Dear Parents,
Now that we have completed Orientation Day and the first days of school, it is time to formally launch our curriculum. This year’s Curriculum Night is scheduled for Tuesday, August 15, 2017. All parents & guardians are requested to please attend; please have your children stay at home for this adult-oriented event.
The agenda will include:
- Meeting our new Assistant Principal, Dr. Donna Norkeliunas
- What are some of the key responsibilities of her position?
- What are her educational credentials?
- What are her experiences in education?
- Who is her family?
- What about SSIS excites her?
- SuperUnits
- What are the four SuperUnits?
- What are the understandings?
- What Approaches to Thinking for each unit?
- What are the SuperUnit brochures?
- Overview of Curriculum
- What are the written curriculum documents?
- What are the taught curriculum documents?
- What are the assessed curriculum documents?
| Grade levels | Time | Presentation | Location, Presenter |
| Early Childhood and Kindergarten | 6:00 – 6:20 | Curriculum Developments: Changes for this school year | Auditorium, Mr. Mark Sylte, Head of School; Dr. Daniel J. Keller, Elementary Principal, Dr. Donna Norkeliunas, Elementary Assistant Principal |
| 6:30 – 7:20 | Understanding your child’s curriculum this year | Homeroom classes,
Homeroom teachers |
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| Grades 1 and 2 | 6:30 – 6:50 | Curriculum Developments: Changes for this school year | Auditorium, Mr. Mark Sylte, Head of School; Dr. Daniel J. Keller, Elementary Principal, Dr. Donna Norkeliunas, Elementary Assistant Principal |
| 7:00 – 7:50 | Understanding your child’s curriculum this year | Homeroom classes,
Homeroom teachers |
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| Grades 3, 4, and 5 | 7:00 – 7:20 | Curriculum Developments: Changes for this school year | Auditorium, Mr. Mark Sylte, Head of School; Dr. Daniel J. Keller, Elementary Principal, Dr. Donna Norkeliunas, Elementary Assistant Principal |
| 7:30 – 8:20 | Understanding your child’s curriculum this year | Homeroom classes,
Homeroom teachers |
I look forward to seeing each of you at Curriculum Night this Tuesday.
Warm regards,
Daniel J. Keller, PhD
