First Quarter Grades: What to Do When They Disappoint
The first quarter grades post, and the number is lower than you expected. Maybe a lot lower. In a household where school matters and the student has always done well, a disappointing…
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The first quarter grades post, and the number is lower than you expected. Maybe a lot lower. In a household where school matters and the student has always done well, a disappointing…
In most parts of the country, families don’t get to choose between AP and IB. Their school offers one or the other, and that settles it. Bellevue is different. Between the district’s…
The first few weeks look fine. Syllabus week, some reading, a couple of easy assignments to ease everyone in. Then late September arrives, the real work starts landing all at once, and…
If your kid got into Bellevue’s Advanced Learning program, or you’re an 8th-grade family trying to decide whether Interlake is the right move, you’ve probably already hit the wall of alphabet soup.…
Fall in Bellevue has a particular energy. The first day of school arrives, and with it a quiet current of pressure that runs through this whole community. Parents here are ambitious, and…