Principal's Note - Oct 5, 2009
Dear Salmon Bay Families
Please welcome our newest member of the community, Marie Cho, who will be the reading/literacy specialist at Salmon Bay. Marie has worked in two different districts, Highline and Bellevue, as a Title 1 reading teacher, has 5 years experience teaching first grade, and 7 years teaching kindergarten. Her passion for reading, and getting struggling readers to read will be contagious.
Her first day was last Monday, and she has been busy ever since visiting classrooms, assessing students, reading with students, and getting to know everyone. Please give her a big Salmon Bay welcome, and in the coming weeks look for those little ways to help her transition to her new responsibilities and position.
She is also contacting parents to help get our parent/student reading buddy program up and running again. Our teachers have uniformly praised the work of the last group of parents and the huge difference it made for students who needed that extra time to read. Every single student who had a buddy made great gains they couldn’t have made without the program. Maybe you could help out this year? If so, you can contact Marie at 252-1769.
Have a good week. Take some extra time to read with your student, or listen to them tell you about what they are reading.
Take care,
Jodee
Please welcome our newest member of the community, Marie Cho, who will be the reading/literacy specialist at Salmon Bay. Marie has worked in two different districts, Highline and Bellevue, as a Title 1 reading teacher, has 5 years experience teaching first grade, and 7 years teaching kindergarten. Her passion for reading, and getting struggling readers to read will be contagious.
Her first day was last Monday, and she has been busy ever since visiting classrooms, assessing students, reading with students, and getting to know everyone. Please give her a big Salmon Bay welcome, and in the coming weeks look for those little ways to help her transition to her new responsibilities and position.
She is also contacting parents to help get our parent/student reading buddy program up and running again. Our teachers have uniformly praised the work of the last group of parents and the huge difference it made for students who needed that extra time to read. Every single student who had a buddy made great gains they couldn’t have made without the program. Maybe you could help out this year? If so, you can contact Marie at 252-1769.
Have a good week. Take some extra time to read with your student, or listen to them tell you about what they are reading.
Take care,
Jodee
