Magnet Letters Are In The Mail!

WOW! What an incredible week this has been for Julia Landon! The letters for magnet acceptance to our program have gone out this week and the phones are ringing all the time!

We filled all openings for the 2008-2009 school year entirely with students who put us as their first choice. We do have waiting lists at all three grade levels. In total, we accepted 330 sixth grade students, 110 seventh grade students, and 110 eighth grade students.

You should expect to receive a mail out from us during the beginning of May. This mail out will include information about our Spring Celebration with students and parents, a calendar for the upcoming school year, and other general information.

Please note that our Spring Celebration will be held in the evening during the middle of May. Each grade level is scheduled for a specific evening. This will be an opportunity for parents to receive more detailed information about our program, volunteer opportunities, summer reading and summer orientation. While the parents are taking care of 'house keeping' items, our students will have an opportunity to meet their classmates and new members of our teaching staff.

We encourage our parents to call the school if they have any questions about this upcoming school year! You may call me directly with your questions. If I am not available, Ron Hafner (Curriculum Integration Specialist) and Reni Fenton (Magnet Lead Teacher) may also assist you.

I cannot begin to express to you how excited I am about the development of this new dedicated magnet program. I thank each of you for being willing to send your student to us for their middle grades experience. I look forward to working with each of you as we create this new program.