• Curriculum Overview
• After School
• Events and Celebrations
• Service Learning and Partnerships
• Special Assemblies
• Mini Courses

Teachers were busy this summer.

In addition to the Preschool and Program Teams' collaborative work on the new Preschool Curriculum and Dawn (our new Science teacher) and the Program Team's work on the new Science Curriculum, many teachers attended workshops, seminars or classes. In some cases, they taught as well. For example, both Molly (preschool) and Annie (Kindergarten and Art) taught at the Wallingford Community Art Center. They also took an African Dance Workshop and Molly took a Tie Dye Workshop. Kate (our librarian) took two graduate level classes at Drexel University: Information Resources for Young Adults, and Education – Best Practices. Jodie (Music) took voice lessons (talk about life long learning!), and Sara (1st and 2nd grade teacher) taught music to middle school students in the Chester Children's Chorus Summer Learning Program (CCCSLP). Sara also served as the reading resource person for the CCCSLP. In addition, she continued her research on self-efficacy and learning with Swarthmore College professor, Anne Renninger. Robin (our Service Learning and Partnership Coordinator) served as a Contributing Editor to the Schools Journal, a publication with national circulation that documents the subjective experience of teaching. Dawn attended various workshops at the Governor's Institute for Environment & Ecology such as Agriculture and Society, PA Songbirds, Journaling and others. She also attended a PA Amphibians and Reptiles Seminar as well as the L.L. Bean Kayaking Essentials I class!

Please feel free to ask the teachers about their summer development experiences. Their enthusiasm for personal and professional growth will no doubt spill over into lively classroom activities this year!