October 26

Quest students enjoying the Fall weather.

Student-led Conferences
These conferences are led by students.  They will look different from last year's conferences.  Students will be at the center of the conversation, guiding parents/guardians through an exhibition of their learning.  Students will focus this conference around highlights, successes, and goals.  We find that student-led conferences are a tremendous opportunity for students to be leaders in their education.  If you would like to meet for a traditional parent-teacher conference please email Curtis or Melissa and we can schedule a meeting outside of these conference dates.

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Percentages
Next week, we will begin to learn about percentages.  This type of math is all around us, so feel free to make connections with your students while you are out and about.

Refugee Project
We will be wrapping up the Global Read Aloud book, Refugee by Alan Gratz, this week with a point of view project.  Students will be gathering evidence from the book and creating a visual that shows the point of view of one of the characters in the story.

Quest Talent Show
The Quest students will have an impromptu talent show on Halloween.  We look forward to seeing the different acts :)

Mary's Solo Teaching
Mary Vachon will be solo teaching for the two and a half weeks before vacation.  As we teach in a team model, this means that there will be three team teachers on Quest!  Mary will lead teach more of the lessons for this period.  She will be starting on November 5th.