Welcome back from the Winter Break and to a new semester. 

 

As we move into a new calendar year, I would like to encourage you to start talking to your students about their upcoming transition to a new grade level.  Ideally students end their year with the skills they need to move to the next grade level.  Sixth grade students end their year with seventh grade skills, eighth grade students end with ninth grade skills, and seventh grade, well we just wait for it to end (no, just kidding, same rule).  These conversations are important because we know that it is sometimes difficult to keep student focused during the second half of the year. 

 

Eighth graders have already begun their transition process by signing up on the "College in Colorado" web site, taking an interest inventory, and sketching out their high school four year plan.  If you haven't talked to your eighth grader about their long term plan, please do so. 

Also, please note the following important dates for Eighth Graders:
      ˇHigh School's eighth grade parent night on Wednesday,  

       January 28th. 
      ˇAll registration paper work due Monday, February 2nd.
      ˇStudents register online Thursday, February 5th at the Middle

       School.

We all need to work together to be sure that all our students reach their potential, transition to next grade level well, and continue to move toward happy and successful futures.
 
Thanks,
John Jamison