Mrs. Law's Lexington Junior High Blog

Careers Junior High is a great time to start exploring interests and learning about different careers. We will do a lot of activities with the students over these two years to explore different options available to them. Here are a couple of resources to get you started thinking about these things! www.bestcolleges.com This website has a lot of great resources on careers and different educational paths. www.ohiomeansjobs.com This is the website the students will become familiar with. It is FULL of real-world information! Have fun exploring!

It has been awhile since my last post! Like many of you, I have been scrambling to get this year off to a great start! I hope everyone is settling in to a nice homework and study routine. Here are some important dates coming up this month: THIS Friday, September 30th is the last day of the first grading period!  If you are like me, this totally snuck up on you. A six week grading period goes SO FAST! This is one of the significant differences between elementary and junior high. It is important to build a good foundation for your grade in the first couple of weeks. If not, you spend the entire 6 weeks trying to bring your grades up. Students: make sure you are turning in ALL of your work - even if it is not completely finished. Half-credit is SO much better than a zero! And don't forget to do your math corrections! These can raise your math grade by an entire letter grade, or more. Parents: Grade cards will be sent home with students about a week after the end of the grad...