Dear Community,
Well, we're really starting to wind down now. The lockers are cleaned out, books returned, and we are engaging the final preparation for final exams which began today for students in grades 10 and 11. Yesterday, we held our year's end awards ceremony. One new feature of this event was the election for representatives on the student leadership team. Student leadership team is a representative group of young scholars who work with school leadership to create change. As much as I enjoy recognizing our students for improvement, demonstration of citizenship, and top performance, as we did during the awards, I thoroughly enjoyed the speeches and the election process. Of course, I already know that students care deeply about their educational experience. I just hadn't seen it demonstrated in such an articulate and powerful way as I did during the ceremony. What a special occasion!
As we prepare to wrap up, guidance counselors are identifying students who did not earn a passing score and core classes. They will be reaching out to students and you to discuss summer school options. It is extremely important that students register for and take summer school courses in cases where they did not pass. In some cases, a student's promotion to the next grade is hinged on completion of a summer school course. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact your students guidance counselor at 617-635-9873.
That's all for now. Make sure that you're young scholar is studying this weekend, but also taking breaks and enjoying themselves at the same time. Sounds like a tall order but it can be done – it has to be done.
Happy Father's Day to the dads in the audience.
Best,
Dr. T
