Spring Pics, Cocoa Bella, Grandparents, and Report Cards, Oh my! This week is a big week at our school; adjust your phone’s calendar App as I did today! In addition, do not forget to let your teacher know ASAP if you desire a conference on March 18 regarding your child’s experience (academics, behavior, etc.) at Agathos. From the staff’s point of view, we will only contact you this time if we feel it necessary to address something specific; however, we are always at the ready to visit with parents most days, let alone these designated “conference” days which we set aside on the School Calendar.
Remember: all monies raised via Cocoa Bella will be going toward the Cornerstone Capital Campaign! Now, I am super excited about new classrooms for students to move into; however, so many other reasons exist to get excited. Let me put it this way: building more classrooms will have the same domino effect as If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. For instance, more classroom space means that we can:
In the near future (next year!):
• Add a Media lab with a dedicated library space and many research tools (computers, etc.). For example, a family shared with me many months ago that they would like to assist in providing more technology tools for our students, but we’ve had no space to place them!
• Move Music to a classroom (adjacent to the Media Lab/Library) so that we may begin offering Music twice a week.
• Moving Music to its own classroom opens the Studio hours so that we can expand Art to two times a week.
• Adding a dedicated space for tutoring students with specific learning weaknesses.
• Construct a nicer PK & K playground.
In the short term (2-3 years):
• Adding additional sections of Kindergarten and First Grade becomes a possibility with more classroom space! This would fulfill a long range goal of having a school with two classes per grade. Having two classes per grade makes it much more likely to field sports teams!
In the not so distant future (3-5 years):
• Having two classes per grade will bring in more revenue which will allow us to grow teacher salaries, add a gym, build a drama program, open a nature center, bring on more administrative staff, etc.
Now & Ongoing for Generations (Present-100 years+):
• Develop more mature, wise, and virtuous students;
• Extend God’s kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven;
• Construct a culture more filled with Truth, Goodness & Beauty;
• Be a blessing to greater Columbia’s Christian parents.
Reforming Parenting & School 