Letter From the Head of School
July 27, 2011
Dear Shreiner Academy Family:
Welcome back to school on August 8th! While November is certainly an important season of thanksgiving, so is the start of the school year—especially this one! Let me start by saying thank you to you, our Shreiner Families, for your continued support and shared vision of excellence for our children. Your partnership is invaluable, and the staff and I extend our sincere appreciation to you for your ideas and feedback.
It is both a tremendous honor and an absolute joy to be entering my third year as head of school. I am so excited to see everyone—I really can’t wait for the school year to begin! We have been on such an incredible journey together, and there is so much more to come. You may recall last February, AEG Vice President, Todd Avis joined me at our monthly parent meeting as we announced our plans to add a high school to Shreiner Academy, beginning in the 2012-13 academic year. The plan is to begin with the addition of 9th grade, followed by a grade added every year. Certainly, we want to stay this course. I will be holding steering committee meetings throughout the year and invite you to join me. Stay tuned for meeting opportunities, and please know you may contact me through any means convenient to you. I truly welcome your assistance, and I know we have a parent community of talented individuals with myriad expertise—come one, come all!!
Following this theme of growth, our enrollment is expanding—we continue to grow every week. We have been hard at work getting campus ready for our first day of school with a variety of improvements; as you may imagine, significant funding is needed for campus upgrades to come to fruition in the first place. American Education Group has wholeheartedly endorsed our continuing capital improvements for the 3rd summer in a row (with a call, already, for proposal plans for the next three summers).
We are so excited to share these major additions with you—just in time for the start of the new school year…
2011 Summer Growth and Improvements for the Shreiner Academy Campus:
- Re-surfacing campus parking lots ( July 15, 2011)
- Phase 2 of Campus-wide Technology Upgrades: Including upgrade of campus infrastructure and more student and classroom resources (August, 2011)
- Building improvements: 1330 (4K) building, Forrest Hall, Academy Office:(Completion August 8, 2011)
- Cafeteria and menu upgrades: Culinary Management Solutions: Cafeteria: New chef and menus (now)
- Kitchen/cafeteria remodeling: installing walk-in refrigeration (Completion by August 8, 2011)
- Adoption of additional curriculum: IXL online math resource; Handwriting Without Tears, Olweus (K-8) Bullying Prevention Program, additional textbooks for every class and other online resources (Ready date: August 8, 2011)
- After School and Academic Enrichment Courses Expanded: (You will receive a bulletin soon about additional after school courses available for your child for a small fee. This includes languages and a Spanish Academy.) (August, 2011)
- FOCUS SIS System (faculty/student/parent community online information system: live date: winter, 2011-12)
Shreiner is a special place and will continue to grow with your support. So, again, welcome to an exciting new year!
With warm regards,
Sarah Walker
Head of School
Shreiner Academy
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