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Parent Interview with Executive Director Candidate
Wednesday, October 7
2120 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02124
4:30 pm
2120 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02124
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Grades 2 - 8
2120 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02124
617.254.8904
Grades K1, K2, & 1
320 Washington Street
Brighton, MA 02135
617.208.6200
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Family Notes
October 2, 2015
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Urgent! We Need Your Help!
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The situation surrounding approval for the proposed new building for our school has reached an impasse. We are being told that it looks very unlikely that the project for our new school will be allowed to go forward. The Councillor of District 7 says, he is getting "many" objections to our school coming into Bartlett Place and he has heard very little in support of the venture.
The time has come to have our voices heard and the needs of our children met!
If we sit back and do nothing, the dream for our new school to be built for our children in Bartlett Place is "dead in the water"! Years of planning and money will be lost!
We must not sit back and let that happen. We call on the power of the parents to unite and take a stand! We have been successful before. By joining together and bringing pressure on the decision-making powers, we waged a long but successful campaign to get approval for the expansion of the school.
We can do this again!
As before, success will come if there is sufficient pressure brought to bear by Boston residents, on the Mayor and on the Head of the Boston Redevelopment Authority: pressure from parents, your relatives, your neighbors and your friends.
An ongoing avalanche of emails and phone calls from parents and others who believe in the school's right to be part of Bartlett Place must be directed at the two decision makers so they come to know that there IS a large number of people in the community who DO want the school built there!
Be part of this initiative! Call or email the Mayor and the Head of the BRA today. Tell them our children deserve this new building. Tell them you support bringing Conservatory Lab Charter School to Roxbury. And then let Robyn Pretlow know that you made contact by emailing her at rpretlow@conservatorylab.org
Office of the Mayor: 617-635-3274; mayor@boston.gov
BRA Director: 617-722-4300 ext. 84326
We can win this if we unite and take action now!
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Notes From the Top
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Dear Parents,
Our continuing goal is to have a great school. What is the difference between an average school and an exceptional one?
Unity is the key. Whether we're talking about a sports team, work team, church team, home team or school team, it's essential that we get everyone on the bus and moving in the right direction with a shared vision, focus, purpose and direction. When our school team - students, teachers & parents - keeps this in mind and demonstrates it with their daily actions we are able to succeed together.
If we lose our focus on being a united team we become dysfunctional.
It's not easy to bring everyone together. Egos, negativity, complaining, and a lack of vision, focus and purpose can all prevent our members from uniting and performing at our highest level. There are hundreds of negative forces and factors that can sabotage our school's teamwork, unity and success. The good news is that working towards the unity that we know will bring us success can take place every day!
Unity requires focus, time, and energy. Unity occurs when all members of our community care more about the vision, purpose and health of the school than they do their own personal agenda. Changing the mindset is essential. Unity happens when each person working on creating the best school environment can clearly see how their personal vision and effort contributes to the overall vision and success of the school.
Have a happy first weekend in October.
Kind regards,
John Chistolini
Interim Head of School
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Nicole Bradeen
Principal
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- The Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) invites you and your family to our first general PAC meeting and potluck on Friday, October 2nd, 2015, from 6 to 8 pm. The potluck will take place at VietAID, located at 42 Charles Street, Dorchester, MA 02122. It is close to the Fields Corner (Red Line) T-Stop, and there is street parking available. This is a great time to meet other Conservatory Lab families and find out what the PAC has planned for the year. We need your help to build a great parent community! So bring a dish, and we'll see you on October 2nd.
If you want to find out more PAC news, be sure to sign up on our NEWS website for parents: www.conservatorylabpac.ning.com
Thanks,
PAC Interim Leadership Team
conservatorylabpac@gmail.com
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Dear Parents,
The Board of Directors of the Conservatory Lab Charter School (CLCS) has asked the entire school community- faculty, staff and parents - to engage in a single candidate interview process for the new Executive Director over the next three weeks. The Executive Director would replace the Head of School and begin on July 1, 2016. The new title reflects a different role from the one that Diana Lam holds. The Executive Director will be responsible for Conservatory Lab Charter School, working with the Principal and management team, and the Center for Artistry and Scholarship in Education (CASE) - the entity that will carry out our mission to provide training and technical assistance to educators who are interested in learning more about CLCS' work in Expeditionary Learning and El Sistema.
An interview process such as this is undertaken when a particularly unique and qualified candidate surfaces that the Board feels should be seriously considered. Such a candidate has presented herself. Her name is Linda Nathan.
As an important member of this school's community, you are cordially invited to be part of this search. The date and time that has been set for Parents to interview Ms. Nathan is Wednesday, October 7th, 6:30 to 8:30p.m.at the school's Dorchester site.
You are also being sent an email with attachments of the job description for Executive Director, Ms. Nathan's resume and an overview of the process for you to peruse.
Please make every effort to attend this important meeting which is part of the whole interview process. Thank you for your consideration in contributing your knowledge and insights to this process.
Best regards,
Danna Mauch, Trustee & Chair
Selection Committee for Executive Director
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Dear Conservatory Lab Families,
The Scholastic Book Fair, one of the biggest fundraisers for the school community, is coming up soon, and we need your help! The book fair is a fun way to promote literacy and family involvement is the key!
The Brighton campus fair will run Monday, October 26, through Friday, October 30, at the 320 Washington Street building. The fair is open all day, and we need volunteers to staff the fair, helping students to choose books and ringing up sales. It's a fun way to volunteer at the school and get to know other members of the school community!
Join us for a shift at one of the following times each day the fair is open:
8:00 am - 11:00
11:00 a.m. - 2:00pm
2:00 pm - 4:30pm
If you can only volunteer for part of a shift, that's fine-any help is tremendously appreciated.
We also need assistance with:
1. On Saturday, October 24th at 9:00 a.m. book fair set-up assistance
2. On Friday October 30th at 5:00pm. breaking down the displays and packing everything up for return to Scholastic.
To volunteer to help with the book fair, please follow the 3 easy steps below to sign up using VolunteerSpot (the leading online signup and reminder tool).
2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on VolunteerSpot.)
3. Sign up! Choose your time slot(s) - VolunteerSpot will then send you an automated confirmation and reminders as the date of your time slot approaches. (Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone)
If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me at feliceandspence@yahoo.com and I can sign you up for a shift at the book fair manually.
The Dorchester campus fair starts Monday November 2 through Friday November 6 . We will assistance all days including Sunday November 1st for set-up and closing the fair Friday November 6 at 5:00pm.
Many thanks in advance for any volunteer time you can offer for this very important PAC fundraiser! Your participation makes all the difference in the success of this event. We are lucky to have such a fantastic parent community!
I look forward to seeing you at the fair!
Best,
Felice Rutstein-Lee
Book Fair Chairperson
Mom of Oliver, 5th grade
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