Dear Middle School Families,
Welcome back, even briefly! Our back-to-back snow days have made the return to school a bit more gradual than anticipated. I hope that the holidays and the surprise days off were restful and enjoyable. We enjoyed seeing so many of you during our recently-added conference day on Tuesday. We are eager to find additional ways for you to engage with your child’s teachers at points throughout the year—by using the professional day, we were able to assure that all teachers were available and that students didn’t miss class. We are working to reschedule yesterday’s conferences and will reach out in the coming days as we figure out potential alternative dates. We’ll also seek your feedback as we try out these new conference structures.
A few quick items of note:
- First, thank you to Beth Reardon for her informative presentation to parents just before the long winter vacation. We are fortunate to have Beth working with our students and teachers, as a guide and resource!
- Second, congratulations to Samantha, Alexa and Hailey on their second-place trophy for “inspiration” at the Massachusetts State Robotics Tournament last month.
- Please note the change in date for our next Community Conversations parent gathering.
In this week’s Middle School Newsletter, we have two special treats: a Faculty Voice column by Grade 8 English teacher Josh Kronenberg, and a Student Voice column by Neha Modak. I know you will enjoy both reflections! You will also find the dates of our newly-initiated departmental coffees, an opportunity for you to register your child to compete in the Geography Bee, and more.
Stay safe and warm and have a good weekend,
Will