Party on Friday!

Maybe my New Year's resolution will be to post more regularly!

Students in Room 12 are hard at work mastering the use of apostrophes, adding and subtracting decimals, and writing scientific conclusions. We are wrapping up a busy and challenging fall and preparing to regroup in January.

Many of you have questions about the school district's plan for Hawthorne next year. Amid a major budget crisis, there seems to be a new plan every week for the Hawthorne building. Among other proposals, there is a possibility that the Hawthorne program will be eliminated next year and students assigned to other schools. Some of you came to the community meeting in the library last week, and we have forwarded your many ideas and concerns to the superintendent's office.

Here are a few links that may help keep you informed. The current superintendent's proposals are here. Seattle Public Schools community blog is run by active Seattle parents (not published by the school district) and has extensive information and opinions about the latest developments. Please also feel free to contact me with any further questions and I will do my best to help. This is a big deal for all of us.

We will be having a potluck lunch party this Friday, December 19th. Each student should do their best to bring a food item with some nutritional value to share! All family members are invited, and it would be great to have any of you join us.

I hope you all are enjoying the season and staying warm in this incredibly cold weather!