Pride Update January 26, 2024

There were many first semester successes to celebrate, as was evident at last week's Celebration of Learning. As our staff reflected on the first half of the year and considered areas for our students to improve, a common theme became that of missing work. Quite simply, there are too many assignments that go undone by students (before panicking about their grade at the end of the quarter). So, we're going to implement a new system in hopes of increasing work completion in a timely manner.

• Starting the first week of February, Crew teachers will conduct weekly grade checks with students on Friday.
• Any student with missing assignments will have to attend sessions during lunch to catch up. Those sessions will be on Tuesday and Thursday each week. Students will be assigned to the sessions based on the grade check the previous Friday and attendance is mandatory.
• Students can be removed from those sessions based on the next Friday grade check.
• Students who fall further behind, or choose to skip the lunch work sessions, will start sitting after school detentions to complete their work.

We want to communicate to students the importance of completing their work and let them know that assignments are NOT optional. Our teachers provide ample time during class for students to finish much, if not all, of their work, so if students work hard in class and spend minimal time outside of class finishing up assignments, this will not be an issue.

Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.

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Dan Lathrop

Principal

Point of Discovery School

715.345.5566

dlathrop@pointschools.net

February 16 - E-Learning for Students - Professional Development Day

March 5 - 7 - Student Led Conferences

March 18 - 22 - No School - Spring Break

March 25 - Summer School 2024 Registration Opens

March 27 - ACT Testing for Juniors

March 29 - No School - Traditional Good Friday

April 2 - End of Third Quarter

April 12 - E-Learning for Students - Professional Development Day

May 10 - E-Learning for Students - Professional Development Day

May 16 - Last Day of MSTC Classes

May 17 - Summer School Registration Ends

May 20 - 23 - 11th Grade Backpacking Trip

May 23 - 12th Grade Passage Presentations 1:00 pm - **Time change - this will be held during the day due to CFC Graduation in our building this evening.

May 24 - PoDS Graduation

May 27 - June 5 - 12th Grade Trip to Japan

May 30 - 7th - 11th Grade Celebration of Learning 6:00 pm

June 4 - Last Day of School

June 6 - 7 - Incelment Weather Makeup Days (if needed)

Does your child drive a car to school? If so, they need a Parking Permit. If they go to SPASH for any classes and have purchased a SPASH Parking Permit, we will accept those permits at PoDS as well so they do not need to purchase two of them. SPASH will not accept PoDS permits, so make sure that the SPASH permit is purchased if your child will be parking in their student lot. The cost of the permits is $50/year or $25 for a semester if your child starts driving halfway through the school year.

Email: lwoyak@pointschools.net
Website: https://www.pointschools.net/PointOfDiscovery
Location: 1900 West Zinda Drive, Stevens Point, WI, USA
Phone: 715 345 5566