My Growing Family

May 28, 2013 | Posted in: Class Updates

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Hello families! First, let me take this opportunity to express my belated appreciation for the beautiful handprint artwork (that you see hanging in Charlie’s new bedroom) and for the birthday celebration that you surprised me with! I always appreciate your kind gestures, big and small! (…and Charlie appreciates the artwork; so much, in fact, that he keeps trying to give high-fives to the kids’ hand prints!)

I think most of you know that Charlie will be a big brother any time now! My family is eagerly awaiting our new baby’s arrival, and I’d like to give you a preview of what the next few weeks will be like in our class. When Baby Moss comes, I will take a brief leave to be with my family. I expect to be out between one and two weeks. If Baby Moss does not come early, my last day will be on Wednesday, June 5th. During my absence, Mrs. Nori will be teaching our class. She has subbed for me several times this year alone, and has worked in my classroom for many years. She knows our class routines well, and she is very familiar with my expectations.  She covered my leave when Charlie was born in 2009, and she has my complete confidence. I am leaving detailed plans for her so that meaningful instruction will continue during my absence.

In the event that Baby Moss comes today, tomorrow, or Thursday, please know that TUSS presentations will be delayed until I return.  Additionally, because our open house activities are directly tied into many of the technology-focused presentations, if the baby comes early and I am not able to set up the computers for the 15+ tech-based presentations, our class’ open house night will be postponed.  Students will still come to school for the spring concert, and they are invited to remain for the ice cream social, if they have RSVP’ed for the event.  In the event that this happens, I will tentatively schedule our class’ TUSS open house night for Tuesday, June 18th.  But again, this is only in the event that Baby Moss arrives early, which is not likely.  I do expect this Thursday’s open house evening to go as planned.

Thank you in advance for your flexibility over the next few weeks.  While I will be in regular communication with Mrs. Nori and Mrs. Deming during my absence, I appreciate your understanding that I may not quickly reply to emails so that I can focus on my family.  If you have any specific questions, please feel free to contact me.