August 14, 2009
Dear Telluride High School Community,
I hope this message finds each and every one of you enjoying the final weeks of the summer. I have enjoyed seeing many of our students back at school on the soccer pitch or in the gym practicing digs, spikes, and blocks for the fall Volleyball season. I have even heard rumor that our cheerleaders are once again honing another outstanding routine that will help us reclaim the state title in Competition Cheer. I have talked with students who have returned from educational and inspiring internships in Central and South America, not to mention far away parts of our own nation. I know heralding in the end of summer is not always the most popular message to send, but let’s face it –Telluride High School is an incredible school and, deep down, you really are getting excited to come back for another great year of growth, learning, and fun at THS.
I want to take this opportunity to introduce a few people who you might already know, but now you will see more often in class. Firstly, I am excited to welcome Ms. Jennifer Manhoff, who will be taking over as our Spanish teacher for the coming year. Ms. Manhoff has taught Spanish the last four years at the Telluride Mountain School and comes to us with a great reputation and with great ideas to make our already excellent Spanish program even better. Second, I am happy to welcome Ms. Mariah Checketts officially to the THS faculty. You’ll remember Ms. Checketts as the teacher who worked closely with Ms. Moore in Health and Ms. Nelson in Spanish in the fall semester, 2008. She is coming on staff to work with our English language learners this year. Finally, for those of you who have been around for a while, we are happy to welcome Ms. Erica Heltner back to the THS faculty. This veteran teacher will be teaching our English 11 class and two Language Arts electives this year at THS. Please graciously welcome each of these new faculty to our community in the coming weeks.
The first day of school is, as you know, Monday, August 31st , 2009. Our teachers are going to “hit the ground running” that day – so come ready to learn. As we have in the past, we will have the Telluride Film Festival organizers in our building preparing for the festival that weekend. Please note that we will have a half-day on Friday, September 4th. High School students will be dismissed at 12:05 PM that day and there will be no lunch served. As a special treat for our students and faculty, the Telluride Film Festival organizers have offered to screen one of their best selections on Wednesday, September 2nd in an after-school show. The movie will begin promptly at 3:30 PM.
Posted on my page on the school website are several memos that I would like you to take a look at. The first is a memo reviewing our attendance policy for this school year. Although this policy is very similar to the one we used last year, I would like everyone to know that we have committed to be more vigilant and focused on this issue this year. The second memo explains our new policy regarding the Advanced Placement program at THS this year. Please review both of these memos, and if you have any questions please contact me directly to discuss them.
Again, I hope everyone is safe, happy, healthy, and re-energized. I can’t wait to see all of you as you return to THS for another great school year.
Best regards,
ABCarter
Alex Carter, Principal
Friday, August 14, 2009
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