Zebras Team News

January 28, 2016

Hello Zebra Parents,

We wanted to take a quick moment and update you on Mrs. Youngdahl's
departure. Hopefully, your child shared with you that Mrs. Youngdahl, our social
studies teacher, resigned for family reasons and her final day with us was last
Thursday. We are certainly sad to see her go and have been working diligently to
interview and hire a teacher that will pick up where she left off and become a solid
part of the Zebras team. Prior to Mrs. Youngdahl's departure, we were able to
interview some candidates and we feel that we did find an experienced social
studies teacher that will be a good fit for the team. It will take a few weeks for
our new team member to finish up at their current position and go through
orientation with WCPSS, so their expected start date is February 22nd.
In the meantime, our administration has lined up seventh grade teachers from
other tracks to come in and sub over their breaks. We are very grateful for their
assistance during this transition period and we expect smooth sailing until our new
team member joins us. We need your help in reinforcing expectations that
students will follow classroom and school rules, adhere to assignment deadlines,
and demonstrate PRIDE at all times. Please discuss behavior expectations with
your child to help support the substitutes over the next few weeks.
Once we have more details to share regarding our new social studies teacher, we
will send home another update. Thank you in advance for your support and
understanding as we navigate this change in our teaching staff.
Kind regards,
Shannon, Mark, and Meridith

Zebras Team News

January 28, 2016

Hello Zebra Parents,

We wanted to take a quick moment and update you on Mrs. Youngdahl's
departure. Hopefully, your child shared with you that Mrs. Youngdahl, our social
studies teacher, resigned for family reasons and her final day with us was last
Thursday. We are certainly sad to see her go and have been working diligently to
interview and hire a teacher that will pick up where she left off and become a solid
part of the Zebras team. Prior to Mrs. Youngdahl's departure, we were able to
interview some candidates and we feel that we did find an experienced social
studies teacher that will be a good fit for the team. It will take a few weeks for
our new team member to finish up at their current position and go through
orientation with WCPSS, so their expected start date is February 22nd.
In the meantime, our administration has lined up seventh grade teachers from
other tracks to come in and sub over their breaks. We are very grateful for their
assistance during this transition period and we expect smooth sailing until our new
team member joins us. We need your help in reinforcing expectations that
students will follow classroom and school rules, adhere to assignment deadlines,
and demonstrate PRIDE at all times. Please discuss behavior expectations with
your child to help support the substitutes over the next few weeks.
Once we have more details to share regarding our new social studies teacher, we
will send home another update. Thank you in advance for your support and
understanding as we navigate this change in our teaching staff.
Kind regards,
Shannon, Mark, and Meridith