Welcome to the school year 2018-2019! We trust that you had an amazing summer holiday, and as we are, truly
excited and energized to see you again and continue the great work with our colleagues and the new students we
will meet on Monday and Tuesday. Below you can find a slightly more detailed plan for the first few days before
the start of the year as well as other hopefully, useful information. See you soon!
excited and energized to see you again and continue the great work with our colleagues and the new students we
will meet on Monday and Tuesday. Below you can find a slightly more detailed plan for the first few days before
the start of the year as well as other hopefully, useful information. See you soon!
Kim, Trevor, and Heikki
ES Schedule for Thursday - Tuesday
Thursday
8:00 am Breakfast (Cafeteria)
9:00 Whole school welcome and orientation by Jon (BBT)
10:15 ES Inclusion and belonging (ELAC MPR)
- Bonding and belonging on the river of life
- Student Agency
- Designing the Physical Learning Environment
12:15 Lunch (provided by the school)
13:00-16:00 Time in classrooms
Friday
8:00 - 8:15 ES Briefing (ELAC MPR)
What is coming up for ES
Stipended positions
Other running matters
What is coming up for ES
Stipended positions
Other running matters
8:15 - 10:15 ES Curriculum 2018-19 (ELAC MPR)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 10:45 Schools Buddy (ELAC MPR)
10:45 - 12:15 Teach Like a Pro -
10:45 - 11:30 All Elementary
11:30 - 12:15 Divided to Early Years (Pre K - Gr 2) and Upper Elementary (Gr 3 - 5) classroom teachers
10:45 - 11:30 All Elementary
11:30 - 12:15 Divided to Early Years (Pre K - Gr 2) and Upper Elementary (Gr 3 - 5) classroom teachers
12:15 Lunch (provided by the school)
13:15 Collaborative Planning of the 1st unit with (VA, Music, PE, and Japanese)
13:15 - 16:00 Time in classrooms
Monday
8:00 - 8:30 Health Office Procedures and in-service Training for ES teachers
8:40 - 10:00 Individual preparation
10:00 - 10:45ish New Student / Parent Orientation
11:30 - 12:00 Lunch (provided by the school)
12:00 - 16:00 Individual/Team Preparation
Tuesday
8:30 School starts
8:45 Whole School Assembly (ELAC Gym)
Few initial things for your busy calendar:
Listening Conferences
PreK 21, 22, 23, 24, 27 August
KA 21, 22, 23, 24 August
KB 21, 22, August
Gr 1 - 5 24 and 31 August
ES Assembly I, Welcome to School!
30 August (Thursday, at 10:00 am, Main Theater)
PTA New Family Orientation
30 August
After School Club 1 starts
3 September
Back to School Night
ES 5 September (Wednesday)
SS 6 September
MAPS Testing
MS 3 - 7 September
ES 10 - 14 September
ES Assembly II
20 September (Thursday, 11:00 am, Main Theater)
Bridges Training (Pia Hansen)
24 - 26 September
ES Assembly III
11 October (Thursday, at 11:00 am, Main Theater)
ES Parent-Teacher Conferences
18-19 October
