Bands Festival Concert • Monday night, February 29 • 6:30
First, the exam schedule for seventh graders has not changed. It is the same. Schedule for seventh graders
Second, because of the scheduling of some events that will take many, many students out of class the week before spring break, we realized that our original quarter examination schedule does not make sense. Specifically, the Senior Wind Ensemble and A Cappella chorus will be gone on tour to Disneyworld, and the state basketball tournament begins on Thursday that week. In light of these significant absences, our traditional, scheduled, comprehensive exams did not make sense. Instead, I have asked teachers to give tests and projects in the next two weeks that are high quality, fair, and logical in context. That might mean that a teacher does not give a comprehensive quarter exam at all. That might mean that a class is ready for a heavier test earlier than the last week of the quarter. That might mean that a writing assignment or project is more logical a task than a traditional test. The teachers have been charged to do what they know makes sense and is fair to their students in these last few weeks. Both are important--appropriate and fair. Teachers will be posting tests and exams (if they choose to give them) as usual on the test calendars and in My Big Campus. By Hal Runkel Screamfree Parenting Few things hurt like watching our children struggle. We see them encountering any kind of pain at all, and a wave of protective power surges within us--it feels like everything in us wants to shield them forever. Of course, this protection is obviously a huge part of parenting. But with each passing year, as our children hear more of life’s demand for maturity, we parents have to learn to restrain ourselves. We have to learn to prepare more, and protect less. Why? Because safety and success do not offer the best life instruction. If we want to give our kids the best chance for future strength and maturity, we must let them taste the fruits of failure. We must allow them the dignity of digging out of their own holes. Homework is supposed to be hard. Responding to a friend’s insult is supposed to summon our courage. Figuring out how to make more money, in order to buy that shiny new whatever, is supposed to take time, math, and effort. If we want our kids to build muscle, we can’t lift their weights for them. http://screamfree.com/the-more-we-protect-the-less-we-prepare-2/
Campus ministry invited students (and teachers) to participate in scripture reading during the season of Lent. Students could sign up in the cafeteria to participate and could elect to receive email reminders. They are following a plan called "The Story" in the YouVersion app (which is on the approved list and probably is on everyone's iPad). Students read 2-3 chapters each week day and use weekends for catching up. I am attaching the reading plan here, and if you as parents would like to receive the email reminders, too, you may email [email protected].
February is Financial Aid Awareness Month, so Khan Academy has pulled together a number of of tips and tricks to help students save for college. If students are planning on working during college, they can learn about on-campus jobs. If they're hoping to win some scholarship money, they can get advice from experts on which scholarships to apply for, and which to avoid. Find all of this in the Paying For College section of College Admissions Resource. Other sections include… • Financial Aid Application Process • Grants and Scholarships • Work-Study • Loans • Financial Aid Packages |
Mrs. SemoreHead of Upper School Archives
May 2016
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