January 20, 2023

Dear Lower School Families,

We went from 60 degrees on Thursday to the 30s and a brisk wind on Friday this week. Please make sure your children have dressed appropriately for going outside for recess and other times each day. Hopefully, we will have some snow at some point this winter to enjoy sledding during recess.

Report Cards

Quarter 2 Report Cards will be available online for parents to review at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 25. Quarter 2 Report Cards include written comments about your children’s academic and social development. To view report cards, log in to your MySchoolApp account, click on the “Children” dropdown menu, select a student’s name, click on the “Progress” tab and then the report card link. If you have any questions about these report cards, please feel free to contact your children’s teachers or email techhelp@columbusacademy.org if you have difficulty accessing them.

Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences

Our spring parent-teacher conferences are scheduled for March 15-17. All conferences are in-person and on-campus only. These are scheduled right before spring break, and please note that we will be unable to re-schedule parent conferences so ask that you remember this when making any travel plans. Academy provides two full weeks of vacation for spring break, and all conferences take place in-person on these three days and times only:

• Wednesday, March 15: 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday, March 16: 1:00 to 7:00 p.m.
• Friday, March 17: 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

A signup link will be sent out closer to the date.

Parent Book Club

We will meet again on Tuesday, February 7, from 8:30-9:30 a.m. in the dining hall (fireside) to discuss chapters 9-16 of “Hunt, Gather, Parent” by Dr. Michaeleen Doucleef. It can be found online to purchase as well as in local libraries. Please use this form to RSVP.

Enjoy the weekend!

Mark L. Hansen

Head of Lower School