"Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness."

Mary Sarton

Volume 7, November 16 - 20, 2009, Number 10

Report cards for Term 1 will be coming home before Thanksgiving. Students will be bringing them home, and parents and guardians are asked to be on the look out for this important report. In addition to reviewing the grades, please let us know if there are any errors in the demographic data (i.e. spelling of names, correct address, etc.). Questions regarding grades should be directed to the specific teacher. Demographic corrections should be directed to the RJ Grey main office.

As a reminder, the Parent and Guardian Conference Request Form will be attached to your child's report card. Conferences with individual teachers are five minutes in length and are scheduled from 11:30-2:30 PM on each conference day. This year, conferences will be held on December 3, 10, and January 7. Please identify your preferred date on the request form, the teachers with whom you wish to meet, and return the form as soon as possible. While conferences are scheduled on a first-come-first-serve basis, every effort will be made to accommodate your specific request regarding conference times. Once your conferences are scheduled, your conference day/times will be mailed or emailed back to you. Please be advised that scheduled conferences are available for team teachers only. Other teachers, such as Exploratories, ELL, Special Education, and Physical Education will be available for drop in visits on these days between 11:30-2:30 PM.

Have any parents and guardians noticed that the pile of clothing in your child s room is getting smaller? I hate to tell you this but it is probably not because of a dramatic improvement in putting things away. It is more likely that those items, usually lying across their floor, are currently sitting in our Lost and Found. Please make sure students check to see if their items are still in the school building before it is too late. We will be emptying the lost and found on Wednesday, November 25, and donating the items to charity

With the Thanksgiving break soon upon us, I want to remind all parents and guardians to let the office know if your child will be out of school for one or multiple days. Knowing about such absences ahead of time allows us to better prepare in both the classroom and the front office.

Have a great week.

Craig