Monday, March 6, 2017
Dear Students of room 201 and their parents/guardians,
I wanted to send you a note to say hello and to introduce
myself to you. My name is Valia Reinsalu
( Ms R ). I look forward to working with
you as the teacher of room 201 after March break until the remainder of the
year. I’m excited to support the discovery and achievement of this class.
I am joining you late in the year as I was on maternity
leave. What an exciting past year it has
been for me and my husband Matt! Our identical twin daughters, Valayria and
Maxima, were born last year.
As we work together, we will get to know each other
well. But first I’ll tell you a little
about myself. I have a wide variety of
interests and enjoy learning new things. Academically, I have an honours
Science degree in Biochemistry and Genetic Engineering from McMaster
University. Along with being a sports
reporter, agate editor and classroom teacher, I have most recently been an
assistive technology itinerant teacher with the Central Special Education
Department. I supported students and
their teachers to incorporate technology in their special education classrooms
across the TDSB from Kindergarten to high school.
I have a passion for travel, photography, technology and
film. I volunteer at the Toronto
International Film Festival every fall and am a year-long volunteer at the
Bloor Hot Docs cinema. Students, I’m sure you have interests and activities you
do out of school hours. I look forward
to hearing about them.
Communication and partnership between home and school is
important to me. I’ll post any announcements, assignments and other information
on my blogger website http://classofmissreinsalu.blogspot.com on a
regular basis (two-to-three times a week) so that home is aware of what is
happening in school. For a non-tech update, I encourage students make daily use
of their planner. Students, the planner is a great place to help you stay
organized and to support on-going communication between home and school.
I have always found parents and guardians to be supportive
in ensuring each student contributes to a positive classroom environment where
everyone has an opportunity for maximum learning. I’ll thank you in advance for your continued
support in this area. Please contact me
at any time if you feel your child is having a challenge academically,
socially, or emotionally. Also, let me
know if there are specific strategies that you have found helpful in the
continued success of your child’s daily well-being and/or academic success.
Bye for now. I look
forward to meeting all of you. Have a
great March break!
Regards,
Ms R (Valia Reinsalu)
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