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Watch your mailbox!  As the Junior High prepares for their trip to Costa Rica, they are planning a virtual trip which takes them all through the U.S., Mexcio, and Central America.  As they learn about the different places they “visit”, they are creating postcards with pictures and information and mailing these postcards to younger students.  The youngers are asked to bring the postcards to school next Friday to be shared at All School Sing.  Thanks, JH – what a great way to involve the whole school!

The Junior High continues to sponsor a special Friday recess game.  Every week Mr. H is helping four students plan fun activities.  This offers a special bright spot at this time of the year when the playground is still covered with snow.

Although Tuesday’s Parents and Friends meeting was lightly attended, we had a good conversation about our ongoing work on the school social climate.  It’s become clear to me that many of you did not see my note about the shift from Social Inclusion to School Social Climate in the February 19 Friday Notes, so I encourage you to go on the school website and read this.  In future Friday Notes I will continue to follow up on some of these ideas, such as improved communication between home and school.

One way we’re working on improving communication is to include reports from “specials” teachers with report cards.  Your children spend a good part of their school week in Spanish, Art, Music, Band, Library/Tech, Rhythms, and P.E.  I’ve asked each specials teacher to write a description of the trimester’s activities and, when they deem it appropriate, to include an evaluation of your child’s participation.  Please watch for these to come home in the next week and please let me know if you find them informative.  Once again, contact me by catching me on the playground, calling, e-mailing, fmarbury@wcsu46.org, or sending in a good old-fashioned handwritten note.

Finally, I encourage you to attend next Thursday’s Community Visit which needs the input of the entire community.  As you raise your children in Marlboro, what would you like to see changed/improved/maintained?  This meeting will give you a chance to express your ideas.  It will be followed-up  on by bringing in resource people who are experts in the areas we decide are most important.

For example, if we decide that a speed limit of 50mph with a passing lane that ends right in front of the school is a safety concern, maybe we can do something about it – with the help of the Vermont Department of Transportation and some other heavy hitters!  What are your ideas?

Francie