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Text Box: HUNTER JUNIOR HIGH PARENT NEWSLETTER

Text Box: Special points of interest: With the approaching holidays comes a number of performances Links and food bank donations welcome School and classroom happenings Reality Town volunteers needed

Holiday performances	1
Open enrollment	2
Team Valiente	2
Paralympic guest	2
PTSA news	3
Counselor corner	3
Happenings	3

Text Box: It’s hard to believe we’ve already completed our first quarter and are rapidly moving along toward the middle of the school year. So many things have happened and so many things are planned for our future. We’ve had choral and instrumental concerts, with more to come. Students learned about etiquette at LaCaille; science classes went on a field trip to Kennecott; we hosted parents and students for MESA night; 44% of all parents attended Parent Teacher conferences; we had the opportunity to meet the top paralympic athlete in the country, who will be climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro this spring and will be having students set their

Text Box: own goals to work toward finding their mountain or their “individual genius” and our access and drama students attended a play at Pioneer Theater. Our teachers continued their professional development activities as professional learning committees, school committees, setting their professional goals for the year and learning about new technology available to them. Meanwhile, students are involved daily in learning in the classrooms. I am amazed at all that happens at HJH on a daily basis. I have spent a lot of time in classrooms so far this year, either for a quick walk-through observation or a more intensive evaluation observation

Text Box: with new teachers . I have once again been extremely impressed with the high quality, professionalism and dedication these hard working individuals demonstrate every day. Amazing things continue to go on here. Check out our website. Talk to your students. You’ll be as impressed as I am daily.

Text Box: From the Principal

Text Box: With the approaching holidays comes a number of school performance activities. To start the season, we will present our first dance concert of the year, “Dancing in the Street” on November 18 and 20. Our drama class

Text Box: will host a drama night on November 19. In December we will present a concert from our instrumental music students on December 3 and our chorus students on December 10. On Thursday, December, 18,

Text Box: our students will enjoy a holiday assembly in the morning and a school dance in the afternoon. Winter recess begins after school on Friday, December 19, and lasts until Monday, January 5, when students return.