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Homework Guidelines Overview


​The Mendon-Upton Regional School District homework guidelines provide teachers, students, and families with expectations about the vision, purpose, and beliefs about homework.  Additionally, it provides implementation practices that will support our district’s mission to empower all learners to thrive working towards our strategic objectives to redefine and reimagine school to empower learning for a modern context.  These guidelines also support social-emotional learning in order to create safe, healthy, and balanced learning environments. Establishing coherency and consistency to homework practices is essential. The following is a result of the comprehensive and tireless efforts of a district homework review committee to outline expectations based on research and informed by feedback from all stakeholders (parents/guardians, students, administrators, and teachers) to realign our homework practices to our new strategic plan.

VISION

Homework will be designed to extend and enhance learning beyond the school day, further engaging students in opportunities for curiosity, inquiry, and active learning.

Homework should be personalized to meet individual student needs while respecting the social-emotional well-being of students and the diversity of families."


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​PURPOSE

Homework is assigned by educators to be completed by students outside of the classroom in order to reinforce, supplement, and/or extend learning in ways that help enrich the school experience.  ​
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BELIEFS

We Believe:
  • Homework should be relevant and meaningful for students.
  • Homework should spark students’ curiosity, promote inquiry, and inspire lifelong learning.
  • Objectives and purpose of homework should be clearly communicated to students.
  • Homework and related feedback should be individualized, differentiated, and reflect the needs of students.
  • Assignment of homework should be sensitive to the diversity of families and take into consideration the resources available to students.

School Committee Presentation by Homework Committee
​November, 2018 

School Committee Presentation-Update on Homework
​February, 2019