Dear CSA Families,

Your student’s teachers have also been conducting a variety of assessments to update their “just right” level to drive instruction in reading, writing, and mathematics for your student.  They have also been noting information about friendships, strategies they use in social situations, and determining what’s next for them as a learner in all areas of the whole child. This information is important when they determine how they instruct your student, but it will also become part of the conversation you have been invited to engage in with your student’s teachers in our upcoming Comprehensive Student Reviews.  

If you have not had the opportunity to schedule your Comprehensive Student Review with your student’s teacher(s), please reach out and let them know your availability. Thursday, April 24, and Friday, April 25, are days we have dedicated to meeting with each family, as well as the evening of Thursday, May 1,  to ensure each parent has the opportunity to meet with their student’s teacher.  If your availability does not fall within these dates, your student’s teacher(s) will work with you to determine a time that works best for you. This conversation is an important time for you and your student’s teachers to come together and have a conversation about the progress your student has made, friendships they have, how they learn best, and how they are learning, growing, and progressing in all areas of the whole child.  

Your student’s teachers will also share examples of your student’s work, samples of books they are reading, and what will be next in your student’s learning.  Most importantly, it is a time for your student’s teachers to listen to you, hear your questions, wonderings, and insights into your child.  This is also an opportunity to see what the next year will bring.  

As a former teacher and a parent, I look forward to Comprehensive Student Reviews. As a teacher, I found Comprehensive Student Reviews to be another opportunity for me to continue to build my relationships with the parents of my students and to learn about their child through their eyes.  As a parent, I enjoy hearing about what my child is finding success in, seeing examples of their work, and hearing about how they are navigating friendships in school.  As a leader, please know that you are welcome to invite a member of the leadership team to your student’s Comprehensive Student Review.  We are here to support you, your student, and our teachers.  

In partnership with you,
Stephanie Winters