11/8/2017 Garner Hayeld Ventura Mail - Tyler

ReneeWeisenstein<rweisenstein@ghvschools.org>

Tyler
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ReneeWeisenstein<rweisenstein@ghvschools.org> Sat,Oct14,2017at1:33PM
To:Susie<sgleerar@gmail.com>
Cc:AngieBierle<abierle@ghvschools.org>,JimHaag<jhaag@ghvschools.org>

GoodafternoonMrs.Leerar,

OneoftheskillsthatisneededbeforetakingAlgebraissolvingoneandtwostepequationsusinginverseoperations.After
reviewingthiswithallofmyAlgebraclassesforafewdays,itbecameveryapparentthatseveraloftheincomingfreshmen
havenotlearnedthosetwoskillsyet.OnFridayIgaveashortassessmenttoallofmyAlgebrastudentsthequestionsthat
wereonthisassessmentwereequationsthatIwouldexpectmyBasicAlgebrastudentstobeabletosolvesuccessfully
withoutstruggle.Betweenhavinglearnedtheseskillslastyearandthefourdaysofreviewinmyclassthisyear,theintent
wastofindwhichstudentshadn'tactuallyseenthesestrategiesforsolvingequationsbeforethisyear.

Tyler'sscoreonthisassessmentwas1outof12.IstronglysuggestthatTylerbemovedtoBasicAlgebrathisyear.Tyler
hasallofthequalitiesofagreatstudenthepaysattentionandparticipates,heworkshard,heasksquestionswhenhe
needshelp,andhegenuinelywantstodowell.IwantTylertobeinthebestpositionpossibletobesuccessful,butitis
goingtobedifficultforthattohappenthisyearinAlgebraifthefoundationalskillsarenotthere.

Ifweweretohavehimswitchclasses,itwouldtakeplaceonthefirstdayofthenextquarter:MondayOctober23rd.Ifhe
weretostayinAlgebra,Iwilldomybesttohelphimlearnandbesuccessful.However,basedoffmypreviousexperiences,
astudentstrugglingatfirstquartercontinuestostruggleduringsecondquartersincemathissequential.Thisresultsin
thembeingforcedtoswitchatsemester,leavingthembehindinmathcreditstowardsgraduation.Makingthechangenow
couldhelpsavethatfirstsemestercreditandhelpthemtobemoresuccessfulinmathmovingforward.

PleaseletmeknowwhereyouandTylerwouldliketogofromhereorifyouwouldliketodiscussthismore.

ReneeWeisenstein
HighSchoolMathTeacher
AssistantVarsityVolleyballCoach

Susie<sgleerar@gmail.com> Sun,Oct15,2017at3:55PM
To:ReneeWeisenstein<rweisenstein@ghvschools.org>
Cc:AngieBierle<abierle@ghvschools.org>,JimHaag<jhaag@ghvschools.org>

Mrs.Weisenstein,

ThankyoufortheupdateonTyler.Perpreviousemails,weknowTylerhasbeenstrugglingwithhisAlgebra.Hehas
beentryingtounderstanditmorebycominginearlytogethelp,butapparentlyyoufeelthiswillnotgethimtowherehe
needstobe.Wehadafamilytalkthismorningandweallagree,thatmovingTylertoBasicAlgebraatthistimewouldbe
thebestforhim.

Hedidhave2concerns,bothnonacademic.One,thathewouldbeviewedasbeingdumb.Ithinkwewereabletoget
himpassedthataftertalkingitoutwithhim.Thesecondoneiswhatitwilldotohisschedule?Hedoesntwanttodisrupt
thattoomuch.MrsBierleIamthinkingyouwouldbetheonethatcouldhelpwithbothofthese.

Bythetimeweweredonetalking,anditwasagreedthatwewouldsendanemailrequestingthemove,itwaslikea
weighthadbeenliftedoffhisshoulders.Thankyouforrecognizingthisissueandactingonit,notjustlettingitgo.Things
likethismakeGHVsuchagoodschooltosendourkidsto.

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Ifanyofyoufeelafacetofacemeetingwouldbebetter,pleaseletusknowandwewillmakethetimetomeet.Thankyou
again.

Susie&GregLeerar

From:ReneeWeisenstein
Sent:Saturday,October14,20171:33PM
To:Susie
Cc:AngieBierleJimHaag
Subject:Tyler

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ReneeWeisenstein<rweisenstein@ghvschools.org> Sun,Oct15,2017at4:16PM
To:Susie<sgleerar@gmail.com>

ThankyousomuchforthekindwordsyousaidaboutGHVschools.I'mgladthatyouwereabletohelpalleviatehis
concernaboutbeingviewedasdumbheisnottheonlystudentthatwillbemakingtheswitch,anditwouldbetoughfor
anystudenttokeepupwiththeAlgebrastandardsifthoseBasicAlgebraskillswerenotcompletelycoveredinprevious
years.IthinkthatTylerwillfeelmuchbetteronceheisinBasicAlgebraanditwillhelphimbemoresuccessfulmoving
forwardinmath.AndI'msureMrs.Bierlewillfindasolutiontohisschedulechange.

Thankyou!
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