Alright so the first month of school is over!
I've managed to stay pretty up to date on all my classes so far this semester. And I've done a pretty good job at working on my goals I set this summer too.
Parent contact has been my biggest thing that I wanted to work on. I've started a parent newsletter I send home every Friday about what classes have done during the week, a heads up on what we are going to be doing in the next wee, and the homework for the next week as well. I've also started sending home parent warning letters. Letters to parents warning them of their students struggling grades and why they are struggling. I think that this will be a good thing. It lets parent know what their child's current grades are and what the cut offs are for passing. It also is letting them know my opinion of why their child is doing poorly in class and what they (the students) can do to help raise their grades.
In the mean time I've started up a color guard at school as well! Getting a little nervous I'm taking on too much with trying to build this program from literally the ground up and directing another guard and teching at a third. But... We'll see how it goes and I'll keep everyone posted!
Until then!
