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Dear Families,

We hope you had a good weekend. We enjoyed our ski day on Friday and were happy to have most students and several families join us.

Please note the items below for this week and upcoming events.

Have a great week!
Kristin

Wed Jan 28 – Gr 9-12 Science Fair – Parents are welcome to come by and see the booths during the day. Students will be showing their booths in the morning between 9:15 and 11:15.

Fri Jan 30 – Non-Instructional Day

Sun Feb 8 – Ski day to Powder King – Paper forms will be handed out to those interested soon. Families are welcome. Students/families are responsible for arranging their own transportation.

This Week – School Survey – Please watch your email for the link for families (we encourage all to participate!) and see the opt-out notice for students:

In the following weeks, students in grades 6 through 12 will have the opportunity to participate in a 15-minute survey about the overall culture of the school. The surveys will be completed online and during school time, at no cost to you.

The results will provide valuable information to school leaders and may help your school community improve in meaningful ways.

The areas the survey explores are: School Climate, Academic Climate, Civic Open Classroom Climate, School Mission & Vision, and Social-Emotional Competencies (optional). The primary purpose of the survey is to help your school understand its culture better. The secondary purpose is to provide the field of education with new insights into how various stakeholders in schools perceive elements of their school culture, using anonymous data for secondary research.

The survey was designed by educational researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Education Policy.

All responses are anonymous and will be analyzed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. School personnel will not have access to individual responses. No names, birthdates, addresses, student IDs, or IP addresses will be attached to any responses.

All participants can select a language other than English (Spanish, French, Creole, Vietnamese, or Arabic), using the drop-down menu on the first page of the survey.

Participation for your child is completely voluntary. If you DO want your child to participate, you do not need to do anything. If you DO NOT want your child to participate, please advise your child to answer “NO” to the first question on the survey. There are no penalties for not participating or withdrawing from the survey at any time.

If you want to see the questions beforehand, please ask your principal/head of school or any member of the Johns Hopkins team. Their contact information is below.

Thank you for participating in our survey. Please know that we are listening to your input.

Respectfully,

The team at Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

For questions about research, contact:

For general questions about the survey, contact: