Message to Parents!

March 12^th, 2014

Dear Parents and/or Guardians,

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Phoenix, Arizona to attend a Professional Learning Communities Summit.  Professional Learning Communities, or PLC, is an ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve.  SO what does that actually mean?  PLC is a process where teachers are working together to ensure every student is learning at high levels.

This was an amazing experience and I obtained a lot of information, but the main thing I brought back to share with my students was three sentences.

1.   You are important.

2.   You can do it.

3.   I won’t give up on you.

I have discussed these with my class and have posted them on the wall so that they can all see them everyday.  I explained to the students that I simply care way to much about them to see them doing any less than their best and that I am here no matter what to help them achieve this.  They are important and therefore what they do is important, which means school is important!

I am extremely thankful that I get to spend my days with your children and that I get the opportunity to help teach them so that they can become successful and ambitious adults.  I take this seriously and want to provide them with the same education I would want for my own daughter. 

 I just want to end this with saying thank you for letting me be a part of your child’s life, and thank you for all you do at home!

-Mrs. Young J