Conference Week

Dear Parents,

I hope you got some time to have fun and relax with your students during fall break! I got to visit the Grand Canyon for the first time on my break. (I am not an Arizona native.) It was truly awe-inspiring, especially at sunset. It seemed like every time I moved to view the canyon at a new angle, a totally new landscape was revealed. I’m sure most of you have gone to the Grand Canyon before, and you are definitely blessed to have seen it. If you haven’t, go! You will not regret it.

As you are surely aware, this upcoming week is parent-teacher conference week. I am looking forward to sitting down with you all and discussing how we can support your students this year. Our priority is first to listen and respond to anything you wish to discuss. The evals are typically the basis for our side of the conversation, although we may have a few additional points to raise for some students. Please come early for your conferences because we do have conferences scheduled back-to-back all afternoon Monday-Thursday.

 All school days this week are half days, with pick-up starting at 12:00pm. There is no lunch time on half days and hence no hot lunch—not even for Athenaeum students. If your students are in Athenaeum, please make sure they bring a lunch.

Please remember that shorts are only allowed as part of the uniform for first and fourth quarters. Since we are now in second quarter, only pants and skirts are allowed now. Last year there was some confusion about other aspects of the dress code for cold weather, so here is a quick review: No boots may be worn; only solid black or solid white tennis shoes or dress shoes are allowed.  Students may wear fleeces or jackets that are not navy uniform ones outdoors only. Indoors they must wear uniform fleeces, sweaters, or long-sleeved polos. If students wish to wear undershirts for extra warmth, they may do so as long as the undershirt is not sticking out of their uniform shirt (i.e. no turtlenecks and no long-sleeved undershirts worn under short-sleeved uniform shirts.) Girls may wear knee socks or tights for warmth with skirts. These may be black, navy, or white. Girls may not wear leggings for warmth even when the leggings are paired with socks of the same color.

Because of the half days, we will only have one math class each day in the classroom. We will not be going into math lab. I will still be assigning some online math homework. Students may complete the lesson, “Properties of Multiplication” but they should not go past it. If they are in “Column Multiplication by a One-Digit Number” or “Column Multiplication by a Two-Digit Number” they should stay out of Guided Study and should go to Wall of Mastery instead.

These are all the notes I have for you this week. I look forward to meeting with you.

Sincerely,

Miss Wycklendt