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12 January 2010

Classroom Updates

VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES

I have completed the volunteer schedules for January-March. However, doing these schedules takes an incredibly amount of time, as people often have specific times they would like to work, certain "unavailable" days and more. To make this scheduling a little easier I have come up with a plan!

When parents come to Parent/Teacher Conferences at the end of February/first of March, I will have available a calendar and a schedule. Parents will then be able to sign up for days/times that will work with individual schedules. We'll use this system to schedule volunteers through the end of the school year.

PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

The students are currently working on their "performance reviews." These are self-evaluation tools for analyzing classroom behavior, social skills, and also academic effort and progress. Mr. Edwards and I will use these documents and work together with each individual child to determine if a raise is appropriate! Some of this reflective work is being done as homework. Please allow the children to complete these without your input (I know this is hard!), it is important these are the work of the students. Thanks!

UPPER MONTESSORI SLEDDING

This year the Upper Montessori students are sledding on two different days. This allows us maximum hill time, without the usual overload of students wanting a turn. Our sledding days are Mondays (lunchtime recess) and Thursday (afternoon recess). Please make students have snow pants for sledding days--they are REQUIRED by Mrs. Perrien for sledding!

Have a great week!

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