When do you get a blue letter?

When to get a warning

Parents are warned with a blue letter that their child's promotion to the next grade is at risk.

• You have to fear that your parents will receive a blue letter if you haven't already got the half-yearly report card were at risk of being transferred, but their performance deteriorated so much in the second half of the year that they are now being transferred could be at risk.
• The promotion is at risk if you get a five in several subjects, or in one subject a six, and you can't make up for those bad grades with good grades in other subjects can.
• In order to endanger the transfer, it is also sufficient if you are currently on one in several subjects bad four and teachers fear that these four will turn into a five at the end of the year could be. Take the warning seriously! You don't get a blue letter when things are only half as wild.
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• If you were already at risk of transfer at the half-year report and informed your parents about it at this point in time you will not receive another blue letter unless there are other subjects in which you have deteriorated to have.


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• When exactly a blue letter has to be sent from the school is regulated differently from state to state. In all federal states, blue letters must be sent to the legal guardians of minors. If you are of legal age, either you will get the blue letter yourself, or the school law of your state does not provide for blue letters to be sent to adults.

When you have received the blue letter

• As a matter of principle, write down all grades that you have received during the school year. This way you can keep track of your performance and grades. If you also inform your parents regularly about your grades, you can take countermeasures at an early stage before your grades get too bad.
• If you can see that you are likely to receive a blue letter, talk to your parents about it - they will not be surprised if the advance warning is in the mailbox.
• Stay calm! A blue letter is not the end of the world! Discuss your performance level and your prospects in peace with your parents and the relevant subject teachers. Is it likely that you won't be transferred? When is a Change of school to advise?
• Talk to your subject teacher about the reasons for your bad grades. Together, consider what you can do to save your testimony after all. Perhaps a special task, a presentation or some other special achievement will help.
• Think about where you can get help. tutoring through an institute or a private tutor has already saved many transfers.
• If all else fails, try to see your staying seated positively. Some school careers get a lot of boost after a lap of honor. You will have the opportunity to study the material of this year more thoroughly a second time. Perhaps this time you will finish with good grades and not just manage the class “just about”.