{"id":27884,"date":"2014-10-20T13:49:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T17:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/?p=27884"},"modified":"2014-10-20T13:49:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T17:49:39","slug":"directors-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/directors-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Director’s Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good afternoon.\u00a0 I am writing with a few reminders and pieces of information.<\/p>\n

The end of the first quarter is closer than it appears (31 October 2014).\u00a0 The 3rd and 4th of November will both be student holidays.\u00a0 The 4th is also parent-teacher conference day from 12noon-7pm.\u00a0 As we have done in the past, we will make use of a sign-up genius for scheduling.\u00a0 Information pertinent to signing up will be sent soon.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your ongoing support of our school via your use of the Amazon link on our website (https:\/\/mlwgs.com<\/a>).\u00a0 From our home page, click “Support” then you will see the Amazon link.\u00a0 When you access Amazon via this link, we receive a small percentage (approximately 6%).<\/p>\n

We are planning to honor Mr. O’Bryan on Saturday evening (25th) at 6pm in our auditorium.\u00a0 In terms of his students, we have been fortunate to be able to call on Ms. Boyd as substitute for the past week.\u00a0 Over the next couple of days, Janet Meyers will transition into the role of long-term substitute.\u00a0 You may remember Janet as a former part-time MLWGS teacher August 2005 through June 2009.\u00a0 Janet earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland in English and Education and a Masters degree in Educational Evaluation, Research Methods, and Curriculum Development from the University of Virginia.\u00a0\u00a0 As I know you will, when you see her please welcome her into her difficult yet important role.\u00a0 We will begin the process to identify a permanent teacher soon.<\/p>\n

As some of you have already noted, I have begun to provide updates online at https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/author\/jeff-mcgee\/<\/a>.\u00a0 By accessing this site, you can read up to date posts as well as subscribe to receive notifications of new blog posts by email (bottom left of page).\u00a0 In addition, these posts will appear on our school facebook page.\u00a0 By modernizing our public relations protocol we hope to more closely connect with you as well as others who may choose to sign up for blog posts (i.e., alumni).<\/p>\n

We remain deeply involved in strategic planning.\u00a0 Our committee, including representatives from our student body, PTSA, SAC, Foundation, faculty, staff, administrative team, superintendent’s committee, and school board is being facilitated by Amy Nisenson.\u00a0 To date the committee has identified goal areas including:\u00a0 admissions, curriculum and instruction, faculty and staff, and capital\/facility.\u00a0 In addition, our mission and beliefs have received a close review.\u00a0 We hope to have ‘goal statements” and “objectives” for these areas completed soon.\u00a0 I will keep you updated as the process unfolds.<\/p>\n

Finally, it has been almost two years since our community participated in our strategic planning survey.\u00a0 It is important that we monitor student and parent satisfaction as well as school climate and culture in odd years to ensure that we are meeting expectations.\u00a0 Thus, parents and students will be invited to participate in student\u00a0 and parent satisfaction surveys in the weeks ahead.\u00a0 An email invitation and reminder notices will be sent when the survey window opens.<\/p>\n

As always, thank you for all of your support and please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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