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You should receive this the day before Parent-Teacher Conferences are
scheduled (10/30 - 10/31), and our goal is 100% participation!
Thank you for coming; we appreciate your support!
School surveys will be handed out at conferences, and if you have more
than one child at Steele you will receive one from each teacher.
Please fill them all out! If
you do not have time to fill out the survey on your conference day, take it
home and drop in the box by the office the next day.
The results will be compiled by District 11 and posted on our website.
The staff and I take your comments very seriously, and appreciate the
feedback from each of you!
I have been asked to mention in this section of the newsletter a
concern that has come up in regards to the number of students that are late
everyday to school! On any day in
October we averaged NINETEEN
students that were tardy in the morning! That
is at least 7% of our students who are late which is way too many! This
impacts teachers and all students greatly!
Being on time affords boys and girls time to interact with their
friends on the playground, greet the teacher, and be ready at their desks when
instruction begins. Being late to
school means starting the day in a hurry, interrupting class, missing
important classroom opening procedures, and sometimes coming into class and
finding the rest of the class is gone to PE, Music, Art, library or on a field
trip! An occasional tardy is
understandable, but habitual tardiness can be avoided and is disrespectful to
teachers, staff, and those here on time, eager and ready to start the day!
It might take a new alarm clock, making lunches & laying out
clothes the night before, or just going to bed earlier, but whatever it takes,
please make sure your child/children are at Steele on time each day!
You will be laying the groundwork for success, as well as building
life-long good habits!
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour Saturday, November 1.
That is a sure sign that winter is around the corner and snow on the
way! Remember, dress your children
warmly in layers, because they will go outside for recess most days unless the
wind chill measures 15 degrees or less. Just
a few minutes break outside makes a significant difference in attitude,
productivity, and keeps us healthy, too!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Principal |
Principal’s Corner