Dear colleagues,
A warm welcome back to school! We trust you have made the most of the long summer break and that you are all excited and well-rested to launch yet another successful year of learning in the Elementary School. The new faculty has been working hard to get their heads around the school, Kobe, and Japan. We are fortunate to have such a talented and dedicated group of new teachers joining the returning team of amazing professionals. We are that collaboration and professional learning will be flourishing and extremely rewarding this year. We are looking forward to seeing you all on Monday at 8 for breakfast and then again at 10:15 for a start of the year meeting. Please note that there will be two briefings on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 8:15 - 8:45 am. See you all on Monday!
Time
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12:15-12:40
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12:25-12:55
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12:25-12:55
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12:15-12:40
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Week
25 - 26 Aug
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Cafeteria Tables
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Playground
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Playground
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Cafeteria line
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Trevor
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Kim
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Heikki
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Yoshiki
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Week 22-26 August 2017
Tuesday, 23 August: In-service program
Wednesday, 24 August: Open House at 1:30-2:30 pm, signing-up for Listening Conferences
Thursday, 25 August: First day of school, Whole School Assembly at 8:45 am,
Listening Conferences: Pre-K/KA - KB 1:00 - 4 pm
Friday, 26 August: ES Assembly at 9:00, Listening conferences: Pre-K - Gr 5 1 - 4 pm.
Future Dates:
Wednesday, 31 August: IB PYP Parent workshop at 6 pm
Friday, 2 September: Listening conferences continue
Mon-Fri, 5-9 September: MAP testing (Gr 3-5)
Wednesday, 7 September: Back to School Night 6 - 8 pm
Coordinator's Meetings:
Literacy: Kim will be contacting new teachers to set up a time to check-in and prepare for the first week. A meeting schedule will be shared with all teachers for confirmation of literacy meeting times to begin the following week.
PYP: Trevor will be checking in with teaching teams about first-week support and planning. A meeting schedule will be shared with all teachers for confirmation of the PYP meeting times. Meetings begin the following week.
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