Happy New Year

Hope this year finds you healthy and happy. Here are some updates:

End of Q2 is February 1st.
In advising this week:
1) we will start book groups (which were assigned before break).
2) writing workshop will continue and I will be working on getting a writing sample from every one of my students
3) testing preparations begin
4) current events discussions will begin each day
5) PLP work will deepen and continue toward an end of the quarter presentation

ALL classes have due dates for material coming up soon e.g. drama has lines due at the end of the month, philosophy class has projects beginning this week and journals on-going, musicianship has a collaborative piece to present and a fund-raising performance to prepare for in the first week of February.

LOTS going on!!

If you did not get a conference and feel that you would like one, I can still meet during the day on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:45. More soon!

SPECIAL THANKS to my advising class, Valerie and John, Jim Bernard and all who helped this year. The drum set is awesome and I hope to see the classes, the school, the kids and whole community grow in friendship like the middle school has this year. Thanks again,

Kirk

Winter Break is coming!

Well...
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...just this week left before break. Lots going on! We had a good trip to the archery range last week. This Friday is a trip with Nick's class to the Food Bank.

Also, academic concern notifications are going out by the end of the week (it is already mid-quarter).

Writing workshop is happening on Mondays, and more lit. circle will be in place for the second half of Q2. Conferences will last this week, and some of the feedback has been more reading and writing...which pleases me!

Watch for snow closures too! It is that time of year - we follow Portland Public Schools on that issue...
And we are coming back from vacation on Monday, January 7th (a little later than usual since we don't start our break until noon on the 21st).

Any questions? Feel free to email: kirk@trilliumcharterschool.org
...and you can check the syllabi below.

Kirk

What is happening?

Well,

The potluck was a great success. Thank you Valerie and John for hosting (and for the guitar)! There will be a email soon that summarizes the note and the wonderful wish list that was put together. It was a delightful evening that I would love to do again in the spring.

Conferences are underway. If you have not had a chance to sign up, there will be another correspondence about this as well i.e. best times to meet with me and so on.

I will be out on Monday.

Tomorrow, Friday, we will watch a film and have a writing prompt about it. The film is Mozart and the Whale. It goes well with the Circle of Friends curriculum and its themes are important for our community.
Next Friday will be our archery outing (December 14th) and we NEED drivers for this one.
The following Friday (the 21st) is the last day before winter break and we are going to the Food Bank with Nick's class.

Thanks again for being a part of Trillium. I am glad for the opportunity to work with your kids.

Kirk