Homework is planned to meet the needs of students and has an essential place in the educational place in the educational program.  Homework assignments develop a sense of responsibility, challenge and organizational opportunity.  Each teacher will have a homework policy and will assign homework as needed to give additional practice and reinforce classroom instruction.  Parents/Guardians are urged to be supportive and encouraging to create a positive attitude toward homework.

Our goal at St. Rose of Lima is to instill good study habits and personal responsibility.  Parents need to be aware of time conscientiously spent on homework and locate the area in your home most conducive to study and concentration.  It is the student’s responsibility when absent to make up all assigned work and homework.  The  general guidelines for assigned homework are:

Grades 1 and 2..............   30 minutes per day

Grades 3 and 4..............   60 minutes per day

Grades 5 and 6..............   90 minutes per day

Homework is to be turned in the following day or as determined by the classroom teacher.

Homework Guidelines

1. Plan a regular schedule for doing homework each day of the week.
2. Set up a regular “study area” at home to do homework, and keep it well supplied.
3. Use an assignment notebook and use it daily whenever a teacher gives an assignment.
4. Make a list in the assignment notebook of the book and materials needed to do the assignment each day.
5. Ask a parent or older brother/sister to look over completed assignments so mistakes can be corrected.
6. Place completed homework assignments in one special folder or notebook.
7. Ask the teacher for help in making a list of important things to study for each upcoming test.
8. Make an outline ahead of time of all the steps involved in completing long term projects or assignments.
9. Follow the outlines for long term projects and work on it each day instead of waiting until the project is due.
10. Write the telephone numbers of two or three other classmates in your assignment notebook so there is someone to call when questions arise about homework assignments.