Off to a Great Start!

Good Afternoon,

Thank you so much for making the opening of the 2011-12 school year one of the best yet.  We have been so pleased with things, and we are looking forward to a great year ahead!

Here are just a few reminders for each of you, especially if you are new to our middle school program.

• Please subscribe to my blog for weekly updates and resources.   I will make every effort to have this blog updated each Friday with important information and parenting resources.  You may also peruse the archives for past articles to get a feel for our program if you are new to the division or new to Trinity.
• Please remember that all absence requests are to be presented to Randy Ragsdale, our dean of students, for approval.  It is most important that these requests be submitted at least one week in advance, except in the case of an emergency such as a death in the family.
• Please take some time this weekend and consult our Middle School Handbook very carefully.  This handbook outlines our dress code requirements, as well as other information and procedures that are very important.
• Each teacher in the middle school division is required to have an online “presence” of some sort.  Our grade levels are working to develop central locations for all of this information.  Your children’s teachers should be making this information available to you in the very near future if they have not done so already.
• Middle school students who have siblings in the lower school are allowed to exit the building through the front entrance each afternoon.  All other middle school students are to be picked up on the steps of Willett Hall.  It is very important for you to pull all the way forward when getting your child.  We will move them down the hill toward your car.  Also, it is best if you do not arrive before 3:15, as this causes a traffic “tangle” with our lower school parents.  We have had two very smooth carpool days, so I am optimistic about our prospects for a great year in this area.
• The PE department will be sending home an order form for uniforms. Be looking for this in the coming days.

Thanks once again for your assistance in making our opening of school one of the most successful in recent memory.  You are deeply appreciated!