March 19th, 2002

Dear Parents,

I have to apologize to you for scheduling parent teacher conferences on a Wednesday during Lent. I know that this may put a strain on your schedule. We certainly do not want to keep you from attending a Wednesday night Lenten service at your church. We will need to be more sensitive to our scheduling in the future. At any rate, when the schedule conflict was identified, it was too late to change our date for parent conferences. So I offer my apology. Here we are....

Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 20 is our day for parent conferences. There is no school for your student. We are trying something new this Spring by having our conferences all in one day. Conferences are scheduled from noon to 3:30 p.m. and from 6- 9:00 p.m. You need to come in and pick up your student's report card. If you received a letter in the mail, conferences are required. Of course feel free to visit any of the teachers. Please remember that other parents will need to see the teachers as well. Please be considerate of the time of others. Feel free to make plans for a future meeting or follow-up time or way to communicate.

Ten of our teachers have student grades posted on-line. You should have received and returned a letter that indicates how to access your students grades through Edline, our web based grading program. If you are unsure about this opportunity, talk with your student's teacher or Miss Korff who is coordinating this new service. I have heard positive feedback from parents and teachers about this new method. (I haven't heard quite as much positive from students who know they can't intercept this new grade communication.) Please let us know how it is working on your end. There is a strong possibility that all of our teachers will use this grading program next year, which also allows us to post weekly homework assignments.

This Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m. in our Multipurpose Room, seventeen students will be inducted into Walther's branch of the National Honor Society. Students are recommended as candidates for this society based on their Character, Scholarship, Leadership, and Service. Congratulations to the Class of 2004 inductees: Michael Applegate, Rachel Beveridge, Heidi Boos, Tina Brown, Alexandra Daleo, Elizabeth Eschelbach, Erica Felish, Wesley Hammes, Amanda Hemmann, April Kammrath, Geoffrey Kammrath, Emily-Jo Lymon, Jessica Rankins, Rory Richardson, Karen Van Tholen, Alec Wollensak, and Elizabeth Zyer. God has blessed you with much. Continue to use your gifts for His glory!

Today freshmen, sophomores, and juniors met to receive information about next year's schedule. Students received a copy of the course schedule, an information sheet explaining new courses for the 2002-2003 school year and a copy of their current credit check. Students were encouraged to take this material home for you to give them input into this process. The homeroom period on Friday 322, Monday 3/25, and Tuesday 3/26 will be used for students to make preliminary selections of their courses. Arena style scheduling will take place on the following dates: 4/9- Scholars Program Students, 4/10- Class of 2003, 4/12- Class of 2004, 4/15- Class of 2005. School will be dismissed at 1:56 p.m. on each of these days to accommodate the registration process. Students who are not able to register with their classes will have the opportunity to register on 5/15. Mr. Bob Koehne, Mrs. Wentland, or I will be happy to help you with any questions regarding course registration procedures.

Students who wish to be exempted from taking our required Intro to Computer class have the last opportunity to demonstrate competency on Tuesday, March 26 from 4:30-7:00 p.m. Miss Korff needs to be contacted if your student wants to take this test.

Have you visited www.walther.com? Links to faculty members and important information about upcoming events are posted. Follow these links to be informed about Walther news and events.

See you tomorrow at conferences,

Steve Zielke
Principal


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