Looking Forward to Curriculum Night

                                                                                                                                    August 22, 2013

Dear Parents of Lower School Students,

We have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know you and your children this past week.  We could not have asked for a better start to the school year!  The students are enthusiastic, engaged, and ready for a spectacular school year, and we can’t thank you enough for all you’ve done to help make this a smooth transition.

We are looking forward to visiting with you on Thursday, September 5 at 6 P.M. for Lower School Curriculum Night.  We’ll gather in the foyer area of the south building and disperse to classrooms and commons areas at 6 P.M. for grade level presentations.  Childcare is available for a small fee for those families interested.  The evening will wrap up around approximately 7:15.  Thanks in advance for joining us for this important evening.

Since we have two weeks before Lower School Curriculum Night, we want to share a few pieces of information with you before then to ensure that you are receiving class blog updates and other important information.  Please be sure to visit the blog for your child’s grade level.  Teachers update blogs weekly and try to share all of the wonderful learning that is taking place as well as provide dates about upcoming events.  Once you visit the blog you have an option to select “Follow” and provide your email so that you receive an email each time the blog is updated.  If you decide to take advantage of this option, please remember that you will need to select “Follow” for each blog from which you wish to receive updates.  For example, you may want to follow the grade level, Lower School Division Blog, and Liz’s Monday Morning Memo Blog.  Teachers have also posted our Lower School Behavior Plan on their blogs.  This is an initiative we undertook last year in order to ensure consistency across our division.  Teachers introduced it to students today during school and students will be bringing home a hard copy of the plan this evening.   We are asking that you read through it and discuss it with your child, especially the last page which we are asking him/her to sign and return to school before next Thursday, August 29.  Students have demonstrated excellent use of their St. Paul’s Life Skills and exemplary behavior this first week, but we wanted to share our discipline philosophy and policy with you prior to the third week of school. 

Thanks again for all you’ve done to help your children transition back into the school year!  We are thrilled to have the students back and look forward to working with you this year!  If you have any questions before Curriculum Night, please feel free to contact your child’s teacher or me.  I can be reached at ljones@speds.org or at 816.268.6571.

                                                                                                       Sincerely,

                                                                                                        Lisa Jones

                                                                                                                   Lower School Division Head 

Class Blog Links

http://spedsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/                                   1^st Grade Blog

http://spedssecondgrade.blogspot.com/                             2^nd Grade Blog  

http://spedsthirdgrade.blogspot.com/                                  3^rd Grade Blog

http://spedsfourthgrade.blogspot.com/                               4^th Grade Blog   

http://spedsfifthgrade.blogspot.com/                                   5^th Grade Blog

http://spedsjones.blogspot.com/                                            Lower School Blog

http://spedshead.blogspot.com/                                      Ms. Barnes’ Blog, Monday Morning Memo

http://spedsmeli.blogspot.com/                                              Senora Meli’s Blog (T-5 Spanish)

http://spedswillets.blogspot.com/                                  Mrs. Willet’s Blog (Technology Teacher)

http://spedsshurtleff.blogspot.com/                                     Mrs. Shurtleff’s Blog (T-4 P.E.)

http://spedskurt.blogspot.com/                                              Mr. Kurt’s Blog (5-8 P.E.)

http://spedshaskamp.blogspot.com/                                     Mrs. Haskamp’s Blog (T-2 Music)

http://spedseverly.blogspot.com/                                          Mrs. Everly’s Blog (3-5 Music)

http://spedscrumpecker.blogspot.com/                                Mrs. Crumpecker’s Blog (1-3 Art)

http://spedslaird.blogspot.com/                                             Mrs. Laird’s Blog (4-8 Art)

 

http://spedsnerstheimer.blogspot.com                                    Mr. N (Library)