Homework Policy

Goals for Homework

At XCS, homework promotes three important keys for student success: academic learning, character development, and family involvement.

1) To further academic learning, homework:

• Helps students retain knowledge and practice skills
• Stimulates creativity, communication, and thinking skills
• Allows access to resources not available in classroom
• Motivates or prepares students for later assignments.

2) Homework also provides the opportunity for students to develop:

• Efficient management of time and materials
• Concentration and task-oriented behavior
• A sense of responsibility

3) Finally, homework involves parents by:

• Communicating classroom activities
• Providing positive family learning experiences

1. Goals
2. Types of Homework
3. Time Requirements
4. Homework & Class Assignments
5. Assessing Homework
6. Consequences for Not Doing Homework
7. Homework for Absent Students