Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Greetings Upper School Parents:
The grades and effort marks from Immersion are now available via My Backpack. It was great to see and speak with so many parents and guests at Immersion Open House last week. I know that our students appreciated the opportunity to recount their experiences from Immersion 2011. The Immersion Committee is now in the review stages in finalizing the program descriptions for Immersion 2012.
The town hall meeting for upper school parents is next Monday, 25 April beginning at 7:00PM in the Alumni Black Box Theater. Peter Benedict and I look forward to sharing details about the school-wide initiative on student character development. We will listen closely to feedback on current issues in this important area of adolescent development and outline our plan to develop a student Code of Conduct using professionally facilitated workshops, including faculty members and students. We seek your input before embarking on this important initiative for character and honor in our community.
I am thrilled to announce that the novel Peace, by Richard Bausch, is the selection for the 2011 Upper School Shared Summer Reading. Now entering our fifth year of selecting a common title for the entire upper school community (students, teachers, and parents), this year marks an exciting partnership between MVS and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Mr. Bausch, the recipient of the 2009 Award for Fiction, is returning to Dayton in September to announce the finalists for the 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prizes, thus providing an opportunity to visit MVS, address upper school students and teachers, and visit classes. I am indebted to the work of Susan Strong and Stacey MacDonald for bringing this imagined partnership into reality!
In addition to the required Shared Summer Reading, members of the English Department have again compiled suggested reading lists for students (and families) providing recommendations to further enrich your summer reading choices. A copy of the 2011 list of suggested titles will be distributed during scheduling conferences this week; a PDF is also available on the documents section of the upper school homepage.
Open campus privileges, for seniors who have earned them, go into effect this week. Parents of seniors need to review and sign the permission form before individual privileges begin.
I hope to see you tomorrow morning at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Zorniger Environmental Laboratory. This new facility will provide exhilarating future opportunities for MVS student and curricular design. Imagine the growing possibilities!
With sincere regards,
Sam Wagner
Head of Upper School
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