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Catching up on overdue assignments

Dec 20, 2021
Vincent Perry
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Parents, this article outlines a process that your student can go through to start catching up on overdue assignments in classes they’ve fallen behind in, as well as a worksheet they can use here. When you’ve fallen behind in your homework, it can snowball. Pretty soon, you haven’t looked at your powerschool account in weeks. You know things are bad, but you don’t want to know how bad. Throughout the day, you try not to think too much about your Read more

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