Milton Town School District

                                  42 Herrick Avenue, Milton, VT 05468-3097 (802) 893-3210 Fax: (802) 893-3213

www.mtsd-vt.org

HOUSE B

November 6, 2013

Dear House B Families,

We are approaching the end of our first trimester of the school year, and it is already time for our first round of Student-Led Parent Conferences! Educational research tells us that children benefit greatly from having meaningful conversations about their learning with important adults in their lives. We hope that you can attend a Student-Led Parent Conference where your child will present to you a portfolio of artifacts of his or her learning – work from each class that he or she has thoughtfully selected to demonstrate learning and growth.

In addition to presenting artifacts of academic growth, your child will discuss their reflections on their successes and challenges in each academic area, and the goals they are proposing for the second trimester. These goals encompass lifelong learning skills and the Habits of Mind students are striving to achieve in our Middle School. Those habits are: flexible thinking, preparedness, citizenship, persistence, and precision.

For your convenience, we are scheduling conferences on the evening of Tuesday, November 19^th and Thursday, November 21^st from 4:00PM to 7:00PM. Please be aware that this is not a traditional parent-teacher conference, so every teacher may not visit you during the conference session.

We look forward to seeing you!

Sincerely,

Karen Allard - Consulting Teacher
Greer Krembs - Science
Francine Lemnah - Math
Josh Roof - Humanities
Ellen H. Taggart - Humanities

Please complete, detach below and return to your child's advisor.

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*Please indicate your FIRST AND SECOND choice for a conference time. We will get back to you to confirm the scheduled time of your conference.*

____ 4:00–4:30pm on Tuesday, November 19

____ 4:30-5:00pm on Tuesday, November 19

____ 5:00-5:30pm on Tuesday, November 19

____ 5:30-6:00pm on Tuesday, November 19

____ 6:00-6:30pm on Tuesday, November 19

____ 6:30-7:00pm on Tuesday, November 19

____ 7:00-7:30pm on Tuesday, November 19

____ 4:00–4:30pm on Thursday, November 21

____ 4:30-5:00pm on Thursday, November 21

____ 5:00-5:30pm on Thursday, November 21

____ 5:30-6:00pm on Thursday, November 21

____ 6:00-6:30pm on Thursday, November 21

____ 6:30-7:00pm on Thursday, November 21

____ 7:00-7:30pm on Thursday, November 21

Student: ______________________ Attendees: ______________________________