按此浏览我们的 五月家庭通讯快乐的春天!

As we head into Spring Break we wanted to take a moment to share some 信息 you might find useful. Here are links to some of the upcoming events/信息, as well as our April school calendar. Thanks for all you do for your children and in support of our program!

• 幼儿园的过渡 信息
• 幼儿园早期过渡 项目- - - - - -现已开放报名!
• 暑期活动创意

亲爱的家人,

这是多么难熬的一个月啊! We know that many families have been impacted by the recent ice storm, and we are no different. Our Creston Annex location had a broken pipe in the parking lot that caused a one day closure; children are now back in the building as of today. Our Kelly Center school has significant water damage and is currently closed for repairs.  在过去的几天, our 头开始 team has been working closely with district leadership and principals from nearby schools to find classroom space for our students and teachers. We are thrilled to say that Kelly, 惠特曼, and Woodmere elementary schools have the space available to accommodate our community while Kelly Center undergoes necessary repairs. 

附加信息:

• Students will be moving with their class and teachers to one of the three above-named sites 从1月30日星期二开始.

• We will be following a modified schedule for these specific classrooms during this time. 早上八点半送人.m. 接机时间是下午12:30.m. Both breakfast and lunch will be provided each day.

• 1月29日星期一下午4点到5点.m., we will hold a virtual 信息 session to answer any questions impacted families might have. 我们还将记录这次会议.

• As of 星期五 all families have received 信息 about their student’s assigned school.

• Kelly Center is scheduled to reopen to students and staff as early as mid-February. We will share a transition plan for re-entry at a later date.

Staff continue to prepare for children and families to return next 周二. 我们感谢凯利, 惠特曼, and Woodmere communities for opening their doors to us, and we appreciate your grace and patience 更多的 than we can say. 我们会很快再联系的.

热烈,

Dana Stiles, Director of 头开始 

Mary Pearson, Kelly Center Building Supervisor

A little over 30 years ago, a Madison High School student named Joseph Janson had a simple wish. 他想去参加舞会. But nothing was simple for Joseph, who was born with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy and was confined to a wheelchair. 

He confided his wish to Tony Nitz, who at that time was an educational assistant at Madison (now Leodis V. 麦克丹尼尔高中). Tony had been working one-on-one with Joseph for months and he immediately went about making the young man’s dream come true.

“The truth is, I would have done anything for Joseph,” Nitz said. “He was a unique person, and we had a very special bond.”

Madi Bourdon’s first book practically wrote itself. 

According to the 格伦科小学 counselor and Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) coordinator, it only took them an hour and a half to finish 一本亚洲博彩平台选择家庭的儿童读物, which came out this March with A Kid’s Co. 出版.

For the past three years, Alondra Nieves Barajas has been both student and teacher.

大多数日子里, the senior from 罗斯福高中 attends class, 她做家庭作业吗?, and spends time with her friends just like any other 18-year-old. 但在周三晚上, you can find her at the front desk, teaching adults – often much older than herself – the ins and outs of the United States naturalization test.

When Aaron Presberg first got the email from the White House, he thought it was some sort of prank. 

Then he shared the message with a few colleagues who assured him that it was no joke, and the exciting reality that he had been invited to Washington, D.C. to present at the White House’s first-ever Summit for Sustainable and Healthy K–12 School Buildings and Grounds started to sink in.