Back to School Night
We held our annual Back to School Night last night on September 3. According to our count, 56% of our families attended the event, which is on par with attendance in recent years. What a tremendous show of partnership on the part of our parents! Thanks so much for coming by and meeting your child’s teachers.
It’s important to know that Back to School Night is not the only opportunity you have to talk to your child’s teachers. They are only as far away as an email; our teachers are happy to meet with you anytime during the school year to discuss your child’s progress. Feel free to contact them as needed, even if it’s just to ask a quick question.
I enjoyed the opportunity I had to meet many of our parents last night. In one conversation I had with a parent, he expressed to me the trepidation he had in sending his child to SJND next year. As a current 8th grade students, he is struggling in class and is not the “best of students.” I sympathized with him and explained to him that SJND is probably a great place for a student like that. While we have high expectations and challenge the brightest of our students, the small size of SJND (current enrollment is 418 students) creates a situation where teachers know if a student is struggling. I told the parent that there would not be a teacher who does not know when a kid is struggling and that’s a good thing. You want teachers to know so that they can offer extra help and support. Our small size allows teachers to give students that personal attention.
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