High Quality Instruction and Learning for Every Child, Every Day in Every Classroom
August 2017
Welcome Back to another great year of learning and teaching! A message from new Renton Schools Superintendent Dr. Damien Pattenaude: Next week, on Wednesday, August 30, nearly 16,000 children will head back to schools across the Renton School District. They
come from the north of the district in Newcastle and Bellevue, to the south with addresses in Kent, and all areas in between, including Skyway and West Hill in unincorporated King County. Whether they’re excited about the new school year or dreading having to go back to school, you can be assured that we’re ready. Over the summer, our teachers have been attending professional development courses to improve their subject knowledge, their understanding of how children and teens learn, and their skills in managing classrooms full of individually diverse students. Our support staff have been busy cleaning, repairing, and repainting classrooms, hallways, commons areas and more. Our
technology department has been busy upgrading teacher and support staff computers and laptops, installing access points to the Internet, and preparing classrooms for our enhanced digital learning methods. Mechanics have been hard at work maintaining and repairing school buses and other student transportation vehicles. We’ve hired more than 100 new teachers who come to us fresh from college and others who have changed their profession and decided to become a teacher to help educate a future generation. And even though this is my first year as Renton Schools superintendent, I’m also prepared. I’m humbled that the Renton School Board and the community have selected me as Renton Schools’ new superintendent. The dreams you have for your children and grandchildren are the same that I have for my own: to provide them every opportunity to live a life full of knowledge and wonder and success. Every teacher and support staff member in Renton School District is committed to the promise that we are here to serve every student with a highquality education that provides them with many choices and options for a successful life upon graduation. My commitment
I’m looking forward to an exciting year of learning and teaching. Let’s, together, make this a fun and productive year for every child.
to you and every student is to ensure our education system operates on three simple, but important, guiding principles: Service, Excellence, and Equity.
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First Day of School No School—Labor Day No School—Professional Teacher Day No School—Professional Teacher Day No School — Veterans Day Parent/Teacher Conferences No School — Thanksgiving Break No School — Winter Break No School — MLK Jr. Day No School—Professional Teacher Day No School— Mid-Winter Break No School—Spring Break Emergency Closure Makeup Day (if needed) No School — Memorial Day Last day is a half-day for all students
GRADING PERIODS/REPORT CARDS ISSUED Elementary End of 1st Trimester November 9, 2017 End of 2nd Trimester March 9, 2018 End of 3rd Trimester June 20, 2018 Middle & High End of 1st Grading Period November 2, 2017 End of 2nd Grading Period/1st Semester January 26, 2018 End of 3rd Grading Period April 6, 2018 End of 4th Grading Period/2nd Semester June 20, 2018 PARENT CONFERENCES* Elementary Schools November 16-22, 2017 Middle Schools November 20-21, 2017 High Schools November 20, 2017 *There is early dismissal during conferences.
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