Welcome Back to School

Dear parents,

Welcome to a new school year! I am looking forward to getting to know you and your children as we begin 4th grade together. I do consider it a privilege that you have entrusted your child's learning and care to me for the coming months. I believe that, working together, we can create an exceptional learning experience for your child.

I foresee using this blog as one of many communication tools to support our work together this year. Our class website (http://tiny.cc/Gould) is one place that you should definitely check out. There, I will regularly provide an overview of the class curricular goals, give links to student work, upload podcasts, and provide resources to support student learning.

In this space, I hope to share information that is specifically tailored to the parents in the classroom: upcoming events or dates to mark, organizing class celebrations, etc. This is a first-year attempt at this for me, so I look forward to your suggestions as to how to make it useful. Your constructive advice is much appreciated!

I recently mailed a letter home to introduce myself and provide some information for the start of the school year. A .pdf copy of that letter is available here. In that letter, I mentioned that I will be available at school (Lowell room 229) on Monday August 31 from 10 AM until 1 Pm. If you would like to stop by and introduce yourself, I'd be happy to see you.

I am looking forward to our work together this year. Enjoy the remainder of August. I'll see you soon!