As some of you may have heard, Diane Coughlin will be leaving the high school at the start of the Holiday break. Diane has taught Language Arts at the high school for over six years. She will be leaving in order to attend to family issues. Diane's replacement will be Becky Hundley. Becky is a retired and long time Language Arts teacher at the high school. Becky will begin on January 6th and will continue until the end of the school year. Those students seeking college credit for Honors 12 Language Arts will be able to obtain it through successful completion of the class. We are all sad to see Diane leave and thank her tremendously for her service to the district. I hope that each of you have a restful and relaxing Holiday break!

Thank goodness for the bond upgrades to the high school. With the very low temperatures this past week we have needed the new heating system more than ever. It has been comfortable and warm throughout the high school. There are still "pockets" of chilly spaces, my office included but the improved heating systems in the classrooms are wonderful. A couple of holiday events are coming up. The first is Santa's breakfast on Saturday December 14th from 8:30-11:00 AM at the elementary school. The other is the 7-12 band/choir concert held on Thursday December 19th at 7 PM in the high school cafeteria. It is hard to believe but when we return from the holiday break we will begin looking to next year. This will mean looking at course offerings, staffing, scheduling and revision or implementation of policies to list a few. There are many changes in public education. Some of the changes are mandated, teacher/administrator evaluation (SB 290), standards based grading (HB 2220), implementation of the Common Core and new Smarter Balanced state assessments. Others, while not mandated, are meant to improve education for students. This might include a revised grading policy, a look at proficiency based education, attempting to increase elective and honors course offerings and improving technology for all students. The one thing that remains constant through all of this is the fact that Banks School District students are outstanding young people who are invested in their education. I appreciate this fact every day as we work towards providing the best education that we can for this community. I wish all of you the best during this Holiday Season!

December is now here and it is a short "school" month. There is no school on Friday because it is a grade day for teachers. Parents will see the 12-week progress reports the week of December 9th-13th. Please look carefully at your son/daughters progress report because there are only 6 more weeks of classes before these grades become final. This time will go quickly with two weeks before the Holiday Break and then another three weeks when we return, to end the semester. Earning passing grades in all assigned classes is important in order to move forward and on time towards graduation. We want to make sure that all students graduate from high school and having passing grades at the semester is a critical junction for demonstrating progress towards that goal. Included in the progress report mailing will be the Banks High School State Report Card. The report card has very good information about the high school including test score and attendance data as well as historical data in both areas as well. It also has comparisons of results from Banks High School with other similar high schools. It is worth noting that some of the high schools in our comparison group are; Riverdale, Lake Oswego, Union and Sherwood. The high school staff have been spending late start times looking at refining grading practices to move towards a building policy for grading. We have been using the book "A Repair Kit For Grading" written by Ken O'Connor as our guide for this discussion.

We are entering the last week before a long Thanksgiving week of "no school". During the week of November 25-29 there will be three furlough days, November 25,26 and 27. We then have Thanksgiving on the 28th and a non-contract day on the 29th. This makes for a week where families of students and of staff can spend some quality time together. We return to school on Monday December 2nd. There will be another "no school" day on Friday December 6th. This will be a grading day for staff. Our winter sports teams will kick off their seasons starting with the return to school on December 2nd. I hope that each of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving break this year!

The fall sports season has just wrapped up. Both football and volleyball participated in the state tournament. Volleyball finished in 6th place and football was knocked out in the first round by a tough Henley team. Our girls soccer team lost last weekend in the play-in round. It was a great fall sports season with some great weather, lots of wins and wonderful fan support. We now move on to the winter sports season where we will have basketball, wrestling and dance and drill. Contests for these teams will start after the Thanksgiving break. The time between now and that break will go quickly and before we know it the Christmas break will be here. The next progress reports will be December 6th and that marks the 12-week point of this first semester.

