On this coming Thursday evening, September 30th, the students and staff of Woodland Heights will be inviting families and guests into our school. We look forward to showing you all of the work that we have done, and the classroom communities that we have created since our opening day on September 1st. There will be a general 'Open House' from 6-7pm., during which you'll be invited to visit classrooms and many other areas around the school building. Please try to come early enough to see the entire school. This way you'll get a great sense of what we are doing as an entire school and in our various departments, as well as this year's focus areas for individual classrooms and grade-level teams. The themes and qualities that I'd expect you will observe most readily are: Community, Student Support, Educational Technology, Enthusiasm, and Pride!
From 7:00-7:30pm. I'll have the honor of speaking with any and all visitors 'still standing'. I could talk for hours (literally) about all that we are endeavoring to accomplish this year at Woodland Heights, and how very proud I am to be associated with your school, staff, and community -- which are absolutely FABULOUS!! However, with only 30-minutes available, I'll have to pick just one theme to address: "21st Century Learning at Woodland Heights School". Of the many important topics that could be shared, it is our recent initiative regarding the use of educational technology (as a tool to facilitate 21st Century Learning), that is probably the least understood.
I'd love to meet with you for this presentation in the warm and comfortable WHS Library (which I like to refer to as the WHS 'Commons'), but we may be too large a group for that area. Please stay tuned for more details on WHS Open House. They will be relayed to you through our various classroom and/or office wikis or blogs. I hope that you and your family have a fantastic start to your week, and that we'll see you on Thursday evening for one of our biggest nights of the year!
Warmly,
Dennis Dobe
