January 10, 2013

Change of Date for Open House

Due to the January 30th Open House at CVU for incoming freshman, we have changed the date for the Swift House Open House to Monday, February 3rd at 6:30 pm.  Thanks for taking note of this!

5th-7th graders are now working on taking notes for their Independent Projects.  We reviewed the process of note taking and using notecards this week.  They have already completed outlines and gathered resources.  8th graders submitted their first drafts of the written portions of their 8th Grade Challenge on Friday!  To see the upcoming due dates, please follow this link.

8th Grade Events

As mentioned above, 8th graders and their families have a meeting at CVU on Thursday, January 30th.  They are also meeting with CVU counselors this Tuesday, January 14th, in the auditorium.  They will be receiving information about the enrollment process and freshman year in general.

Jupiter Grades and Work Sent Home

In response to parent feedback about having more regular updates about student work we have made two changes to our regular reporting systems.  First, we are attaching Jupiter Grade reports for math and word study to Greensheets once a month.  We hope this will help you to have regular discussions with your child about his or her learning and studying strategies in these classes.

Secondly, we are asking students to bring examples of their completed work home each week.  They should be putting this in their new Friday Folders or sharing with you on their Google Drive.  We are hoping this will help keep you all in the loop about what students are learning!

 Poetry Slam Videos

Want to see more of our Swift Poets in action? Check out the WSD school Youtube channel. Follow this link.  When you are there, you can subscribe to the channel to see all the exciting things happening at WSD.

NYC Update 

As you know the bottle drive was cancelled due to icy conditions. Here is an updated list of future fundraisers:

• 1/24 Marko the Magician: please look for information coming in the Flyer with regards to ticket sales. Each NYC family is being asked to sell 4 tickets to this event! 
• 2/7: Swift House dance: we will have access to a photo booth, and the proceeds !! Top Hat Entertainment has generously offered to donate all proceeds. Pictures will cost $2.00 each, so spread the word, students should bring extra money to have pictures taken with their friends, a great souvenir! 
• 2/14: Fun Night: We will need many volunteers for this event so please look at your calender. Fun Nights are very lucrative and this will be a great opportunity to make up for the loss of the bottle drive this weekend and the fall tractor rides that were flooded out.

Swift Dance Chaperones

We would still love more chaperones for the February 7th dance. Sign up here!