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22 February 2022
Cheryl Murtland, Deputy Head - Academics
The school year seems to be speeding up as we approach spring break. You will likely be hearing about more activities and opportunities for students to get involved. At the same time as this is happening, we are also planning to move all the academic classes out of the Ross Building over the break to take up residence in different spaces on campus; the renovated Woodward Building, the Foote Athletic Centre multipurpose rooms, and the Bunch Centre. For anyone who has moved, you can appreciate the task that lies ahead and the need for teachers to be packing resources, science equipment, and personal items that for some have been here for over twenty years. Because this move also coincides with our reporting period, we are making an adjustment to the content of the reports.

Brentwood teachers and advisors pride themselves on writing reports that highlight what is going well for a student, where the student needs to focus more attention, and the support that is available to help them achieve their goals. This takes time. We also appreciate the value for parents to be updated on how their child is doing. To balance these two goals, as well as take into account the extra demand on teachers’ time this reporting period, we are going to provide an abbreviated winter report. For academic and arts courses, you will receive a two-sentence update on your child’s progress, their percentage grade, and the Learning Skills. Because we will have completed the second term of sport, those reports will be what you would usually see. There will be no Advisor, House, or Administrator section on this report.

We expect that advisors will have reached out to you in advance if there are any concerns. If you have questions or concerns once you receive the report in mid-March, please let your child’s advisor know. We will be on break at the time, but they will get back to you upon their return. Our hope is that we can accomplish all that needs to be done using this process. The final report in June will look more similar to what was received in December.

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