Principal's Warrior Wrap-Up: October is here!

This week was an interesting one but also an important reminder of our focus on student safety. It started with our Wednesday fire alarm evacuations and it ended this week with our ALICE drill. This drill was planned in collaboration with the Princeton Police and Fire Departments over the summer. These drills are more dynamic than the traditional "lockdown drills" and fire drills. For these drills, I announce something is unsafe at a specific location in the building and the staff makes a decision based on this information, their location, and students' abilities, etc. to either lockdown or evacuate. Teachers have been gently preparing students for this drill since the start of the school year. The intent is to prepare students but never to scare them. There is confidence in preparation. However, it is always a somber discussion that these drills are necessary. If you ever have any questions about how or why we complete any of these drills, please don't hesitate to reach out.

As we prepare for the week ahead please remember we have multiple early dismissal days at 11:55 for

Parent Teacher Conferences. Please update your School Dismissal Manager if this changes your child's default dismissal. For many grades, Parent Teacher Conferences are new and I did want to set the bar for expectations. Our focus is on building relationships and lines of communication between home and school. Teachers will discuss how your child(ren) is/are adjusting to their new environment, insights into their progress, celebrations, and possibly explore strategies to support learning. Please don't expect deep dives into MCAS or Star data. These will be released later this month and there is not enough time in the conferences to get into depth with this anyways.