Dear Parents and Students,
I am very excited for the upcoming school year of 2010-2011. The first trimester will be full of enriching field trips and engaging content. A goal of mine this year is to involve parents in the use of technology in the classroom. In the first weeks of school I will hold a workshop with parents to show them how to use the google group page and share with them other technological opportunities for learning.
This year Kate and I will create an individualized organizational plan with each student at the beginning of the year. Saying this, we will require students to come to school with only some of their school supplies. They will need the following items:
Calculator
Markers
Pens
Pencils
Glue Sticks
Flash Drive (recommended)
After we complete the individualized organization plan, students will need more supplies.
Sincerely,
Jon Wilson
About Mr. Wilson
Personal
Name: Jon Wilson
Birthday: November 5, 1982
Hobbies: Biking, Kayaking, Skiing
A bit more about me
Jon was born in Cape Cod in 1982 and moved to Manchester, Vermont when he was three. He grew up in Vermont and graduated from MEMS and Burr and Burton Academy. After high school Jon went to the Colorado College in Colorado Springs where he majored in political science and where he met his future wife from Chicago, Amy Salm.
After college Jon got married and moved to Cape Cod with his wife and worked in the Massachusetts state legislature as a legislative aide. Jon resigned after two years in the State House in Boston because he and his wife wanted to move to Vermont where Jon could pursue a career in education.
Prior to moving back to Vermont, Jon and Amy had their first child. They named their daughter Harper. She was born in December of 2007.
Jon went to the Upper Valley Educator's Institute in Lebanon, New Hampshire and student taught for one year at Burr and Burton. Jon is certified by the state in the subject area of social studies.
He has a brother who lives in Cape Cod and one who lives in New York City. Jon's mom is the principal at Manchester Elementary/Middle School and his dad is the State Representative of Manchester.
Jon loves to cycle, kayak, ski, and teach.
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