Glee

A shorter blog for a shortened week...
It was great to see everyone after our snow day yesterday. The unprecedented early announcement caused the school to erupt into a state of glee on Tuesday. I was reminded of my own childhood in Omaha - we would wake up at 5:00 am to watch as the news reports of school cancellations came in. The shared experience of Tuesday afternoon was much more exciting. I hope that yesterday was filled with sledding, snowmen and fort building - it was for me :)

On Tuesday I gave the annual State of the School address to the Lab School parent community. There is a power point that accompanies my presentation. I will make sure that the power point document is posted on the school's website. In the State of the School I discussed the school's data, academic program, co-curriculars, facilities and the five-year strategic plan. Please check-out the presentation and accompanying data documents. I am happy to answer any questions that folks might have.

On Monday, I attended the 8th grade Symposium of the Arts for 803 and 804 - a celebration of humanities studied here at Lab School: including visual art, history and language. There were student readings and a gallery walk filled with student created books. I was incredibly proud of our 8th grade Labbies - their work was creative, well-researched and thoughtful. The other four homerooms will be holding similar events throughout the week.


I am including a fascinating article about math - and how we learn about numbers. I hope that folks enjoy it as much as I have (thanks Ms. Kim for sending to to me). http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/from-fish-to-infinity/

Next week is the Mid Winter recess and there will be no school. The week we come back is a busy one with Parent/Teacher conferences. Information about Parent/Teacher conferences will be posted on SchoolHub (as well as backpacked home). I look forward to seeing everyone then.

Warmly,

Meg