Homework
Responsibility
At Liberty
Elementary School, we believe that homework assignments should serve one or more
of the following purposes:
- To reinforce and enrich learning experiences
- To teach students to follow directions and to organize time and materials
- To help students to accept responsibility and to develop self-reliance for
assigned work
- To enable parents to stay informed about their child's progress and about
the school's instructional program
Students are responsible for:
- Writing down homework assignments in their Student Agenda
- Making sure that they understand the assignment before leaving school
- Turning in assignments when they are due
- Making sure their parents see and sign the assignments in the Student
Agenda
- Explaining to parents what homework has been assigned and when it is due
- Making up assignments that are missed when absent
Teachers are responsible for:
- Communicating their homework procedures clearly to students and parents
at the beginning of the year
- Posting homework assignments in classroom
- Allowing time for student to record homework assignments in the
student's agenda
- Assigning homework that is purposeful and meaningful to student
- Assigning homework that is related to daily academic program
- Making comments on homework assignments and responding to notes in the
student agenda written by parents
Parents are responsible for:
- Arranging a quiet, comfortable, well lit place for their student to work
- Providing encouragement and support for their student
- Communicating with the teacher when questions arise about an assignment
- Checking the student's Student Agenda daily for assignments and signing
that you are aware of the assignments
Parents should expect daily homework Monday through Thursday. At
times, there will be long term projects that may require the student to work on
them over the weekend.
