Hello Bear Family! 

We have almost made it!! For our seniors and senior parents, this is such a special time of celebrations. I hope that all of you can take a moment and soak in the rest of this chapter of your students' lives. The older I get, the more precious these milestones become. 

Please be sure to register for Parent Square, if you have not already done so. The transition has been smooth on our end, so please email me if there are any issues you are seeing as a parent. we are all learning together.

I want to also start getting out the message that as we move into next school year, outside devices ( phones, tablets, personal laptops, etc) will not be allowed for use on campus from the start of the school day through the last bell. We would like to continue our expectation that we started a few years ago to help students manage devices, but it will extend throughout the halls and lunches which will be a change. Please begin conversations in your homes about what they may look like for your student. Will they utilize a locker? Will they leave their phone in their car if they drive?  Will they be able to manage keeping the phone in their bookbag and be able to resist the temptation to pull it out simply out of habit? We are working with teachers to also consider how that will change some instructional strategies as well. There will be more specific information coming, but I wanted to give everyone a heads up of this change for next school year.

Finally, I want to send a reminder of the exam exemption information is below. This was also sent out in August as well as in recent emails and messages. Again, this is an  incentive, not a penalty, and it includes all unexcused AND excused absences.

I hope you get a chance to enjoy all of the end of the year activities, games, and performances. It is a crazy, but fun time of year! Make good choices, and as always Go Bears!

Love,

Mrs. Ramsey