Elementary News

End of Year Exchange of Information

With less than three weeks remaining in the school year, the prospect of lovely long summer days has begun to enter the thoughts of many of us in the ISA community. The recent short spells of sunshine adds to the desire for more time to enjoy outdoor pursuits. For teachers, the last part of a school year brings great satisfaction. We use the final weeks as a time to compare results with our year-long objectives and to assess our needs for the next year. We also write reports for students and parents that highlight individual student achievement. In our last report card, we use the word ‘achievement’ instead of ‘progress’ to indicate that the final assessment comes at the end of a school year. In essence, we are defining social and academic levels of progress at a given point in time.  While we do not have another formal teacher conference, parents are encouraged to contact teachers with any questions or concerns they might have regarding a student’s achievement. (Teachers are happy to share ideas for maintaining skills over the summer.)  The reports will be available to parents from June 17th.

Within the Elementary School, a great deal of time and effort is put into making the transition from one grade to another as smooth as possible. All teachers are involved in meetings to exchange information on the students they are passing on to each other.  For next year, we’ve already started planning new initiatives. 

Parents who are moving away from Aberdeen at the end of the school year are reminded that we need your information as soon as possible, so that we can complete all of the necessary transfer forms in a reasonable manner during an especially busy period at the school.   

It was lovely to see so many parents at the pre-school sports day yesterday. At the end of the year, there are still several opportunities for parents to share in school activities such as the Elementary Choir/Band Assembly on May 30 or the Sports Days on June 7 (K-2) and June 10 (3-5). 

Don Newbury

Elementary Principal