Sunday, November 22nd.

 

Hi Parents.

It's almost time for our conferences on the progress of your child in our first term together. Hopefully, you will be contacted about scheduling a conference soon by the Classroom Coordinators, and will  know the date and time of your appointment by the end of next week.

I'll be starting conferences on Monday, December 7th.

Here's what you need to know and what you can expect at the conference:

• Students can attend the conference if you want them to. I'm not going to say anything to you that I wouldn't also say to them. If you would prefer them not to attend, that is also fine. The focus of the conference will be acknowledging strengths and weaknesses, and trying to find focus areas for the students efforts in the upcoming term. The conferences should be about 30 minutes long.
• At the conference you will receive the report card. We will go over the highlights together. Grade scores are:

4 - well above 'grade level'

3 - grade level

2 - working towards grade level

1 - well below grade level

My interpretation of the Medford system is that 3 means, 'comfortable with the skill' and 2 means, 'working towards mastering the skill'. 1 means, 'the student is having difficulty mastering the skill'.

• After looking over the report card, we will try to find two or three areas your child should focus on for the next term.

We will not have time to make detailed judgments - we will make 'ball park' calls - we can edit them later, if we want to.

• Please bring the homework projects completed so far this year along so we can discuss anything that has come up.

Hopefully, this guide will be helpful for you.

See you at the conference!

mike

 

Conference Schedule

confirmed as of 12/03/09

 

Monday 12/7 3-3:30  Jana Hollingsworth/Mark Donadio (Camila) 3:30-4  Erin Powers/John Sands (Aidan) 4-4:30  Rebecca and Jim Feldman (Lucas) 4:30-5  Dawn and Larry Palmer (Ryan) Break 6-6:30  Annette and Luigi Fiore (Dante) 6:30-7  Karen Heinze (Lucy) 7-7:30  Sarah and Stephen Beardslee (Kayla) 7:30-8  Annie and Mike Kelly (Cameron) Wednesday 12/9 2-2:30   Federica and Carlos Ponce (Andrea) 2:30-3   Maria and Carlos Moreno (Justyn) 3-3:30   Evelyne and Wilhem Jacques (Will) 3:30-4   Jean and Mark Diskin (Craig) Break 5-5:30   Andrea Martinez an Peter Massa (Lexie) 5:30-6   Julie and Mark Andrew (Scott) 6-6:30   Lori and Tim Harris (Rachel) 6:30-7   Carolyn Whiston and Michael Leggio (Sophia) Break 7:30-8   Linda and Roy Pollock (Sarah) 8-8:30   Kari Emsbo and Juan Perez (Lena) 8:30-9   Linda Schwetz and Jim St. Clair (Jonah)   Thursday 12/10 3-3:30  Julie Nash and Quentin Miller (Owen) 3:30-4  _____________________ Friday 12/11 3-3:30  Pam and Steve Stroud (Molly) 3:30-4  Lisa and Jim McCarthy (Abby) Monday 12/14 3-3:30  Susan and Charles Paclat (Caroline) 3:30-4  Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi and Mark Rossi (Carson)