Tonight is our first Meet the Teacher night this year. Tonight, the parents of students in our Kindergarten classes and two of our grade 1 classes are meeting their child’s teacher(s) and hearing about the year ahead.

The parent/teacher partnership is very important. Educating children is a complex job, and children are most successful when there is a positive relationship between parents and teachers. We encourage parents to keep in touch with their child’s teacher(s) through notes, the agenda books, phone calls or emails.

Teachers put a lot of thought and effort into planning these Meet the Teacher evenings. They have spent the first 7 full days of the school year getting to know your children, and developing plans to engage students in learning. Thank you teachers for sharing these evenings with our parents.

I am so pleased to see how many families came out tonight to meet the teachers, and I look forward to seeing even more families on Tuesday night.

Take care.