Parent conferences are this week. We begin on Thursday evening and conclude on Friday morning. The times are from 5-8 PM on Thursday and then again from 8 AM-12 noon on Friday morning. Conferences are in a "drop in" format with no scheduled times for meetings with teachers. This can make for some lines as parents wait to meet with teachers. We ask that parents and teachers work to keep conference times to approximately 5-10 minutes each. If parents feel that more time is needed for a conference with a teacher please schedule another time to meet with the teacher during the school week. Teachers will provide current grades to share with parents. It is always the case that Thursday night is a busy time. It is recommended to visit the high school for conferencing on Friday morning if at all possible. Congratulations to the girls volleyball team after defeating Sutherlin High School in the first round of the State 4A playoffs on Saturday afternoon. The team now moves on to Eugene for a Friday morning 8 AM match with Sisters High School. All matches from this point will be held at Lane Community College in Eugene. Good luck to the team as they move on in State competition! Also just a reminder that Monday November 11th there will be no school due to the observance of Veteran's Day.

Educational standards in Oregon are increasing. The state has adopted the Common Core State Standards as have 44 other states across the country. The common core are adopted standards for instruction in English Language Arts and Math. Teachers, parents and community members have all provided input into the development of the common core standards. This link will take those interested to the common core web site where you can read what the common core state standards are in the two areas listed (http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards). Starting next year, students in grades 3-8 and 11 will be assessed on their understanding of the common core. The assessment that has been selected is the Smarter Balanced Assessment. As in the past, this assessment will chart a students progress in demonstrating their understanding of the common core in grades 3-8. At the 11th grade, students will be expected to demonstrate that they meet the standards in English Language Arts and in math in order to graduate. There are two options for demonstrating this, one is by passing the Smarter Balanced Assessments or they may demonstrate it by passing local assessments in reading, writing and math. These local assessments will be offered numerous times during a high school students career as a part of their classroom work. We are continuing to develop local assessments in reading, writing and math so that our students will have many chances to demonstrate that they have met the standards. Our goal is to have all students meet graduation requirements in reading, writing and math (Oregon calls these the essential skills) by the end of their 11th grade year. Congratulations to our football and volleyball teams! Both finished their league seasons undefeated and football is a perfect 9-0 for the full season. On to the playoffs for these two sports.

We are meeting as a staff to work on a number of things to improve instruction at the high school. We have been meeting to review how to deliver and assess student writing. We will use our late start this Wednesday for our second session of teacher led writing instruction for the staff. We have also reviewed the common core state standards, adopted by Oregon and over 40 other states. These are the standards that will be assessed next school year during state wide assessments. These are higher, more challenging standards for all students. We have had two teachers attend a math workshop at the ESD in order to learn more about how to conduct local math assessments. Local assessments will be one way that students can demonstrate that they have met the math requirement that is now mandatory for graduation from high school. The District Technology Committee is meeting to plan for upgrading technology across the district. This may include recommendations for improvements in terms of computer hardware and wireless technology. It is a busy time as we move forward in this school year.

The first 6-weeks have just been completed. Progress report grades will be mailed home this week. These grades are just that, progress to this point in the semester. There are still 12-weeks left in this semester. Progress report grades are indicators of how the student is doing academically in the class. The semester grade is the critical grade. The semester grade goes on the transcript and becomes a part of the students permanent record. Progress reports do not go on to transcripts. We will be handing out log in information so that students can check their grades online. Parents should have already received that information for checking their students grades. Please encourage your student to be aware of their grades and to work towards high academic achievement. Students continue to demonstrate outstanding behavior in what has become a pretty crowded school with the addition of the middle school students. Our sports teams continue to do well as the days grow shorter and cooler. Hopefully we will see you out supporting our teams.

This will be short school week for students. There is no school both Thursday and Friday (October 10th and 11th). On Thursday teachers will be completing the 6-week progress reports. Those will be mailed home the week of October 14th. Friday is the Statewide Teacher Inservice Day. This is a non-contract day for teachers and it is an opportunity for teachers to attend inservice sessions around the state, however it is not a requirement. Parents should have received a letter in the mail last week that will allow them to view their students grades, attendance and transcripts. The new student information system we are using this year is called Synergy and as in the past there is a parent viewer aspect that allows parents to view grades etc. via the internet. If you have not received the information for logging in and accessing your students account please contact the high school office. We are continuing to experience significant issues regarding our mealtime program across the district. This program is the one that tracks student lunch accounts. It is an automated system that should allow parents to deposit money into their students lunch accounts for the purpose of buying lunch at school. Our technology department is working on fixing this system and hopefully it will be working properly this week. It was a pretty exciting finish to last Friday nights football game in Seaside. An interception of a Seaside pass with 3.4 seconds left in the game was returned for a Banks touchdown. Andrew Santa Maria was the Banks player who made the catch and scored resulting in a 20-14 win for Banks. It was an amazing finish to a game of two evenly matched teams. Banks remains undefeated and highly ranked with three more league games to go.

