Events and Announcements
Welcome to a new year. Today marks the second year of the hybred schedule.
We will be running an eight period day on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Wednesday will be the even periods (2,4,6,8)
and Thursday will be the odd periods (1,3,5,7) During those two days class periods will be 81 minutes long.
We will also continue the advisory period and the Dear (Drop Everything and Read program.
These will be held on Wednesday and Thursday during the noon period. After getting student and parent input we have
altered the Senior adivisory content. They will be working on material that will help them to transition to post high
school plans.
The schedule evolved from the need to provide extended
periods of instruction time for our teachers to use their new teaching methods. This is being done to help raise our
expectations in rigor and relevance. The teachers will begin a new three year commitment to differentiation of instruction.
This is being done to help our teachers to be able to effectively reach out to students who span the spectrum of learning
readiness.
Parent -Teacher conferences will be held on October 29th and 30th from
3-8. Through our site visit our parents mentioned that they were not getting enough information with the style of conferences
we were holding. In an effort to give more information we will be changing the format. This year we will be holding
a cafeteria style conference with all teachers in a common place. Parents will have the opportunity to visit with each
of their child's teachers. The teachers will have laptops in order to access student grades and will be able to
print off a grade report for the parent. It is our hope that this will give our parents the information they need to
help us ensure success for their child.
