Ashiya International School
september 2006
Welcome!
Hello and welcome to the first Elementary Newsletter this year! This year will be a fun, exciting, and challenging year. Our class has grown to 9 students and we also welcome our new teacher, Ms. Mitsuko, to the team.
Meet Your Teachers:
Mr. Dave has taught elementary for about 6 years in Canada, America and Japan as well as 2 summers of English school in South Korea. He enjoys skateboarding, riding his bike, art, reading, working on his computer, and making things.Ms. Mitsuko has taught English, Japanese, and calligraphy in many countries including Holland, Singapore, and New Zealand. She likes travelling, cooking and nature walks.
Nishihara Sensei has taught jr.high and high school for 5 years and Japanese for the past 5 years. She majored in archeology and her hobby is Chinese "kikou".
Tanabe Sensei from the Tanabe Abacus School will be back to teach abacus twice a month.
Don't yell at one another or ever be rude. Instead, be kind and merciful and forgive others, just as God forgave you.
Ephesians 4.31-32
People judge others by what they look like, but the Lord looks at the heart.
1 Samuel 16.7
Remember...
The elementary lunch program started on September 4th for those who signed up. The homework program for this month is to practice reading your readers or science or health books every night. Please keep track of your reading on your reading sheet.
We are working on our class culture and we want to practice being kind, including everyone in our work and play, and practicing using English at school.
Special events this month may be a mini field trip to an art exhibit in Ashiya on Sept. 12th and the grand opening of our new abacus station in the class this month.