Dear DA 9 parents,
Your student is now a month into DA! Some students are doing a great job of developing their self advocacy skills and are checking in with their teachers via email when they are absent or have questions. Please encourage your student to work on this skill. It is probably the most important college skill they will learn all year! Also please check in with your student to see how often they are checking Canvas, the Hub and their school email account. Please sit down with them and look at Infinite Campus to have them show you their grade.
We are approaching mid tri and patterns are starting to develop. I met with Ms. Woods last week and am meeting with Mr. Carufel this week so I will soon be following up with parents if we see concerning patterns developing.
If students need help studying for their DA classes please encourage them to talk to me about getting an appropriate tutor.
Additionally, as I said in our intro meeting this fall, please keep an eye on your students emotional health and reach out to me if you are concerned about how your student is doing emotionally and/or academically.
I hope you’re having a good fall!
Sincerely,Meredith
The Gifted and Talented department will take Nobel students to the History Theater on Thursday, February 22nd to see “A Crack in the Sky”. This will be its world premiere and it features two local playwrights, Harrison David Rivers and Ahmed Ismail Yusuf. The play is described as, “ From Somalia to the U.S.A. 1984. A young shepherd boy stands in front of his mother to tell her of the decision he has made in the night. He has had enough of the nomadic life, of herding goats and sheep, and is leaving to seek out a better life. With that, he sets off on an adventure that takes him on the road less traveled from Somalia to Minnesota. It’s the epic tale of Ahmed Ismail Yusuf who, inspired by Maya Angelou, discovers the power of the written word.” For more info go to: http://www.historytheatre.com/2017-2018/crack-in-the-sky We hope to use this experience to give students exposure to local authors. We plan to follow up on this field trip by me...
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