Upon returning from vacation, I was presented with the daunting task of preparing for Fall Registration. This project was multi-faceted. Phase One was organizing the most efficient transition of directorship possible for one of the CPS School programs that Mary Anne has. She is turning over the program at North Avondale Montessori School to her Teacher Assistant of the past five years. My job was to transfer the files containing Registration Information, Registration Confirmation Forms, Dance Bag Order Forms, Hip-Hop Shoe Order Form, Newsletter format, New Term Tuition Reminders, Costume Info. Letter, Spring Concert Info. Letter, Attendance Sheet Format, Class List Format, All-School Dance Roster Format, 2009-2010 Schedule, etc. Once the new files were in place, I made hard copies of everything that was in standard form for a fifty student enrollment. Some of the documents were date sensitive and had to be updated to this year's dates (School year, starting date, registration deadline, etc.)
The registration form itself was probably the most time consuming. After updating to 2009-2010 information, 500 forms had to be printed. Printer complications of course occurred, making this simple task a huge headache. Then, I had to call the school to get the actual class numbers for each homeroom for the entire school (Pre-School - 6th Grade). Next came counting out groupings of the aforementioned classes for distribution. That made it easier for the office personel to include the registration form in the "Beginning of the School Year Packet" that is distributed on the first day of school to each student in the school.
Basically the same procedure is followed for the other two schools where Mary Anne teaches. So far only the registration form part needed to be completed for Schiel. They actually distribute the forms twice. Once for an all-school mailing that goes out mid-July (no classroom counts nessessary) and once again for their "Beginning of the School Year Packets". In -Person Registrations along with sale of dance bags and dance attire will take place at the New Student Registration on August 12th and mary Anne has asked me to assist with that.
Mary Anne has a "shoe lending program" in which students donate used, outgrown shoes combined with a supply of donated new shoes to be distributed to students who need them. A Summer task has been to organize all the shoes according to sizes and type.
Another summer task has been to make copies of group pictures that have been requested on 8 x 10 photo paper ready for purchase.
Summer also brings Summer Camp. Mary Anne taught a one week dance intensive for 2nd through 4th Graders at Schiel Primary School for Arts Enrichment. The hours were 9:00 am to 12:30 and this included a snack break twice. I was assisting throughout the camp with the transport of euipment, writing/printing of reminder notes and performance program, supervision during breaks and otherwise, making sure students stayed hydrated and of course during the culminating dance demonstration on the last day.
