Dear
Parents/ Guardians,
The 2011-2012 school year has
brought a number of new faces into the school this year. On August 15th,
we had a total of 131 students enrolled in preschool through fifth grade. Since
August 15th, we have welcomed fourteen new students into our
elementary. We have more students enrolled in our elementary right now than we
did last year at this time. If you see some of these new faces in the stores or
at school, please say “hello” and make them feel like a member of our
community. Along with our new students, the elementary has a number of new
programs for students.
Mrs. Burgod will be introducing our
students to the Spanish language. The students will meet with her twice a month
the first two quarters to learn the basic skills and knowledge of the Spanish
language. Starting the second semester students will again meet with her twice
a month to work on 21st Century Skills. Students will learn skills
such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, leadership and
technology literacy. We have also added kindergarten, first and second grade to
our computer classes this year. They will learn the basic skills to operate a
computer from Mrs. Heitz. We will also continue with a number of programs we
established last year.
Our
students will continue with the character development programs of “Character
Counts” and “Bucket Filling.” Both programs have been extremely successful and
the students continue to enjoy and learn from the activities. The club programs
we will be offering again this year include art, drama, basketball and flag football.
Flag football will begin in September followed by art club starting in October
then basketball around the winter vacation. Drama club will begin meeting at
end February or early March. As you may see, we have numerous activities for
our students to be involved in. If your child would like to be involved with
all of them we would love to have them participate. If he/she only wants to be
involved with one or two programs, that is great too. If you are interested in
volunteering with any of our club programs please feel free to call me at 426-6832
or 695-3339 or email me at matt.pollock@k12.sd.us.
Respectfully,
Mathew Pollock
Elementary/Middle School Principal,
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Ipswich Public School 22-6
