Principal Fried to Chávez Parents and Staff

January 9, 2002

Dear Chávez Families:

Happy New Year.

Our educational community, dispersed though we may be, is picking up with quality instruction where we left off before winter break as we await our return to Chávez. There have been, however, some changes that we want to inform you of:

We are now able to use our gym instead of the tent as our morning gathering place. It was nice to see how many students, parents and teachers were excited for us to get back even to this one corner of our world.
We are also able to start using the cafeteria again so as of Wednesday this week we will be serving breakfast at our school rather than at the temporary sites.
The before and after school program that is run at our school will be starting up again at Chávez. They will inform their clients of the details.
Through the gracious efforts of the Thoreau staff we have been able to secure a classroom there for our 4th grade and alleviate the tight quarters and noise that had been a problem.
We have made some modifications in the "specials" schedule which will improve the delivery of those services.
The end of next week marks the end of the first semester, the half way point in the school year. It also a time when teachers will be working on report cards. We want report cards to as accurately as possible, reflect each child's level of mastery. Chávez report cards will reflect the current level of performance for your students based on what you know about them instructionally at this point. Teachers sometimes refer to prior assessments to ascertain a child's growth from one reporting period to the next. This is not a requirement for report cards but is information that may be important for some students. However, we do not have access to all beginning of the year student assessments. Therefore, teachers may not include comments about amount of progress or growth over time your child has made on this report card. This information can be included on the third quarter report cards if appropriate.
As of this writing, we do not have the results of the most recent testing of air samples at Chávez. They are expected soon. You will be provided this information as it becomes available. Reconstruction will not begin until all the results ensure the safety of the building.

The administrative area in Chávez has been cleared for use so the school secretary Linda Pollasch and I will be working out of our Chávez offices. My office number is 442-2006, my cell phone is 220-2947.and my home phone is 274-5695. Please don't hesitate to call me. I'm delighted to be working once again at Chávez.

Sincerely,
Howard Fried
Principal

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