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Built many great collaborations with my colleagues

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Built many great collaborations with my colleagues

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Zion!

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I got to know our incredible new faculty members.

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Tinkergarten! Spending open ended time with our students outdoors.

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Tinkergarten! Spending open ended time with our students outdoors.

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Tadpoles!!!

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3rd grade Math Map Scores!

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almost 100% garden classes were outside Fall of 2024!

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Completed my first year at PDS!

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Read stories with students

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Built stronger relationships with colleagues and students.

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4th Grade Operetta!

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Break through with a tough student!

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Having meaningful conversations with Tracy and Anne Louise to differentiate and meet student needs!

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I was able to meet so many amazing students, teachers, parents, and really get to know the PDS community!

Also, SO many students made AMAZING progress this year socially, emotionally, and academically!

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responsive classroom!

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First All School Arts Fest- Success!

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Worked with Dawn and Karen to understand all of our students better

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Zion!

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Hailey got into the UPenn Fellowship program!! 

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Hailey got into the UPenn Fellowship program!! 

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Being part of a classroom family

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Trying new things for a successful Blue & White Day!

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Everyday I come to work, I get to work with the best p.e. team. My colleagues are collaborative, supportive, joyful, and thoughtful. They fill my bucket.

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Alfie!

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4C meditated EVERY DAY this year

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collaborations, connecting with students, adding a climate change unit, mushrooms,

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Dawn giving Tier 3 first grade readers (as Willingham would say) the RIGHT kind of repetition so that they could move forward with reading skills

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Doing a project based unit on water with Ann Louise!

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Getting to work with my "side door partner" for the last 3 years! (Caroline Hare)

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Saw, heard, and felt the benefits of Responsive Classroom.

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I had SO MUCH FUN teaching some LS friends how to play handchimes <3 and the added bonus of being able to perform at a faculty meeting!

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New Friends and Colleagues!

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Amazing Blue & White Day!

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Almost 100% garden classes outside this Fall!

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Almost 100% garden classes outside this Fall!

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I joined another amazing teaching team, shout out to Grade 1!

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The amazing LC team!!! Dawn, Karen, and Stacey!!!

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Visiting Naomi's class for community times!

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both daughters out of school

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All the beautiful art work that decorates our halls.

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The third edition is so much better!

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Community Time--I appreciated the variety of format, having Buddy time, and time to highlight different cultural traditions or people's backgrounds. It was a great idea to include the voices of families and children in many of these. Thank you Arielle and everyone else who worked on these!

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got to hear from Daniel Willingham in person!

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got 8 hours of sleep on some nights!

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Got to know more people and worked in the different divisions 😊

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My son graduated from UVA and commissioned in the Navy in cryptologic warfare. More importantly, he's stationed close by for a time!!

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we have happy queen bees

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saw Kim work her magic with children and adults-teachers and parents

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Taught classes in a new space - Stay and Play Room.

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A couple of my 3 Gib kids' academic self esteems went through the roof

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Whole Lower School doing Responsive Classroom

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Enjoyed getting to know and teach the 31 students

Liked seeing the growth of so many students that were trepidations at the beginning of the year

Watching the Knicks beat the Celtics

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reorganized EoY party and streamlined work with the PA

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3rd Grade Food Waste Expo

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Have a fabulous new Libra colleague to work with along with an old teacher bestie on my team!

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Felt supported by my team--thanks Illana, Tracy and Margie! --Maurice

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had the good fortune to be a parent in 3Gib and see Margie's deep connection to her students

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Anne Louise - thank you for ALWAYS supporting me and showing up!!

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I continued talking to Karen Pike on the daily to ground me.

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I had so many supportive parents this year in 2M!

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Supportive colleagues- always grateful, thank you!

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Supportive colleagues- always grateful, thank you!

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Organizing two STEAM Morning Challenges.

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Watching kid's skip, gallop, shuffle and more by the EOY

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Improved our time of reflection at the end of class. Loved the chime!

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I embraced curricular change without resentment.

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It felt like there was more student voice in music classes, especially when playing music together. We really found some good grooves!

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Became confident in some abilities I didn't know I was capable of

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Balancing teacher life with soccer mom. It would tough, but I survived.

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saw Annie, Rosanna, Jim, Christina, Eleanor, Illona, and Hailey work tirelessly to support all students and all teachers

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Awesome first grade team!

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Amazing colleagues who support you at all times!

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We have forged great relationships with the Lower School parent community through parent p.e. days, the turkey trot, tying ice skates, and a brand new Blue & White station!

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The word "supportive" does not even begin to capture the way that Emily, Heather and Christina lifted me up as a new faculty member this year!

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I made new friends this year!

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Collaboration with the amazing and talenty mutisciplinary faculty!

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Children took initiative to apologize, make appreciations, and use constructive requests to work through conflicts--and they were receptive to one another

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Community Time and Buddies!

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Visited most homerooms for Morning Meeting!

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learned new curriclum

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got to eavesdrop on Karen and Stacey teach students with expertise, humor, joy, love, and deep, deep commitment

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Got to know the LS schedule in a more intimate way!

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Finish my first year!!

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I learned to love and support one of the most challenging students I've ever had.

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So grateful for my team. They make me a better teacher.

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Grateful to have a new crew of colleagues and friends!

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Fun Times Ahead!!