Return to 8th Grade

September 9, 2009

 Dear Parents of an Eighth Grader:

 

Welcome to this exciting year in the life of your student. It will be filled with school work and activities both inside and outside the St. Mark community. If the first week is any indication, it will be quite busy.

 

We will have our Curriculum Night on Thursday, October 8th. If you have any concerns before then, please don’t hesitate to call me at school (364-1633) or at my home (363-3227).

 

In general, your student should have all the school supplies he/she needs. About halfway through the year you may need to replenish paper, pens and pencils. You should expect homework every night, including weekends. We have given each student a planner in which to write down assignments. In addition, you can go to the school website at stmss.org and click on “Homework Hero” to get an updated assignment list.  In Religion, part of their grade is a five question quiz on Mondays regarding the Sunday readings; we will have previewed the readings the Friday before.

 

One thing that may be of concern to you is admission to a Catholic high school. I am sending home a calendar with the students as soon as it is made available to me, but if you don’t see it, the following are websites where you can get information about important dates:

 

archbishopmurphyhs.org                       holynames-sea.org

blanchetk12wa.us                                odea.org                         

seaprep.org

 

If this is your first child and the process is new to you, there are several veteran parents who could answer questions about particular high schools or about the process:

 

Archbishop Murphy      Bishop Blanchet   Holy Names         O’Dea     Seattle Prep

Van Hollebeke                   Dato                 Encarnacion    Velasco       Snedden

               Encarnacion

 

Some things you want to do in the near future:

1)     Pick up or download an application for the high school(s) in which you are interested.

2)     Register for an entrance exam. Exam dates are December 5th or 6th for Archbishop Murphy, Bishop Blanchet & Seattle Prep. Exam dates are December 12th or 13th for Holy Names or O’Dea.

3)     Call the Admissions Department for the school in which  you are interested to spend a day there if your student wants to get a feel for the school before making a decision. PLEASE DON”T BOOK A DAY IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF DECEMBER because we will be practicing for the Nativity.

4)     Ask lots of questions. We are here to help you.

 

I am looking forward to teaching your student.  I hope we all have a wonderful year together.

 

God bless you,

 

 

 

Tami Martin