What is the homework policy at TPS?
Homework begins with the youngest children, with the expectation that all students must read, or be read to, at least 20-30 minutes per night. Beginning in Junior Unit (third grade), children can expect work taking approximately 45 minutes to be sent home with them two or three nights a week. As students mature, expectations for homework increase. Fourth and fifth graders can expect approximately one hour of work each night; Middle School students usually spend 2 to 2 1/2 hours completing assignments. We encourage independence and responsibility by expecting children to fulfill their homework requirements and to begin to learn to deal with issues of time management.
