Dear colleagues,
Welcome to the week of accreditation visit. The CIS, WASC, and IB teams arrived this past weekend and they
met with some students, parents, board members and the leadership team already on Sunday. This visit provides
us a great opportunity to celebrate and be very proud of the teaching and learning in our school. Additionally,
having outside eyes looking at our programs, structures and practices will give us excellent insights into our
planning of the future journey. This week will be busy with meetings and covering each other. So we would
like to express our thank you to everyone stepping in and for being flexible. Let’s make sure that we are all ready
to start the first meeting at 8.00am sharp on Monday morning.
met with some students, parents, board members and the leadership team already on Sunday. This visit provides
us a great opportunity to celebrate and be very proud of the teaching and learning in our school. Additionally,
having outside eyes looking at our programs, structures and practices will give us excellent insights into our
planning of the future journey. This week will be busy with meetings and covering each other. So we would
like to express our thank you to everyone stepping in and for being flexible. Let’s make sure that we are all ready
to start the first meeting at 8.00am sharp on Monday morning.
On Tuesday the whole Elementary School will get together for assembly full of an exciting program to share.
On Wednesday, we will first get together as Tankyuu teams to plan peer observations and then spend the second
half for collaborative planning of Unit 3.
half for collaborative planning of Unit 3.
Finally, on Friday all faculty is asked to join the final address from the CIS/WASC visiting team followed by
TGIF. The meeting with CIS/WASC is compulsory to everyone, TGIF is voluntary.
TGIF. The meeting with CIS/WASC is compulsory to everyone, TGIF is voluntary.
Thank you for all the hard work to keep the learning going as normal as possible during the week.
Have an excellent week!
Riana, Trevor, and Heikki
Professional Learning:
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registration deadline. For further information on 'How to apply for PD - click here'.
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