On Thursday evening, September 19th, from 6:00-7:30, we will welcome our families and friends into our school for the annual WHS Fall Open House.
The first hour of the event will involve students showing off their new classrooms and some of the work that they have done since school began late in August. We will have some of our local organizations and agencies represented at tables in our Main Lobby throughout the evening, and a scavenger hunt for students and families that will have our guests travelling all over the school to meet staff and learn more about our work at Woodland Heights.
After the first hour, beginning promptly at 7:00pm., we will ask our visitors to join me and a new friend, Erin Klausen from the Family Resource Center of Central NH (Lakes Region Community Services) in the WHS-MPR where we'll be speaking with parents about our new initiative to partner with Woodland Heights families like never before. During each of the years that I have had the privilege of being your principal, we have made monumental strides in 21st Century Learning, Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, and creating a safe and focused School Climate in which all students have the opportunity to reach their personal and academic potential.
This is the year of the parent. Over the coming months we will endeavor to work with you as never before, forming a partnership that will benefit your children by more effectively supporting their academic and social growth. We are confident that, in forming our warm and mutually supportive partnership, their future aspirations and your hopes and dreams for their success can be realized. As we work to develop our 'partner' relationship (defined by open rapport, common goals, and collaborative effort), an important local resource for family education will be utilized: the Laconia area Family Resource Center. Please join us for our presentation at 7:00pm. on the 19th to learn more, and offer your feedback on our plans.
Many thanks for everything that you have done to offer our school a tremendous start this year. Let's keep working together to make the coming year one of the very best in recent history at OUR Woodland Heights School!
