Parent/Teacher (and students?) conferences: Conferences start this week at the middle school. They are from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, February 17th. We will have a 2nd night of conferences on Monday, February 21st from 4-8 p.m. as well. We invite you to bring your child along as they can learn a lot from listening to what the teachers have to say. I will use my conference time to give you some JA Biztown updates.
Snack-N-Study Thursdays: Back by popular demand is Snack-N-Study Thursdays for 6th graders. This is geared for students who struggle to keep up with the homework, have low grades, or have failed a subject in a prior quarter. We began last week with 2 students and will not have it this week because of conferences. But starting Feb. 24th, we will meet every Thursday after school from 3:15-3:45 for the rest of the year. What is it? Well, it is an after school study hall run by me where I help students get organized, do their homework, and plan to raise their grades. We do some grade goal setting as well. We call it Snack-N-Study because I provide a snack and drink each and every Thursday. If interested, you can contact me by email or phone to learn more. I limit the numbers as I want to keep it as a good study atmosphere, but I am willing to take any student that has high interest in this idea, might be looking to get more involved, and/or has low grades or missing assignments. I also take teacher recommendations.
JA Biztown: The trip is still on for April 7th and 8th, but we need many more volunteers for April 8th. We are full for April 7th. If you want to know which day your child goes, just ask them...they should know. If they are going on April 8th, we could use your help as a parent volunteer. You will go the same day as your child but work in a different business. This is a great experience for kids and parents and I usually here more excitement from parents after the trip when compared to the kids...and that is saying a lot. Contact me if interested.
By the way....congratulations to our 2 Mayors and 2 Judges elected by their classmates for the JA Biztown field trip. Travis Johnston will be Mayor and Kaleb Reed will be Judge for our April 7th field trip. JJ Orput will be Mayor and Tif Piper will be Judge for our April 8th field trip. We also have over 25 students who applied for a CEO position and received it and are now managing their own business and employees everyday in class. These current and future leaders are doing great and having lots of fun!
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