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Who do you call for homework?

When a student will be out for 3 or more days, please contact the Guidance Secretary,
Mrs. Zukowski at 703-319-2322 in the guidance office. She will send out a request to the teachers for assignments and a minimum of 24 hours is needed in order to collect assignments from teachers. Assignments can be picked up in the guidance office. Students absent 1-3 days should have a student they contact in their classes to check on homework. All requested assignments are expected to be completed prior to the student's return.

Who do you call if you have a question about a class?

When a parent has a question about a class whether it is about a grade, an assignment, or an achievement, please call the teacher directly. You may leave a message for the teacher to call you by contacting the main office at 703-319-2300. In addition, each teacher has a FCPS email address, which is their first name, period, and their last name@fcps.edu
(example: John.Doe@fcps.edu) or, go to Madison Teacher Email List

How do you set up a conference with teachers?

For a conference with one teacher, please contact the teacher directly. For a conference with more than one teacher you may contact your student's counselor; please call their direct line or email them.

How do you monitor what your student is doing in class?

Student Planners:

This is a wonderful tool to use for monitoring assignments on a regular basis. Daily, students should write down their assignments allowing you to review what they have done each evening.

They should write something for each class, even if they do not have aspecific assignment, such as "no homework, review pages 67-71." It is important to discuss what a student is doing in each class on a daily basis.

Progress Reports:
The weekly progress report is available in the guidance office. This is a brief, weekly check between parent and student, which allows you to receive input from the teachers. It is the student's responsibility to pick up each Thursday/Friday morning and take it to their teacher(s). The parent and the student should review the progress report together to look for areas that need to be improved.

Both of these tools should allow you to help your student develop successful time management skills.

Is tutoring available?

Many teachers offer after school hours one or two days a week to help students with assignments. Please contact them directly to find out what days they are available.

Free tutoring is offered by members of the National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, and Foreign Language Honor Societies for ANY STUDENT WHO NEEDS SOME EXTRA HELP. More info...

Curator: Craig Chasse Contact: cjchasse@fcps.edu Updated: November 3, 2009

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