Getting 100% on everything might as well mean she's still bored and therefore only shows satisfactory effort at school. It's hard to show more enthusiasm when you're not motivated. So I am not really surprised she is getting an "S" in science.
That was my thought too at first. But then I would expect her to get "S" in all other subjects (except math, maybe, where she did get occasional 95-98%...) and she didn't... So I think it is more relates to teacher/school unspoken evaluation policies and has little to do with child's real assessment.
I had tried most of last year to get the k teacher to explain why my dd was getting 'S+' in writing and only 'S' in Math and reading, when clearly reading was fabulous as was math -- I was like, in WHAT WAY, SPECIFICALLY is she less consistent, less anything????? or Conversely, in WHAT WAY!! "SPECIFICALLY" is she Soooooo amazing now in WRITING (especially curious because she was not recommended to continue one grade up because writing was a bit of a struggle').
NOTHING, no response, no conference scheduled when requested ( I just wanted a simple note or phone call for heavens sake). I finally stopped asking because I did not want to be seen as 'badgering', and it was clear that my application of LOGIC to the grading that was done was just not gonna fly.
Plus it was just K. I just wanted her to get through it with minimum scarring... Lol. But it was crap (the response/lack of response).
Sorry, that is frustrating, you think you've totally got a legit question and they just really don't get it, or care.
