Vejar Elementary School

 

January 7, 2013

 

Happy New Year and welcome back to school! I enjoyed welcoming our students as they arrived Monday morning and seeing smiles on their faces. It was evident that the kids had an enjoyable and relaxing break and yet were also excited to come back to school. It is gratifying that our students want to be at school and that Vejar is a fun and pleasurable place to be!

 

January brings about a few changes for us. Due to high enrollment, we have the opportunity to open a new kindergarten classroom in room 5. Mr. Ramil Veneration will be the teacher of the class. He brings a wealth of experience in both elementary and middle school teaching and an expertise in educational technology. This father of two young children, with one more on the way, is excited to be at Vejar and be working with our kindergarten students and team. Please welcome him to the Vejar family as you see him on campus!

 

The New Year invites us to reflect on our lives, our current practices, and any resolutions we feel we need to commit to in order to continually improve. While our list of accomplishments at Vejar is impressive, there is always more that can be done to improve. One of my responsibilities as principal is to be an instructional leader; one that I feel is most significant. In order to be an instructional leader, I need to make personal connections with students, observe the strategies teachers are using, and support instruction to ensure all students have access to the curriculum and are learning. Therefore, I’ve decided that professionally, my resolution is to commit to being in classrooms more often! I have spent the first half of the school year learning the ropes, meeting with parents and students, and putting systems and procedures in place. I would like to spend the second half observing classroom instruction and the exciting learning strategies used in our classrooms. I look forward to interacting with your children more in this capacity, and ask you as Vejar parents, to also reflect on a job well-done and consider what next steps you resolve to take as we move forward together into the second half of the school year.

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!