Updated May 15,
2008
Shoreline Calendar for
Next Year - see district website
Helpers Needed for Art Celebration
June 5 - 6
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heykahuna@comcast.net
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We have SPACE in All Day
K!!
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Syre
Sentinel, April 22, 2008
Dear Families:
We are approaching that time of the year when we start to consider
your child’s room and teacher assignment for the 2008-09
school year, and it is important that you know the criteria we
consider when making those placements.
Each classroom is a small community, and we support the notion that
classrooms need to be representative of the various social,
academic, physical needs, and abilities of your children.
Therefore, we consider the following when we place students in
classrooms for the next year.
• Maintain a balance of boys and girls;
equal if possible.
• Maintain an equal academic distribution
& balance of students.
• Encourage the development of new social
groups.
• Maintain an equal distribution of students
who have a positive influence.
• Accommodate special academic and social
needs.
• Accommodate the benefits of having a male
or female teacher.
Before we create classes, though, there may be some circumstances
of which we are not aware or families may have other information
that would be helpful. If you feel you have additional information
about your child that you think will help us in placing her/him,
please come to the office and complete a Placement Consideration
Form. These forms will be available April 29 and should be returned
to the main office by 4:00 p.m. May 8. This is NOT a
request form, but an opportunity for families to provide
information about their child socially and academically.
In this process we ask that you do not request specific teachers,
or ask teachers for confidential considerations. Together,
the teachers and I are very careful about an appropriate placement
for each student. We will make our best plans this spring,
though none of us can control teacher changes, class population
shifts, or other changes over the summer. Right before the
first day of school, we will provide placements to families; we do
not accept request for changes after school starts and rely heavily
on the parent input form. (Also, if you’re moving or
changing schools, please let us know!)
I appreciate our partnership and your support of our placement
process as a key component to our educational program. Syre
is a great school because of our awesome staff and families.
Happy Spring!
David Tadlock, Principal
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