Greetings!
Welcome to our newest student-junior Amanda Stevens and her family.
Thanks to everyone for the turnout on Thursday at Back to School Night. We greatly enjoyed the chance to meet and chat with everyone.
Congratulations to senior David Hillsman for being a Commended Student in the National Merit Scholarship Program. David scored in the top 5% of the over 1.4 million students who entered this competition!
Thank you to Scott Mitchell and his many parent helpers for a very successful book fair. The final numbers aren't tallied yet but Scott thinks this was our biggest one ever!
Group picture order forms are due tomorrow (Monday) - picture day is Tuesday. Please have students dress appropriately as we take the homeroom pictures and the annual whole school picture on this day.
Sophomores and juniors must return the PSAT form by this Friday.
We have two college reps coming this week - both on Wednesday - Drew University of Madison, NJ (my sister is an alum and had a great experience there) and Furman University of South Carolina.
Parents of juniors and seniors take note - the last college fair on our calendar will be held on Sunday at 1 PM at Northgate Mall. If your student has not yet attended a college fair attendance on Sunday is REQUIRED to meet the requirements of the college track.
Note: Our Friday lunch vendor, Chick-Fil-A, has passed along a slight price increase. Please note that the menu posted on our website has been updated to reflect these changes.
Parking lot flow - please obey our one way traffic pattern. We need the help of everyone to keep our parking lot safe. To keep things flowing, please remember to pull to the right if you are waiting to drop off or pick up so that cars that are moving can continue to do so by forming a lane to the left.
Does anyone belong to a civic club or a church with a facility large enough to accommodate our Academic Fair and Thanksgiving Feast???? Our usual spot - the Durham Armory - is under renovation and Wendy is spending hours on the phone trying to come up with a good Plan B.
It is time to sign up for October family conferences! Lower School sign-up is posted outside classroom doors and Upper School sign-up information is being mailed on Monday.
Finally, keep checking the website for new pictures. Some great photos of the Lower School trips are up - and more will follow in the next day or so.
Have a great week.
Thelma