Dear Rivkie and Staff,
I have spent much time, since returning from Mequon, thinking about my visit.
First of all I would like to thank you for the unbelievable warmth and hospitality you and your amazing staff extended to both Joy and I. You opened not only your doors but your hearts. The passion to grow, do what is the absolute best for your students and your total devotion to your students and parents alike make the school and community that is is!
For myself this was an amazing learning and growing experience. Joy and I are going to share our visit with the rest of the staff (not only preschool) at our next staff meeting.
I was deeply touched! I put some of the lessons learned into practice the very morning I returned to Hamilton.
Thursday morning a parent came to the office and asked me to take a dollar that her grade one student owed a teacher and give it to that teacher. She said she was concerned her daughter would lose the dollar. I smiled (children are competent) and said that I would gladly take the dollar and give it to her daughter to return to the teacher before class began. I had to reassure the mother that it would work... the money would not be lost. If this would have happened on Monday, chances are I myself would have returned the money to the teacher!
Later that morning I had the opportunity to have a deep discussion with my grade 4 students about Neshamot. This discussion was not part of my teaching plans for the day - we were actually learning about the Malachim going to S'dom and the discussion was an outgrowth of their questions. Every student in the room was completely engaged.
I am so thrilled that we finally connected. It was freezing outside but inside it is so, so warm!
Much continued hatzlacha.
Fajgi
I have spent much time, since returning from Mequon, thinking about my visit.
First of all I would like to thank you for the unbelievable warmth and hospitality you and your amazing staff extended to both Joy and I. You opened not only your doors but your hearts. The passion to grow, do what is the absolute best for your students and your total devotion to your students and parents alike make the school and community that is is!
For myself this was an amazing learning and growing experience. Joy and I are going to share our visit with the rest of the staff (not only preschool) at our next staff meeting.
I was deeply touched! I put some of the lessons learned into practice the very morning I returned to Hamilton.
Thursday morning a parent came to the office and asked me to take a dollar that her grade one student owed a teacher and give it to that teacher. She said she was concerned her daughter would lose the dollar. I smiled (children are competent) and said that I would gladly take the dollar and give it to her daughter to return to the teacher before class began. I had to reassure the mother that it would work... the money would not be lost. If this would have happened on Monday, chances are I myself would have returned the money to the teacher!
Later that morning I had the opportunity to have a deep discussion with my grade 4 students about Neshamot. This discussion was not part of my teaching plans for the day - we were actually learning about the Malachim going to S'dom and the discussion was an outgrowth of their questions. Every student in the room was completely engaged.
I am so thrilled that we finally connected. It was freezing outside but inside it is so, so warm!
Much continued hatzlacha.
Fajgi