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An H1N1 shot clinic will be held at SVCS on Tuesday, December 2 from 12 to 6:30 pm. This is open to students of the Stockbridge Valley School District. Students in grades 5-12 will be given their vaccine from 12 - 2 pm. Students in other grades will be asked to make appointments beginning at 2 pm. The website for making appointments is www.healthymadisoncounty.org You may also click on the link at the school web page. If you do not have Internet access, you may call the Madison County Health Dept. at 366-2848. Only students with signed parental consent forms, will be given their vaccine during the school day.
Academically, we are over ten weeks into the school year. The parent portal is open and operational. If you'd like instant access to your child's grades, attendance and assignments contact the guidance office for a parent permission form. This is a work in progress, so please be patient as our staff works to make this a truly informative process!!
It's getting darker earlier in the evening, so be wary of students walking during the twilight hours. Also be on the lookout for deer during your travels!! BE SAFE!!
With everyone’s support and effort, we can and will continue to make a difference in EVERY student’s life. I can’t wait to meet many of you in the community and I invite you to be an active participant in our school. “Together We All Make a Difference.” Please let me know if you have any suggestions!! Thanks again!! Charles G. Chafee Charles G. Chafee, School Superintendent
Having started my educational career working for Steve Szatko, I share many of his same ideals. Following are The Seven Standards of the Superintendency that Steve had developed and that I will continue to use as a guide for my leadership style and strategy:
1. I practice leadership in the form of visibility throughout the school and community. I will visit all teachers and staff on a regular basis and be a spectator at numerous extracurricular events. I will also participate in a variety of community activities.
2. I believe in a school system that is truly student-centered where all decisions are made with the best educational interest of the students in mind. Sometimes it takes courage to say “no” to special interests groups that have a self-serving agenda. The question we should ask ourselves when making decisions is, “Is it good for kids?”
3. I believe in a school system that is safe for all who reside within it. Students who carry drugs and weapons to school will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of school policy and criminal law.
4. I strive to provide a school system where educators have high expectations for all to achieve. All students can learn, but maybe not in the same way on the same day.
5. A school system must be sensitive to the educational needs of its students, while at the same time, being sensitive of the cost to its taxpayers.
6. I believe schools must be clean and functional for staff, students, and community use. We will continue to make necessary building improvements to keep our beautiful facility conducive to learning.
7. Our school system must be one that the community can be proud of and will support in its efforts to educate all people in the community. I welcome the community to be a partner in a process to develop the future vision of our school district.
