It’s our 7th day of school and incredible work is underway!!! 

Our Back to School Night showcased Almond’s value system around learning and community.  In each classroom or grade level presentation you likely experienced a twist to the traditional.  Perhaps you were asked to introduce your own child to the class, maybe you rotated through stations, participated in a Think-Pair-Share activity, or were even challenged to build a self standing tower with marshmallows and spaghetti.  Whatever it might have been, it was our way as a staff of involving you in an interactive experience that reflects the active learning we strive to include in our classrooms.

While we all gathered on the blacktop at the general session, you were introduced to our extraordinary staff superheroes that are working to unleash student superpowers each and every day.  Each teacher has his/her own group or grade level of students, yet every single staff member on the Almond campus works together to ensure the safety and learning of all students during critical times like arrival, recess, lunch, and dismissal.  In addition, our classrooms are all paired with a buddy class to foster relationships between upper and lower grade students.  We believe in taking care of each other.

A critical component to our sense of COMMUNITY is the partnership we have with our parent superheroes.  You leap tall buildings in a single bound each and every day by getting your children here on time and supporting them in following our school expectations, through your acts of service when you volunteer, and your generous financial contributions.  There will likely come a time that you may wish to communicate a concern.  If the issue pertains specifically to your child, please first reach out to your child’s teacher to seek a solution.  Should my support be needed after your initial conversation, I’m always here problem solve.  In the event you have an issue with an activity run by our PTA, or that involves the school as a whole (please direct to me) - when you express your concern, I ask you to please model for our children effective communication.  Please factually state the challenge you’re experiencing and offer a potential solution.  When we work as partners, there is no limit to what we can accomplish.