2016-17 Bulletins

This has been a great week for our students, with much more to come! On Tuesday, their parents turned out in intense numbers for Back-to-School Night. I appreciate how tough a Tuesday night session is for our teachers (and for parents as well) and was happy at the many positive reports I received. On Wednesday I met with the leadership of our ADCA; there is much to be said about their work this year (and I will say more soon) but I want to commend them for tackling this busy year with gusto - and Lori Jackson in particular as she wasn't even planning to BE president! On Thursday, Deal's football team had its first game (volleyball has just started and cross-country had a meet yesterday) so we know sports are fully underway. And on Friday, we had Movie Night - with the largest attendance ever. To top the week off, we had a great 6th grade Peace Day celebration (check out the Twitter feed). So much going on...[read more]