Classroom Newsletter Mr. Choquette Sci-8 / SS-8
August 15th 2011 Contact Information: Email: cchoquette@kas.kh.edu.tw Phone: 07-5830112
8th grade students off to a great start! It was a wonderful first day of classes here at Kaohsiung American School. From 8:00am-8:30am the Middle School students, teachers and the school administrators attended an assembly this morning in the Multi-Purpose room next door to my classroom. As I stood watching the students as they sat in their chairs, talking catching up or perhaps introducing themselves, before the
Greetings!
assembly commenced I could feel the energy in the room. After a warm welcome from Dr. Farrell and the Elm./M.S. Principal Mr. Dery teachers were introduced and students were dismissed to their Advisory sessions with their
My name is Mr. Christian Choquette and I will be teaching 8th grade Integrated Science and 8th grade World History and Geography this year.
teachers. I met with every 8th grade student today in Science and (unless they are in ELL) I met with them a second time for Social Studies. It was an honest pleasure to meet your sons and daughters. Classes participated Ice Breaker activities
I am fully committed to your
designed to allow students to interact with one another and get to know each
child’s educational and social
other. I offered some background information about myself and explained
well-being. Every couple of
that the skills that we will be sharpening this year will lead them on to successes
weeks or so I will be sending home a brief newsletter like this sharing our classroom on-goings.
not only this year but into their High School years and beyond. I have to say that these are the most polite Middle School-ers I have ever had the pleasure to teach and I am really looking forward to a great year of learning in Science
If you have any questions or
and Social Studies. I sent them home with class syllabi and a sign-off sheet for
concerns please do not hesitate
homework; please let me know if you have any questions. We will spend next
to contact me.
class going over the syllabi and the course learning objectives in detail.