Author: Melanie Sylvester

Dear ES Team, Thank you for your patience and flexibility regarding our restroom issue this week.  Hopefully, the permanent pipe repair will be completed over the weekend! Our food committee met this week—we are looking forward to continuing the efforts initiated by past members. We also appreciate your continued feedback. We are pleased that Fun Fruit World has agreed to offer smaller size smoothies for our students—these small sizes are a little less expensive and a lot more practical.  For divisional consistency, we would like to suggest that we guide the children to eat their lunch before purchasing smoothies.  ...

Dear ES Team, From Curriculum Night to Super Unit launches, it’s been a busy and productive week!. I am sure everyone is ready for a well-deserved weekend! A few announcements for this week: Please let me know if you are interested  mentoring student teacher Alison Gingerich this Spring. Please let me know if you are willing to have Angelo Pera (SSIS class of 2017) intern with you for a short period of time (potentially allowing him to have 3 different experiences) starting after September 12. Let me know if you need a large or medium Core Values poster for your...

Dear Colleagues, In just a few days it’s easy to see the joy of learning that abounds in our school.  SSIS children are filled with energy and happiness, and it’s evident that you all have developed a nurturing academic community that fosters growth, values individuality, and remains child centered.  I am honored to be part of your team!:) Thanks for thinking about and signing up for ASA’s—Shelley will be sending out season 1  information soon.  If you have not signed up for two seasons yet, please do!  Stop by if you’d like to brainstorm other ASA ideas or ways we...

Dear Colleagues, The peaceful, less frenetic days of summer can be incredibly refreshing, and as educators we are grateful for this change in our daily routine as it gives us time to privately reflect on the past and plan for the future. Somehow by the end of the summer we all seem to look forward to getting back into the comfort of our daily work and the joy our young learners and colleagues bring to us.    My first weeks at SSIS have afforded me the opportunity to be immersed in the work with which you all have been deeply...