We go to the break not quite having finished the first semester. At the end of January we will have got to the halfway mark of the 2020-2021 academic year.
As a New Zealander who watches a lot of rugby, I am very familiar with ‘a game of two halves’ as a cliché to describe a game in which fortunes turn after halftime.
For a rugby fan, there is nothing more thrilling than when your team has struggled through to halftime and, having fought hard enough to stay in the game, finishes strongly and wins in the end. These are the games that you remember and people talk about for years to come.
All of us – students, families, faculty, and staff – have had to struggle through a lot of change and uncertainty up to this point in the year. I am very proud of the way that we have all supported each other. We have focused on what we knew we could control and worked together to deal with circumstances that we were not sure we could deal with until we did.
It would be foolish to assume that the second half of the year will be easier than the first. But on June 16 I think we will look back on the 2020-2021 school year as a year of two halves. And as difficult as it was, it will be what we did in the first half that we will remember with the greatest pride.
On behalf of us all in the Elementary School, thank you for your support and we look forward to working with you and your children in the second half of this year like no other.
School starts again on Monday, January 11, 2021.
ISY Elementary School Blog – 24th April – 2020
I hope everyone received their child/ren progress reports and that you had the opportunity to meet with your child’s class teacher. This was a wonderful opportunity to remain connected.
ISY Elementary School Blog – 10th April – 2020
Happy Thingyan break. There will be no slides posted on Friday. Slides will be posted again on the 17th of April for a start back date of the 20th of April.
ISY Elementary School Blog – 3rd April – 2020
I hope your week of virtual learning has gone well in your household. Please see this blog for feedback from the last survey that went out.
ISY Elementary School Blog – 26th March – 2020
I hope your week of virtual learning has gone well in your household. Please let us know through the surveys sent home if there is anything we can do to support further.
ISY Elementary School Blog – 20th March – 2020
I hope things have been going well over the past days for you and your families. Please let us know if you have any questions about virtual learning.
Elementary School Update March 13, 2020
It is Spirit Week at ISY next week so be sure to check the schedule so you know what to wear. See what’s been going on for Freedom Day. and Grade 4 getting involved in weaving.
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