Dear Henley Families,

Tomorrow is the first day of the 2018-19 school year! We have been waiting for this day and hope that your child(ren) feels ready to begin this journey with us.

I have a lot of information, but I will repost this on the Principal’s Blog (linked on the Henley home page) for your reference:

• Here is the schedule for the first three days. As previously shared, we will have extended Advisories designed to build relationships with your student(s), to ease them back into school, and to share important routines and structures for the new year.
• If you have not had a chance to view morning drop off and afternoon pick up videos, here is another opportunity to orient yourself to our procedures:
  • Morning drop off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=342aPM9QDjk
  • Afternoon pick up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szOkMJ8bg34
• Albemarle County has generously supported our parking lot and roadway procedures during the first several days of school. You will see additional police officers on Rt 250 and in our parking lot. We hope the videos have been helpful and thank you in advance for your cooperation and patience.
• In an effort to raise money for the World Peace Games, Megan Williams, teacher and coach will be auctioning off two reserved parking spaces in the front of the school. Be on the lookout for more information about her raffle.
• For the first ten days of school, Transportation asks that we don’t write “guest” bus passes for students to ride a different bus so that they can get their accurate bus ridership numbers established. Thank you for your understanding.

Thank you for all of your support as we start the school year. Let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Beth Costa, principal

Dear Henley Families,

As we get closer to Wednesday’s start, I just wanted to connect with you regarding a couple of informational items:

• For 6^th grade families, please remember to bring in your child’s TDaP form prior to the first day of school. Your child must have his/her immunization to start the first day.
• We are working on the schedule for the first three days of school. Similar to the elementary school’s morning meeting structure, we build in time as an Advisory period where we connect with students, have fun, and build community. During the first three days, we alter the bell schedule to have more time in Advisory to get to know each other, develop our school-wide social contract, and handle important transition experiences (e.g. lockers, lunch procedures, changing classes, etc.). We will publish the bell schedule early next week so that your child knows what to expect the first three days.
• We will begin a normal bell schedule on Monday, 27 August.
• The second segment of our video series-Afternoon Pick-Up- can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szOkMJ8bg34&feature=youtu.be
• We will have additional staff on hand for dismissal. In my experience, buses are delayed for the first several days of school, and we dismiss car riders and walkers on time, so traffic in the parking lot isn’t compounded by bus departure. Once we have a normal dismissal for all students, we will need to prepare for additional car stoppage time.
• A reminder that counselors are working as quickly as possible to complete schedules. Thank you in advance for your patience.

Looking forward to seeing many of you on Monday! As always, call or email with feedback and/or questions.

Best,

Beth Costa, principal