What a great week we had last week at Banks High School! Homecoming 2013 is now in the books. We had dress-up days, class competitions at lunch, floats, a parade, a lip sync assembly, soccer, volleyball, dance team, cross country and football games and a Homecoming dance on Saturday night. The energy level in the building was high all week. The students were just fabulous throughout the busy and slightly crazy week. I have been in other high schools and districts and Homecoming activities have never gone smoother than they do here at Banks. Students, staff and parents are involved, organized and just great to work with here! Our 2013 Queen, Lauren Draves was crowned during the Homecoming game Friday night and the court included; Tori Seed, Laysia Rosa, Johanna Wren, Lauren Birr and Melissa Epifano. The win on Friday night over Scappoose was a quality win over an outstanding team and places the Braves in the hunt for a league championship. It looks like it might be the start of a wet, windy fall now. Time to settle in and hit the books...grade day is next week on Thursday with no school on Thursday or Friday (Oct. 10th and 11th, statewide inservice).

It is an exciting week at Banks High School. It's Homecoming week 2013!! It all starts on Monday with a tapping assembly at 8:30 AM in the gym. There are dress up days each day of the week, class competitions, floats, a parade and after school sporting events most evenings. It all culminates in the dance on Saturday night in the wrestling building. It should be a very busy, fun filled week at the high school. We are working hard on getting the student viewer and parent viewer sites up so that students and parents can see things like grades, attendance , class schedule and transcripts online. We will notify students and parents when that is completed and ready for viewing. We are just over two weeks away from the first 6-week progress reports on October 10th. Conferences will be later this year on November 7th and 8th. It has been a very nice start to the school year. The building is very full and students seem to have great attitudes and patience with each other as they move through the halls from class to class. It is a great group of kids that we have at the high school and I know they will be ready and involved in the events of the Homecoming week ahead.

The weather is in the process of changing. Cooler days and moisture are here for this week. It is a welcome change from the very hot days that we had last week, especially for our students and coaches participating in events that are held outside. We do have our air conditioning running now and the difference in climate is amazing. Rooms are comfortable now regardless of the temperature outside and that is wonderful. We have had two fire drills which utilized our new alarm system and it works as expected. Science students in Mr. Victor's classes are enjoying the new science classroom which is large and very well equipped for science instruction. We are working hard to get all of our students accounts for using the school computers. The changes in technology this year have been extensive and we are starting to catch up in many technology areas, but we still have work to do. A reminder that each Wednesday, for the remainder of the year, we will have late starts. Classes begin at 9:10 AM on these days.

The first week of the 2013-14 school year has just ended. It was a week where we welcomed students back to a renovated high school building. We have a new fire alarm system in place, security cameras in some hallways and a new heating and cooling system. The security cameras, while in place, are not yet up and running and this is due to a few issues related to technology. We expect them to be "on line" very soon. The air conditioning in the building is on in some rooms and off in others. We are working quickly to get all rooms cooled to a comfortable temperature for the coming school week. The high school is a very "full" building with the addition of some full time junior high classes being held in high school classrooms. Student attitudes and behaviors have been outstanding during the first week of school! Just a reminder that the late start Wednesdays will begin this week with the first late start on September 11th. The first class of the day will begin at 9:10 AM. Late starts will continue each Wednesday for the remainder of the school year. High school staff will spend the late start time in professional development, throughout the school year.

The campus at the high school/middle school is a very busy place these days. Construction of the new middle school and the remodel of the high school continues. With all of this going on it is important to be very aware when you drive on to campus. For safety sake we are asking all visitors to campus; parents, community members, students and staff to slow down when entering and while driving on campus. Thank you for your cooperation! We are expecting the high school to be "ready to open" at the start of school. It will be a full building with the addition of some junior high classes that will be held at the high school this year. Junior high students will be expected to arrive in the morning at the junior high building and to remain there until the bell to class rings. They will attend classes either at the high school or at the junior high during the day and will eat their lunch at the junior high each day. I encourage everyone to fully review the contents of the registration packet that will be mailed to homes early next week. There is a wealth of information to look at and read. Grab a cup of coffee, have a seat and spend a few minutes with it. Registration night is August 20th from 5-8 PM in the high school gymnasium. This will be for all students in grades 7-12, for this school year. I am looking forward to another great school year. Please don't hesitate to contact me should you have any questions or concerns.

