Newsletter to Parents

8/2/2019 Newsletter to Parents

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S I S

E L E M E N T A R Y

Welcome to Seoul

International School

Mr. Mueller 4B

About Me...

School Year 2012-2013

Dear Parents,

I would like to wish you all a very warm welcome to the school year. I am excitabout beginning this year that I will share with you and your child. On WednesdaAugust 24th at our Parent Night Open House I will be talking in detail abocurriculum, homework, special projects, field trips, etc. Since that is a several daaway, I have noted some of the classroom procedures below to help get us started.

This is my second year teaching at

SIS. Before being hired at SIS I

spent the last two years teaching 4th

grade at The American School of

Bangkok in Thailand. I received my

Bachelors of Education degree fromWinona State University in

Minnesota in the fall of 2008. I am

currently earning my Master’s degree

in International Teaching.



S I S E L E M E N T A R Y

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SCHOOL DAY CLASSROOM VOLUNTEERS

Within the first few weeksof schoo l , 4B shou lddesignate a room parent forthe class. This person (orteam of people) is invaluable

for making our school yearrun smoothly . Pleaseconsider volunteering forthis job.

In addition, we often needvolunteers throughout the year to help with projects

or field trips. I will checkwith you at the Open Houseto see which parents areavailable to help with theseevents.

HOMEWORK

e SIS school day begins at00 AM and dismissal is at00 PM. Children may entere building at 7:45 and comethe classroom. If your

ld comes to school after00 AM, he or she shouldport to the Elementaryfice and a tardy will beported for the day. Lunchd recess run 10:45-11:45.fternoon recess runs05-1:35, and a snack break

l follow in the classroom, soease pack a healthy snackd drink each day for yourld. The children will needth indoor and outdooroes.

arting this year Grade 4

l have Specials the finalock of the day. In 4B, Day 1Music, Day 2 is Library, Days Art, Day 4 is Computer,

d Day 5 is PE (please sendtable gym shoes on thaty).

Homework will begin within

the first week for our class.The fourth grade schoolpolicy for homework is about40 minutes a night. Theactivities will vary inaccordance with ourclassroom activities and willsupport those.

Also, your child will beexpected to read for 30minutes each night inaddition to the otherhomework. If your child i

consistently unable tocomplete the homework,please contact me so I midiscuss any issues they mbe having.

QUESTIONS/CONCERNSCONFERENCES

I am available after schoo(3:00 PM to 4:00 PM) forconferences or to answerquestions or concerns tha you may have. Please do nhesitate to contact me asam always happy to chat wparents. The easiest wayreach me is through e-maMy e-mail address at theschool is:[email protected] . (ask that you e-mail me at your earliest convenience

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S E Q U O I A C L U B

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I will also send home notesthroughout the year to keepyou informed aboutmportant dates andnformation pertaining toour classroom and SIS ingeneral. If there is anmportant message (such assomething concerning after-school transportation oractivities), please call theoffice to deliver themessage.

ONLINE COMMUNICATION

This year I hope to

incorporate the use of thewebsite Edmodo.com for ourclass. Edmodo is a socialnetworking site forteachers and students.What I need from you is tohave your child register atour site. Please visit

http://www.edmodo.com/and create an ID for yourstudent by selecting thebutton “I’m a Student”.Please use the followingformat for the ID:

(Student’s First Name)

(Student’s Last Name)

SIS4B

For example, my login IDmight readmistermueller4B. Hopefulthe addition of the “SIS4section of the ID will allo your student to create hior her own unique name. Tsite will also request a“group code” to join. Ourgroup code is kx9ulq. If yfind you are having issueswith logging in, pleasecontact me ASAP.

http://www.edmodo.com/





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I look forward to working with you, and having a very productive school year!Sincerely,

Jonathan Mueller4th GradeSeoul International School

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