July 24, 2014
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Welcome to the new school year! We are so excited to have your child in our school, and I am even more excited to have your child in my class. I get a chance to lead your child through a wonderful and fascinating experience over the next few months. I’d like to introduce myself as your child’s English teacher this year. I am originally from Missouri, and graduated from Dixie State University in Southern Utah. I hope to share with your child my deep love and passion for English Language Arts with hopes that your child will learn to share in that passion.
I wanted to tell you a bit about class so you can best know how to help your child succeed. That success will be based on much more than the grade. They’ll work really hard on everything we do. There will be some incredible victories and some efforts which did not go as well - all of this is good! I believe that your child must take an active part in their own education. They won’t be able to stand on the sidelines and passively make their way through class. Your child will need to be on top of every project, assignment, and activity that we do. There will always be something your child can be doing for this class, so if he or she tells you that there is nothing to do in here, they may be missing something.
It is important that you and your child are informed of my standards of classroom behavior so everyone knows what is expected. I have always found parents to be very supportive of good classroom behavior so their child has a good environment for maximum learning. I am attaching a copy of our classroom rules, as well as a list of the texts we’ll be reading this year. If your child develops any difficulty conforming to the rules, I will notify you. As well, I hope that you will advise me if at any time your child has a problem, academic, social, or emotional. Should you have any concerns about our reading list, please contact me so we can discuss alternative texts for your child.
You are invited to phone or email me any time that you have a question concerning your child's progress. If you have expertise in a specific field, an unusual hobby, or have a different culture that you would like to share, please let me know. I would be happy to visit with you about the possibility of your sharing with our class.
I consider it a great privilege to be your child's teacher this year, and look forward to meeting each of you.
Sincerely,
Ms. Jane Hise
(435) 256-0446
[email protected]
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Welcome to the new school year! We are so excited to have your child in our school, and I am even more excited to have your child in my class. I get a chance to lead your child through a wonderful and fascinating experience over the next few months. I’d like to introduce myself as your child’s English teacher this year. I am originally from Missouri, and graduated from Dixie State University in Southern Utah. I hope to share with your child my deep love and passion for English Language Arts with hopes that your child will learn to share in that passion.
I wanted to tell you a bit about class so you can best know how to help your child succeed. That success will be based on much more than the grade. They’ll work really hard on everything we do. There will be some incredible victories and some efforts which did not go as well - all of this is good! I believe that your child must take an active part in their own education. They won’t be able to stand on the sidelines and passively make their way through class. Your child will need to be on top of every project, assignment, and activity that we do. There will always be something your child can be doing for this class, so if he or she tells you that there is nothing to do in here, they may be missing something.
It is important that you and your child are informed of my standards of classroom behavior so everyone knows what is expected. I have always found parents to be very supportive of good classroom behavior so their child has a good environment for maximum learning. I am attaching a copy of our classroom rules, as well as a list of the texts we’ll be reading this year. If your child develops any difficulty conforming to the rules, I will notify you. As well, I hope that you will advise me if at any time your child has a problem, academic, social, or emotional. Should you have any concerns about our reading list, please contact me so we can discuss alternative texts for your child.
You are invited to phone or email me any time that you have a question concerning your child's progress. If you have expertise in a specific field, an unusual hobby, or have a different culture that you would like to share, please let me know. I would be happy to visit with you about the possibility of your sharing with our class.
I consider it a great privilege to be your child's teacher this year, and look forward to meeting each of you.
Sincerely,
Ms. Jane Hise
(435) 256-0446
[email protected]