote to explain the reports to their parents and to be included as an insert with their report card.
We started the ball rolling in advisory, then handed the task off to a group of students who were finished their preparations for presentations taking place tomorrow.
Minor edits were made to adjust the language around ‘Mastery’ – it was the subject of fierce debate amongst the writing team!
—Ms. Burd

Dear Parents (Middle schoolers write to their parents).docx