March 8, 2013

It is Friday?  When Monday is a holiday and Tuesday is a snow day, it makes for a very quick week.  I am 100% sure that our students who returned home on Monday evening from Washington D.C. were thrilled beyond belief to hear that there was no school on Tuesday.  The students had a great trip and Mr. Martin reported to me that this group was fantastic to travel with and represented their school and community well.

PLEASE VISIT THE P.T.O. NEWSLETTER AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE!!!!

Thanks to everyone who gave me blog theme ideas.  I will try to incorporate those ideas into future blogs.  Special thanks to Mr. Murphy for writing the blog last week.  

REPORT CARDS:

Our second trimester online report cards are coming out this Wednesday, March 13th.   Yes, we have made our report cards available via PowerSchool so that you can see grades via the internet.  We will be sending home an envelope which will have information on how to view the report cards and a form that will take you through the Standards Based Report Card parent guide.  As always, please sign and return the envelope to your homeroom teacher.  We ask that you sign so that we know that you have accessed the report card and received the SBR parent guide.  As a parent myself, I know that the change to Standards Based Report Cards has been challenging, but the information regarding where your child has strengths and deficits will be unmatched from any report card you have received at the middle school level.  The classes reporting out in SBR will be LA, PE, Health, Facs, Spanish (7th), Band (6th) & Orchestra (6th).  All other classes will be following the regular report card format.  My hope is that you can see the difference a Standards Based Report Card will make for parents as they follow the progress of their child.  

INCOMING 6TH GRADE PARENT NIGHT:

Please let all incoming 6th grade parents know that Woodlawn will be hosting an introduction to Middle School evening.  All parents who will have 6th graders entering in the fall are welcomed to join myself and Heather Friziellie in the Woodlawn gym at 7p.m. this Tuesday, March 12th.  We will have a presentation, student panel and be available to answer questions.  I hope to see you there.  

SCHOOL SUPPLY KITS:

Everyone wants to make their lives simpler...here is one of the easiest ways get your school year off to a good start without fighting the crowds at the store.  Go to the PTO Newsletter link and sign by NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH for your school supply kits.  This is great for each grade level and this year, you can buy extra items for your student.  Get on this now!!!!

SIGN UP FOR CONFERENCES:
Spring conferences are upon us!  All conferences are student led and our students are expected to be a part of this process.  6th grade students do this through their Options class and will be assigned their homeroom teacher, where 7th & 8th grade students can have any of their teachers be a part of the conference.  Dates and times are April 8th from 5-8:30p.m. and April 9th from 10-1:30p.m.  Call the main office 847-353-8500 beginning this Wednesday for an appointment.

Finally, we lose an hour this weekend.  Spring ahead one hour.