Monday, October 2, 2023

Dear Elementary Parents, 
Welcome to October! What a thrill the Family Day Picnic was on Saturday. I had a great time seeing so many of you, and your loving children enjoying this infamous community event. I very much look forward to our next big community gathering, our Halloween celebration. More details will be coming soon on that. We have Parent-Teacher Conferences on Wednesday and a weeklong break on the horizon. Please see below for more information on what's ahead:

Parent-Teacher Conferences: We are excited to welcome you on campus tomorrow, October 4th to meet with your child's teachers. If you still need to, please see your Class Dojo account for details on how to sign up. A few notes on PTCs:

1. Meetings are 20 minutes long. Please don't be late! Our teachers are packed with appointments all day, and will not be able to extend your meeting if you arrive late. If the conference does not cover all you hoped to cover, please feel free to request another appointment to continue the conversation.
2. Please do not bring your children to campus for these conferences; they are intentionally designed to be conferences between teachers and parents. 

Parent Coffee: CFG Edition this past Tuesday: We had 20 parents register for and attend this special edition parent coffee focused on raising independent and resilient children. We presented on the strategies that ACS uses to foster independence and resilience, and then facilitated structured conversations with the parents in attendance to talk through issues related to this topic. It was a great success and parents left feeling that they are not alone in the challenges they face within their families and with their children. Our next Parent Coffee will be on Friday, October 20th, focused on helping parents of children in grades 1-5 read and make sense of the MAP scores they'll be receiving that week. We will also have more details coming on our next Parent Coffee: CFG Edition in the coming weeks, we hope you will join us!

Report Cards will be shared, via email, on Friday afternoon!

Upcoming:

Thanks for reading, I wish you a week of clarity and action!

Sincerely,

Eric Crabtree

Elementary Principal