The high school will be closed from June 27th-August 1st.  Voice messages left on the main office phones will be checked once a week. 

While I will be away from the building for the month of July I realize there may be instances where parents, students and community members may need to contact me.  Those needing to speak with me can call either 503-318-1222 (cell) or 503-324-5680 x4901.  Those needing to speak with the Athletic Director (Jacob Pence) can call 503-324-5680 x4902.

It has been a wonderful school year, topped with the images of our graduates out on the football field on a nice evening in June at our first outdoor graduation in many years.  I wish you all the best during the summer break and will see you in August!    

It is looking as if graduation for this year will be outside.  It will take place on the football field beginning at 7 PM on Friday June 7th.  This is the first time for an outside graduation in many years.  There will be increased seating and hopefully a more comfortable climate for this event.  We will have the main bleachers for seating as well as smaller sets of bleachers set on the track in front of the main bleachers.  In addition we should have some chairs on a portion of the football field as well as a section of seating for handicapped individuals.  The Senior slide show will be shown after graduation, in the gymnasium, and it will be repeated for a full hour after graduation ends.

We are working hard to make the outdoor graduation event a special one!


Congratulations to our spring athletes!  We had a number of athletes place at the State Track Meet in Eugene led by Amy Hilger's 2nd place finish in the high jump.  The Lady Brave softball team won the 4A State Title game defeating McLoughlin High School 1-0 on Saturday June 1st.  This is their second straight State Title after winning it all last year as well.

Awards night will be Wednesday May 29th at 7 PM in the high school cafeteria.  Senior awards as well as departmental awards will be presented on this evening.

Graduation will be Friday June 7th at 7 PM.  It is scheduled to be held outside on the football field but a final decision on holding it outside will be made on Tuesday June 4th.  Inclement weather will result in it being held inside in the gymnasium as in years past.

Softball will be playing North Marion in the first round of the State playoffs.  The game is scheduled for Wednesday May 22nd at 5 PM.  Inclement weather may result in the need to reschedule this game to Thursday, one day later.

We will be sending 12 track athletes to compete at the State track meet at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.  Competition begins on Friday May 24th and concludes on Saturday May 25th.

The junior/senior prom was held this past weekend.  It was a beautiful evening, warm with a slight breeze.  Students were able to walk the grounds and had access to the Victorian Mansion as well, throughout the evening.  It was nice to see our students dressed up and enjoying the summer-like evening!

We are completing the scheduling process and will be looking at student and class schedules.  For next years seniors who have not passed the state math test, a requirement for graduation next year, enrollment in a math class will be required.  Also, our new AP Human Geography class is very popular.  We may have to limit enrollment for next year to seniors only.  Juniors who would like the class would be enrolled in their senior year. 

We have revised our fee schedule for next year.  Many of the class fees will no longer be required.  Only a few upper level elective classes will continue to have fees charged.  Our sports fees have changed as well.  We will no longer have a "free" third sport.  In addition each student wanting to play a Tier I sport will be charged a maximum of $125 and a minimum of $50 (based on free or reduced lunch eligibility). 

We had a very nice evening for the Fine Arts Fair last Wednesday night.  There were many student art displays and there was music from the band, drumline and choir.  Our students did a great job showcasing their work.

Our sports teams continue to do well with softball, baseball and track finishing up league seasons this week. 

The junior/senior prom is just over a week away.  It will be held at the David Cole Quenn Ann Victorian Mansion which is located in northwest Portland.  The event will begin at 8 PM and end at 11 PM.  This is an exciting and fun evening for all students participating.  If your student will be attending this event, please speak with them to encourage safe and responsible behaviors over the course of the evening. 

It is good to see so much student interest in many of the new courses for next year.  We have a high number of requests for Film Studies, Honors Physical Science and AP Human Geography.  I am very encouraged by all of the students wanting to take advantage of new and challenging courses for next year. Scheduling is on track and going well. 

