<div dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-41ecaedc-7fff-b3ee-4a71-9f1080310e92"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear MS/HS parents and guardians, </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope that these first few weeks of the school year and the start of the fall season are going well for you and your families. We write to provide information regarding an important event in our academic calendar, MS/HS parent-teacher conferences. These conferences take place in the fall and spring, and are intended to provide a platform for all of your child’s teachers to share information about the student’s growth and academic progress, as well as to learn from you. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The fall conference dates are 25 and 26 October. There will be four separate half-day sessions over these two days, and you will have the option to sign up for the session that best fits your schedule. Please note that in previous years, parents/guardians were assigned a half-day slot over these two days, but based on feedback and with the intent of better meeting our families scheduling needs, this term we are piloting an online sign-up process. We hope that this new system will give parents/guardians more choice with scheduling.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You can sign up for the conferences from Tuesday, 2 October, at 12 noon. </span><a href="https://www.asl.org/ptc-sign-ups" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">View instructions</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on how to select your preferred conference slot from among those available. As in the past, if the conference time that works best for you is not available, a link will be provided to allow you to register a request for a different time. We endeavor to meet all families’ scheduling needs as much as possible.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">During the conference slots, middle and high school teachers will be seated in the gyms and the Commons, and you can elect to speak with some or all of your child’s teachers. You should be able to meet with all of your child's teachers, but in order for this to happen we will need to keep individual conferences to under 10 minutes. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We look forward to seeing you at our conference days in a few weeks time!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kind regards,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Peter Lutkoski</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size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