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NOVEMBER 2015 GRADE 2

Specialist
Newsletter

FROM LOWER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Dear Lower School Parents, I look forward to seeing you all here
for Parent/Teacher conferences on
Welcome to the latest edition of the Specialist Newsletters! December 1.

Our Specialists Teachers (also referred as single-subject teachers) Brian Lettinga
play an integral and important role in the Primary Years Program. Lower School Principal
The arts, physical education, and language study are essential ele-
ments to a comprehensive and holistic primary school education.
The content of these subjects is transdisciplinary in nature, meaning
that the skills and concepts developed by Specialist Teachers have
relevance throughout the Lower School curriculum, including our
students’ lives beyond school. Our specialists teachers work along-
side our classroom teachers to develop lessons that are both interest-
ing and connected to the classroom Units of Inquiry. An example of
this ‘connecting’ might be a field trip or other learning experience
here on campus or at home when students identify ‘connections’ be-
tween subjects.

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 second 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
to sign-up for conferences in the coming weeks.