Softball, baseball and track are all enjoying some wonderful weather and success!  The baseball team is currently tied for first place, softball is the lone leader of the league and the track team has had some outstanding results. 

Student schedules are due this Tuesday in grades 8-11.  Schedules should be handed in to Language Arts teachers.  Once we receive the schedule requests from students we begin the process of entering requests into our scheduling system.  Once that is done we then balance class sizes, and make decisions about whether we need to make any class changes.  It is critical that we get all student schedule requests on Tuesday. In the end if students have not submitted a schedule, one will be made for them.  Please encourage your student to choose classes carefully because we will keep schedule changes to a minimum.  Student schedules will be mailed home with registration materials in early August.

We will be holding senior class meetings every two-weeks until graduation on June 7th.  At our meeting last Thursday we handed out a senior schedule of events.  The most important message to the students last week was that they must meet all of the requirements for graduation in order to participate in the graduation event.  We will meet with any student who is in jeopardy of not meeting requirements during the May1st-10th time period.  At that meeting we will review grades, credits, test scores etc. and notify the student and parents if graduation requirements have not been met.

Spring sports are in full swing.  Home baseball, softball and track this week.  Hoping for good weather!



 

The high school hosted an accreditation visit on March 12th.  We had ten people in the building who were associated with AdvanceEd, the accrediting agency that has oversight for accrediting schools in most of the states in the US and many schools around the world.  The visit was the culmination of all of our preparation in providing information about every facet of the high school.  Of course the goal and the expectation is that the high school retains it status as a fully accredited Oregon school.  Many parents completed the fall online survey as a way of providing feedback about the school and it's programs.  The visit went well and we are expecting a full report from the agency in the next month.  We will share the outcome of the report in the next couple of months.  Thank you to those of you who contributed to this important process.

Students in grades 8-11 will begin the scheduling process for next school year on April 9th.  Students will have a week to get their schedules submitted and we will provide reminders to those who fail to meet that deadline.  In the end, if a schedule is not submitted by the due date we will contact the student during the school day and meet with them to have them complete a schedule.  If we can not meet with them, we will complete a schedule for them.  It is imperative that we have all students scheduled into classes by May 1st.  We are then able to adjust class sizes and look at creating or deleting sections to maximize our resources before students and staff leave for summer break.

Spring sports continue thru May and we hope for a warm and dry spring.    

The weather is getting a bit nicer and the days are getting a little longer.  Spring is in the air now.  We are seeing the number of student absences increase.  A reminder to parents regarding our attendance procedures.  We make automated calls to parents twice a day, in the morning and in the afternoon.  Parents receive a call if their student was absent and unexcused during either their first or third classes of the day.  We call the number that is on the student's registration form.  If the student is not excused for their absence, we will assign them after school detention, one hour in length, on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.  Parents can help us by making sure that they call in or send a note to excuse their student for all excused absences.  Parents have 24 hours to excuse an absence.  If we recieve no call or note, we will assign detention.  Again, we believe that if students attend regularly, they will be successful.  Thanks in advance for your assistance in clearing up absences for your student. 

Progress reports will be mailed out this week.  In the progress reports will be a letter outlining some new policy changes regarding academic requirements for AP classes, Valedictorian/Salutatorian designation and the Honors Diploma.  Please take a look at this infomation and feel free to contact me regarding any questions. 

Spring sports are off an running, hope the weather cooperates! 

Congratulations to the girls basketball team as they defeated the Philomath girls last Saturday night.  The next step for the girls is to move on in the state competition.  They will play Wednesday March 6th at 6:30 PM at Gill Coliseum on the campus of Oregon State University.  Good luck to the girls team!

It is a grade day Friday March 8th so there will not be any school on that day.  Progress reports will be mailed home starting the week of March 11th.  In the progress reports will be a letter  to parents explaining some of the academic changes that we have been discussing for the better part of this school year.  The changes are significant.  Please take a moment to review them and if you have questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me at the high school.

Spring and spring break is just around the corner.  Hoping for the sun and warmer temperatures as we head toward the warmer sunnier months of the year...

There are some significant changes that are being recommended for implementation as early as the start of next school year.  A brief summary is below;

National Honor Society will be open to eligible Sophomore students after the first 6-weeks of their Sophomore year.  This will allow membership a year earlier than what is currently in place.

