Each year on the first day of school, we send home an assignment for parents called "The Million Word Essay." We ask that they write an essay about their child that describes his/her strengths, weaknesses, interests, fears about the coming year, favorite subjects, etc. Whenever we are concerned about a student, we pull out the folder of letters and see what the parent has to say.
We also spend time at the beginning of the year with the sending teachers (the grade below). They are able to tell us about each student's academic performance, homework tendencies, and so on.
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