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OCTOBER 2015 GRADE 2

Specialist
Newsletter

FROM LOWER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Dear Lower School Parents, to sign-up for conferences in the
coming weeks.
Welcome to our first edition of the Specialist Newsletters!
I look forward to seeing you all here
Our Specialists Teachers (also referred as single-subject teachers) play for Parent/Teacher conferences on
an integral and important role in the Primary Years Program. The December 1.
arts, physical education, and language study are essential elements to
a comprehensive and holistic primary school education. The content Sincerely,
of these subjects is transdisciplinary in nature, meaning that the skills
and concepts developed by Specialist Teachers have relevance Brian H. Lettinga
throughout the Lower School curriculum, including our students’
lives beyond school. Our Specialists Teachers work alongside our Lower School Principal
classroom teachers to develop lessons that are both interesting and
connected to the classroom Units of Inquiry. An example of this
‘connecting’ might be a recent field trip or other learning experience
here on campus or at home when students identify ‘connections’ be-
tween subjects. Recent examples this year have been our grade level
field trips, current school-wide service projects with support for refu-
gees here in Belgrade, and our newly redesigned grade five class trip.

For this reason, we think it is important that we keep our parents
informed about the teaching and learning taking place in our special-
ists classrooms. You will receive the specialist newsletter six times
during the school year. This is the first edition of the newsletters for
this school year. As always, if you have any questions about your
child’s education, feel free to contact us. Be sure to schedule individ-
ual conferences with all teachers during parent conferences on De-
cember 1. We will also have additional conference times for parents
and teachers of specials on Wednesday, December 2 from 8:20-
12:00. I will be sending an email to all parents with directions on how