An Honors Diploma is being created.  Awarding of an Honors Diploma would require students to have a minimum grade point average, complete community service, pass state assessments, complete (2 or 3) Honors/AP courses and (for 2014-15) complete 4 years of math and science.

Valedictorian status would be awarded to students who have achieved a 4.0 or higher and have completed requirements for an Honors Diploma.

Advance placement (AP) courses may have weighted grading.  In this system an A grade is 5 points, a B grade is 4 points, a C grade is 3 points etc.

With weighted grading in AP courses it is possible for students to complete high school with over a 4.0 GPA.  This has implications for class rank based on GPA.  Under the current system the maximum is a 4.0 GPA.

The changes are being recommended as a way to increase rigor, increase opportunities for students and also encourage student enrollment in AP courses.  The recommendations come out of the work of a high school curriculum committee and a parent advisory committee that met over the course of the fall/winter.

This information is being shared with students in their Language Arts classes.  While these are policies that we would like to implement as early as next school year, we do not want to "harm" any student who will be graduating next year by changing these policies.  We are trying to engage all stakeholders in this discussion.  Please feel free to contact Mr. Everett at the high school if you have questions or comments. 

We are fortunate to secure an excellent educator as the replacement for Mrs. Coughlin, who will be taking a leave of absence for the remainder of this school year.  Mrs. Hundley will be replacing Mrs. Coughlin.  Mrs. Hundley retired from teaching after having taught at Banks High School for many years.  Mrs. Hundley taught language arts at the high school, including the Honors English 12 course.  She will assume Mrs. Coughlin's teaching assignment beginning with the first day of the second semester.  Mrs. Hundley is an outstanding educator and we are thrilled to have her return to the high school and teaching for the remainder of this school year.

There has been some vandalism at the high school.  Some of the doors at the entrances to the high school have been vandalized with the locking mechanism being either removed or tampered with.  It is our belief that this is a result of the recent change of locking more doors for security reasons.  While we understand that the locking of the doors requires students to walk around the building to enter, we can not have vandalism take place.  We will follow the student code of conduct for any instance of vandalism to the doors.  This could include suspension and restitution for any act of vandalism.      

At the high school, we will be taking some new measures to increase student safety within the building. We will be locking some exterior doors and they will remained locked both during the school day and after the school day.  We are taking this action as a way of reducing unsupervised entrance into the building.  We will post notices of this change on and around the high school early this week.  We will also notify students of this change, during the school day.  This will mean that some students, parents, visitors and staff will be required to walk a further distance than they do now in order to enter the building.  This will no doubt create some inconvenience for individuals but in weighing student safety against inconvenience we feel that safety is most important. 

A reminder for parents to please excuse student absences immediately when they occur.  In our efforts to increase our student attendance we are finding that we spend considerable time and resources in addressing absences that are for valid reasons but have not been communicated to the school by the parent.  Please call the school the day of the absence to excuse.  In doing this, you will be helping us tremendously in making sure our attendance records are correct and that our resources are being used in the best possible way.  Thank you parents, in advance!

Welcome to a new year!

Students and staff will return to school on Monday morning.  As I mentioned in an earlier post, student and staff safety is of the utmost concern.  The police investigation regarding a potential threat made December 20th was investigated with the determination that there was no credible threat.  The school closure on December 21st was a way for us to be sure that we kept students and staff safe during the police investigation.  Very similar situations occurred at numerous schools in and around the Salem/Portland area with similar results.

I mention again that it is the close personal connections that we have as a school community that helps us to feel safe and also respond quickly to any situations where safety might be at issue.  In these times it is also the case where we will not hesitate to utilize local police agencies as a resource in any instance of serious threat to the school community.

The end of the semester is approaching quickly.  In three weeks all grades in courses will be final and these will be recorded on students transcripts.  It is critically important that your student be diligent about their schoolwork between now and the end of the semester in order to receive the highest grades in all of their courses and to progress towards graduation.  These grades are permanent and transcripts will be required in many instances after high school ie. colleges, military, trade schools etc.

Homework Club runs each week Tuesday-Thursday from 3-4 PM in the library.  This provides students an opportunity to remain after school to meet with teachers and have a quiet supervised area for completing school work.  It is open to all.

Thank you parents for taking time to complete the survey.  We will share the results in the coming months.

All the best to you in the new year...