Teri Geist's Blog

Well, it has been a hectic week, not only because teachers and students have been working hard to finish last-minute projects, but because children (and teachers) are anxious for time they will be spending with family away from the pace that comes with school.
 
I hope you all had a chance to read the letter on our two Family Arts Nights that went home last week. We will welcome Rainbow Dance Company and Trashcan Joe to Beverly Cleary in January and February, respectively.  I hope you will be able to enjoy one of these evenings with your family.  There is no fee for the tickets, as we are using funds families and friends donated to our Run-for-the-Arts last spring.  You can pick up your tickets in either of our two school offices.
 

By the time you read this, October will be pretty much over, which means in one more short month, the school year will be one-third complete.  It is such a pleasure for  me to be able to note the academic growth in our students even in the two months we've been in session.  Our dedicated and hard working teaching and support staff have high expectations for our students' academic, behavioral and social emotional growth and students rise to those expectations in a variety of ways that make it easy for the observer to see.

One of the ways our staff facilitates the growth in our students is by improving their own practice through professional development at the building level and by taking classes on their