January 4, 2012

 

Dear Parents,

 

I hope your family had a wonderful Christmas break and made many good memories together. That was the case with my family, for which we are thankful.

 

We have students joining our school in K3, 5^th grade, and 11^th grade. Please help us welcome them into our school family.

 

It was good to have the students back today, and they appear to be fresh and excited to see their friends. I remember as a student that it felt good to have a new academic start and the opportunity to stay on top of my grades. At chapel today, we discussed how all the averages for all of our subjects are in perfect shape as the semester kicks off, and it is the job of the student to focus on the homework, quizzes and tests to keep those averages in good shape. As parents, let’s all encourage our children to stay caught up with homework and studies so that our students can experience a great semester academically.

 

We are seeing encouraging developments in our high school. The students who took the ACT last semester are experiencing some good “jumps” in their scores. Though it is too early to compile this trend into a statistic, it appears to indicate that our students’ hard work and the hard work of the teachers is paying off on the test that really counts, in terms of college admissions and scholarships. Today, Mrs. Lewis will be spending time with our 10^th graders to encourage them to sign up for the April 14th ACT test. If you have a 10^th grader, please help us with this by making sure that your child signs up for this testing date. The 10^th grade score gives the school and the student a good benchmark from which to set some goals and make a plan to reach the goals.

 

In sports, our varsity teams will be on the road Thursday through Saturday participating in a tournament at Kirk Academy. Our next home action is Mon., Jan. 9, when Marvell visits. The schedule will be different for this game. The varsity girls game will be at 3 p.m., followed by the varsity boys game at approximately 4:15. The junior high games were dropped at the request of Marvell Academy. Our concession stand grade for Jan. 9 is the 11^th grade. We host Marshall Academy on Saturday, Jan. 14, beginning at 2 p.m. We will be asking the 4^th grade to help with the concessions.

 

I hope everyone’s back-to-school experience is a good one. Here we go!

 

Sincerely,

 

 

John Howell Jr.

Headmaster