Dear Parents and Guardians,
I hope everyone fared well through this cold and stormy weekend. I would like to focus this week’s message on the upcoming parent conferences. As you
may know, all four school days this coming week are early release days, and dismissal will be
at 12:00 pm. Buses will arrive at that
time to pick up students who typically utilize this mode of transportation to get home. The afternoon time are scheduled for
parent-teacher conferences.
I urge all parent and guardians who have
scheduled conferences with your students’ teachers to arrive on time. Since finding parking around McCall can be
challenging, I encourage all of you to plan for that as well. By now, all the conference slots for the team
teachers are likely taken. Therefore,
please do not expect the teachers will be able to meet with you the same
day if you miss or are late to your scheduled conferences.
I ask all parents and guardians to please
contact your students’ teachers if you are unable to schedule a conference during the four conference days. Due to the limited amount of meeting time
that the teachers have available during the school year, they not be able to
schedule a meeting with you in the near future.
The teachers may suggest that your students’ progress be discussed
through phone conferences, email reports, or meetings with specific teachers as
opposed to the entire team.
I would also like to remind everyone that the main purpose
of the conferences is for teachers to provide you with an update of your
student’s progress up to this point in the school year. Due to the limited amount of time scheduled
for each conference session, it is possible the teachers may not be able to
answer all your questions or give you an in-depth response to your queries. If that is the case, I encourage you to
follow up with the teachers after the conferences are over to discuss the matter you were unable to discuss. I
am sharing with you the attached article from Understood.org (please
click here) to help you prepare for the conferences. It provides readers with some good advice
about how to make the best use of your short parent-teacher conference
time. I hope you will find it to be helpful.
Lastly, I would like to share with you some announcements
from our Student Council and The Garden Club.
Please see below:
Spider Plants On Sale
The Greenhouse Club members will be selling spider plants during
the week of parent-teacher conferences. Spider plants make a great house
plant and might be a nice addition to your kitchen or family room! Plants
will be on sale for $5.00 and all money raised will go toward monarch butterfly
larvae sets as well as gardening tools for the greenhouse. The students
will be selling at a table near the main office. Cash only please. Thank you in
advance for your support!
Cradles to Crayons
McCall is currently running a donation drive for Cradles to
Crayons until Friday, February 1st. Cradles to Crayons is an organization where
you can donate any high quality or gently used clothes for kids (ages newborn
to 12 years old) living in low-income households. There are labeled boxes
outside the main office where these much appreciated clothing items will be
collected by the student council members. All donations must be bagged and
labeled. Thank you in advance for your support!
Enjoy the upcoming week!
James Lin
Principal
McCall Middle School
