In an effort to keep you informed about the progress of your child, our teachers regularly update PowerSchool. They provide information related to achievement as well as your child’s habits and attitudes towards learning.
The definitions below will help you understand our reporting terminology.
Achievement of Learning Goals:
The ISB Middle School reports on student progress towards subject-specific standards based on expected performance at the time of assessment. The middle school uses the following descriptors to report on achievement, Beginning, Approaching, Meeting, Advanced. Achievement may also be described as falling between levels, such as Beginning-Approaching (BA), Approaching-Meeting (AM), Meeting-Advanced (MA)
Here is a visual to help you better understand our reporting descriptors for achievement.
Habits and Attitudes for Learning (HAL):
Our ISB Middle School HAL is a set of behaviors and dispositions that support students’ progress towards achieving our Mission. Students who approach their learning with these habits and attitudes develop a growth mindset and become independent, life‐long learners. The middle school uses the following descriptors to report on achievement, Beginning, Approaching, Meeting, Advanced.
Here is a HAL visual to help you better understand our reporting descriptors for habits and attitudes for learning.
Our first HAL update for this year will be available in PowerSchool this afternoon. This would be a perfect time for you and your child to go into PowerSchool together, look at the feedback, and discuss the kinds of healthy routines, behaviors, and dispositions that will contribute to a successful learning experience throughout the year.
Please follow these steps to log into PowerSchool to see your child’s HAL.
Our first achievement update for this school year will be on the afternoon of Thursday, September 15th.
You should always feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher and/or counselor if you have any questions or concerns related to your child’s progress.