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Welcome to the first 2008-2009 edition of Student Success @ SAS.

A huge thank you to everyone for a productive day in conversation with one another in cross campus conversations last Monday.

celebrations are coming in from across the school; the first in were K-12 ESOL, who sent along this week’s photo, courtesy of returning SAS veteran teacher, Jonathan Chambers.

K-12 ESOL teachers celebrate working hard to establish a culture of collaboration both within the ESOL department and with colleagues from other departments. Their aim has been to provide a meaningful, relevant and accessible learning environment for all of our students by integrating the development of academic English language skills into core subject areas and building content.

“We are initiating co-planning, materials development and co-teaching with colleagues.

This intentional practice of professional cooperation helps to improve teaching at SAS

and enriches learning for all students.” - ESOL faculty

Announcements and reminders

• Don’t forget to sign up for the SAS Book Club - there is a reminder in your e-mail this morning.
• The 2008-2009 Curriculum and Professional Development Handbook (with calendar) will be ready September 1

Links to Look At:

This week’s links, discovered while I was working on a homework assignment for Tom Hopkins over the summer, are resources for those of you looking to integrate global-mindedness, adaptable for many subject areas.

High school: http://epi.yale.edu/CountryScores High school students can see how the world’s countries rank in 2008 according to Yale’s Environmental Performance Index. There is a good explanation of the policy topics used as performance indicators in the 2006 web brochure of the project at http://www.yale.edu/epi/2006EPI_Brochure.pdf

Adaptable for grades 5-12: The world seed vault, located in Svalbard (setting for the icy parts of The Golden Compass), keeps endangered plants in the deep freeze: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/18/AR2006061800950.html

http://www.epa.gov/students/ This Environmental Protection Agency site for kids has activities and thought provokers for kids of all ages.

Students can create their own websites on the environment at One Environment: http://www.abc.net.au/civics/environment/03_students.htm

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