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March 14, 2008
High School Placement 3-14-2008
Ann Meissner Jennifer Franklin (Seventh Grade Humanities Teacher)
We want to offer congratulations to students and families for a job well done. We’re impressed not only with the caliber and variety of area high school into which students have been accepted, but also with the maturity of our 8th graders through this stressful week.
While a good number of you have already made decisions or narrowed down your options, specific strategies can be helpful during this time. Parents, this is an opportunity to model decision-making strategies for your 8th grader. You may want to:
o Develop pro and con lists individually and/or as a family.
o Revisit the list of priorities you developed earlier this year.
o Revisit web sites.
o Consider arranging for another visit to a particular school.
o Talk with students or families who attend or who have attended a particular school. We’re happy to put you in touch with a PHS alumni family if that would be helpful.
Some other ideas:
Consider having your child send a thank you note to a school where he or she has been accepted and has decided not to attend. This is a polite gesture for the admissions committees that have worked hard through out this process at each school.
We hope that families and students will continue to support one another in their process and final high school decisions. Our students attend a wide range of schools and this positively reflects the individuality of our students – something we value as a school community.
We encourage you to call or email if you have questions or simply want to talk through your thinking.
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