Saturday, 3 September 2016

Welcome Letter

September 6, 2016

Dear parents/guardians,

My name is Femke Hakkers and I will be your child’s grade 4 teacher. I am very excited to be joining the team at West Royalty Elementary, and am thoroughly looking forward to working with your child, and you, to make this a wonderful school year.

Although this is my first year at WRE, I have been teaching for nine years. I grew up on the Island, but started my teaching career in Ottawa. I have taught a variety of elementary grade levels in a number of different provinces. My husband, our two daughters, and I are now thrilled to be back on PEI.

I believe strongly in the importance of communication between school and home. I will be using a blog to help provide necessary information. I will include a weekly update on the upcoming focus for subject areas, as well as homework and other important information related to activities in our classroom or the school community. The blog address is http://grade4d-informationhaven.blogspot.ca/, or you can follow the link provided on the school website.

A few logistical items:

Meet the Staff Night will be on Tuesday, September 16th at 6:30 pm. It will run a bit differently this year. Parents/guardians are asked to go directly to their child’s classroom. Our classroom is the old computer lab, which is room #183. I look forward to discussing what this year has in store for us at that time. We will have a chance to talk about our focus for the grade level subject areas, the classroom set up and routines, homework policies, and to answer any questions you may have.

Just a reminder that a phone call to the school is always best if you need to communicate crucial information (i.e. transportation information). Although I do check my email regularly, there is no guarantee that I would receive the information on time.

We are always looking for parent volunteers, and are so appreciative of any help. Please let me know if you would be interested in helping out this year.

Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have questions or concerns. You can reach me at the school (902-368-6790) or via email at fmhakkers@edu.pe.ca.

I look forward to meeting you!

Sincerely,

Femke Hakkers

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