September 2015 Principal/Activities Director Newsletter Report
7-12 Principal
Hard to believe we are already half way through the first quarter. The bell system is fully functional and
working great. It appears that students and staff have adapted to our new schedule and are working into a
routine. A big thank you to Mrs. Kluender, Mrs. Hunt, and Mr. Moser for all the hard work they put into
organizing the first of our three MAPS testing sessions for the year. We are focused on using this data to
guide instruction on areas for student improvement. We will be spending professional development time
analyzing this data. Also a big thank you to all of our students and staff for the business-like manner in
which they handled our power outage on September 3rd. That same day Mr. Kirby, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Ellis
and I attended ALP Training at ESU 10. The training focused on teaching strategies for increasing literacy
comprehension and vocabulary. Be sure to check out all of the ways Litchfield Public Schools is
communicating including: updating of the school website by Mrs. Hunt’s web design class, Facebook
(Litchfield Public Schools), and Twitter (@Litchfieldps). Two foreign exchange students began school on
August 31st. Sophie is from Copenhagen, Denmark and Tim is from Cologne, Germany both seem to be
adjusting well.
PK-12 Activities
This month all Fall sports have started. We will be hosting our first events in Litchfield at the end of the
month, the majority of volunteers are in place for our home events. Both our foreign exchange students are
participating in athletics Sophie in Volleyball and Tim in Football. Homecoming is right around the corner
and our Student Council will be busy planning events for Litchfield and working on Co-op events with
Ansley as well. Preparations are underway for hosting the Conference One-Act play.
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It is a great day to be a Spartan!