Doug Hayman

Principal

The Fall has already seen a lot of Connections events, including a “Post High School” event by Jean Burk at each of our sites, as well as “Fuel Your Future” events. Both of these were focused on connecting students with opportunities in college, vocational education, service, and internships. In addition to our high school opportunities, we have been conducting sessions designed for our Pre-K students. Our elementary advisors have been teaching Reading strategies to our parents of Pre-K. These sessions have been at all three campuses as well.

Our advisors have been enrolling new students, even after the “count” date. These students qualify for ½ allotment to purchase academic resources. The reason the amount is cut in half is our program does not receive funding from the state for these students. However, we will still provide materials to meet their educational needs. Students joining us in the second semester don’t qualify for an allotment, but we will still provide curriculum that supports their movement forward.

We are planning some future things for Connections and we would appreciate your input. We are exploring opportunities in Music and organized out-of-state field trips, like Washington D.C. or similar. We will be sending out surveys to determine the need and support for such opportunities. It will be very important that you let us know what you think.

Thank you for letting us be part of your family.

Sincerely,

Doug Hayman