Dear Parents,

Mock Middle Schools is off to a great start!  Most students are really stepping up to the organizational challenge. Many are dutifully organizing materials into accordion files (thank you for supplying these!), most are effectively recording their reading each night, as well as completing their 4 math questions for each day. Thanks for your support! They say they are enjoying it so far… I hope you’re hearing good things at home, too!

I want to let you know that next week I am very excited to be on a professional development trip collaborating with teachers from a fascinatingly forward-looking school in Vietnam. Kathy Schiller, a longstanding teacher in the ZIS community, will be teaching in my place, as well as one day with Sheryl Schmidt, who is a newer teacher to ZIS. They will be the students’ “advisory” teachers next week, and will also teach them Geometry when they have that class. If you would normally notify me about something (late arrival, illness, etc.) please notify the ZIS reception instead at: lsrecep@zis.ch

Furthermore, upon my return, I will be working with five students from 5R, as well as another 7 students from fifth grade in the Model United Nations Program, as they go to Rome from May 20-23 to participate in the MUN Conference. Ms Schiller will continue with 5R at that time.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend,

Jamie