Welcome to First

Hello, 1st grade parents and family!

Thank you all for taking the time to come to family night - and all it entails (parking, 120 degree temps, etc.)! Your commitment to your child’s education is noticed and very much appreciated! This year is going to be a great one, and I’m looking forward to getting to know each of your children and their unique talents and gifts.

I was always that child who needed to experience something to learn it. Reading or hearing about it wasn’t enough. As it turns out, research confirms what I experienced as a 6 year old... the more our senses are engaged (think: movements, songs, experiments, pictures and video clips) the more we remember. So, as you may already have guessed, we will be doing ALL of these things and many more in our learning this year! You can expect a lot of in-class projects, experiments and hands-on learning this year (and the picture proof will be found right here). However, before we get into first grade content, we have some other very important things to learn: procedures. Procedures are the way we do routine tasks such as morning routines, moving around the classroom, lining up and walking in the hall. The better we learn our procedures, the more time we will have to learn content.

Thank you all for entrusting your most precious gift to us, allowing us to come alongside you to guide and show them the love of Christ. Much prayer and planning has gone into this year, and I can’t wait for all the exciting things it will bring!