Knox Middle School

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Help your child prepare

for the rigor and challenges of the 21st Century

Encourage them to read daily

(have them read the newspaper to you while you prepare dinner or wash the dishes)

Ask about the strategies we have been using:

12 Powerful Words

UNRAAVEL

Study Island

ClassScape Testing

Let them know how proud you are of their efforts!!

As for me, it is proving to be a rich and rewarding experience to have the chance to work with you and your child during the 2010-2011 school year! I hope that you will feel welcome and encouraged to support the education of your student at Knox, with faith in a mutual goal of promoting an environment in which your child has all of the necessary tools to ensure their lasting success. It is my belief that when a student is the focus of a team effort between home, school, and the community as a foundation, and where each member of the team understands the importance of their role in developing the young person as a whole, success is certain to be the happy result!!

When students consider effective strategies they can learn at school, and will apply them as a way to demonstrate their readiness and willingness to put forth their best efforts, they can take pride in what they will have accomplished in middle school. Please encourage your child to read or be read to for at least twenty minutes each day to strengthen the development of this critically important skill- read, read, read!!!

I am genuinely enjoying getting to know the delightful young people that are entrusted to our care at Knox. It is a true joy to know, teach, and learn from a student that is enthusiastic, caring, and eager for discovery. Thank you for sharing your child with us and for all that you are doing to model and support these excellent qualities! The expectations that we have for a spectacular year are reached in focusing on mutual success and in building a great team. These efforts are paying off in many ways! Ask your child about all of the great things that have been going on at Knox Middle School!

Kind regards,
Linda F. Shipton

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