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the week of September 19th to 23rd, Concordian successfully hosted its annual PYP Back to School Week Parent Sessions. PYP Back to School Week offers an opportunity for teachers to introduce grade level curriculum and expectations to parents. Through informative sessions, parents gain a better understanding of our program and build a positive school-parents relationship. In the past, during many years, Concordian had hosted Back to School Night, which was a one night event and all grade level sessions happened simultaneously in classrooms. Two years ago, we changed it to a one-week event. On each day of the week, two grade levels are presented, one session in the morning and one session in the afternoon. This change was implemented to allow parents who have children in multiple grade levels to be able to attend all sessions. We have received very positive feedback regarding the change. All teachers, including homeroom teachers as well as single subject teachers, collaborated in preparing and presenting the session. In each 45 minute-long grade level presentation, useful information regarding the curriculum such as Units of Inquiry (UOI) introduction, Chinese/English language benchmarks and assessments, Math benchmark and assessments, and single subject areas learning were shared, clarifications on home learning were explained, followed by communication & useful reminders, ending with a Q&A session. Back to School Week provides parents with useful information every year to support their child(ren)’s learning and development at home. Concordian values the relationship and trust among teachers, students and parents and will continue to foster positive communication throughout the year. Ms. Ariel Wang Elementary School Principal
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