Once again welcome to the 2021-22 school year!
We know that students of all ages are most successful when there is a strong home and school partnership where families are able to link the learning from school to the home! This is why ISB faculty and leaders provide parents with tools and strategies to allow them to link learning happening at school to home in a wide variety of ways.
As we prepare for the launch of virtual school where home and school partnerships are crucial for student success, all homeroom teachers will be meeting with families via Zoom next week. Please use this opportunity to openly share your child’s past virtual school successes and challenges as you establish a new partnership with your child’s teachers.
Other ways in which we will work to maintain a strong home-school partnership throughout the year are through the September 2nd Virtual Open House sessions, weekly Friday ISB ES eNews updates, classroom updates to parents, student Seesaw posts, regularly scheduled “ES Parent Engage” workshops, Grade Level Curriculum Unit Overviews, and student-parent-teacher conferences.
I wish all students, families and teachers a great start of the year where building strong classroom communities in which every student feels a sense of belonging, and launching strong home and school partnerships are of the highest priorities!
Your partner in education,
Michael Allen
michaela@isb.ac.th