ISY Elementary Blog
Elementary Update – March 20th, 2020
Sandy Sheppard, Elementary School Principal
Dear all,
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. The teachers have been working hard to ensure your children have the best learning opportunities possible at this time.
Some of our teachers may travel in the coming days but they are committed to virtual learning until school reopens.
I am here in Yangon and happy to answer emails and support any way I can. We are a community and whether at school or at home we remain focussed on our students learning.
Take care
Sandy Sheppard
REMINDERS
As a reminder, everyday, class work will be posted by 4pm by both the Secondary and Elementary school teachers and I encourage you to get into a new routine of checking in on the classwork everyday with your children. In times like this, it’s important to establish a new routine quickly to minimise any interruption in studies. The CDC offers some good advice see here.
We plan for the physical campus to reopen Monday, May 4. The Board of Trustees will evaluate on April 10, and again on April 20, whether or not we can reopen on 4 May.
Our staff participating in Virtual Learning planning today. Empty classrooms, but learning still happening. Send me a picture of your child Virtual Learning and I will put as many as I can in the upcoming blogs.
UPCOMING DATES
23rd April – Progress Reports will be available on Power School.
Principal – ssheppard@isyedu.org
Counselor – escounselor@isyedu.org
Office – office@isyedu.org
COUNSELOR’S CORNER
During this virtual learning time, I’d like you to know that I will remain available to students and families for any concerns or questions you may have. I can be reached through email at escounselor@isyedu.org and am happy to use online platforms for video conferencing. Here I have placed some information regarding how to talk with your child during difficult times.
Warmly
Freedom Day
Our Grade 5 students’ Freedom day efforts got a mention on CNN World. Scroll all the way down to the Signs of the Times section.
Here is what freedom means to our students:
Previous Elementary School Posts
Elementary School Parent Blog – November 27th, 2019
We wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. I hope you find many things to be thankful for. Remember to check the upcoming dates for all the wonderful upcoming school events. We have so much to celebrate and to be thankful for.
Elementary School Parent Blog – November 22nd, 2019
Thank you to all the parents who attended our Parent/Teacher conferences. Please remember you do not have to wait for conferences to speak to a teacher about your child’s progress. You can make appointments via the Elementary School office. Upcoming we have concerts, sports fun and holiday cheer.
Elementary School Parent Blog – November 15th, 2019
Read the blog today to learn more about accessing your child’s progress reports and how to sign up for parent conferences. We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow at the Family Fun Fair.
Elementary School Parent Blog – November 8th
Another busy week here in the Elementary School. Busy with professional development. with Linda Henke working with our early years teachers/teaching assistants on Reggio Emilia and coming up over the next few days we have Adaptive Schools training.
Elementary Blog, November 3, 2019
This coming week we have Linda Henke a Reggio Emilia Early Years expert in school all week working with our early years teams. We also have our school architect, Alan Higgs with us for three days.
ES Parent Email October 25th, 2019
This weeks news about the Literacy event, a Mangrove talk and prep for Halloween among some other great initiatives in the Elementary School.
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