October Family Newsletter

A Message from...

Ms. Randle 

Greetings Families, Welcome to October!

Scholar of the Week Highlight

As we step into our third month of the academic year, the excitement continues to build. Stay tuned each week to discover if your scholar has been honored as the "Scholar of the Week" for exemplifying one of our esteemed Core Values. We love taking the opportunity to spotlight and commend these outstanding achievements.

Introducing the Academic Resource Page

For an enhanced learning experience at home, we're thrilled to introduce our new Academic Resource Page on our website. It's designed to empower families with a myriad of tools: from videos that elucidate the concepts being taught, handy cheat sheets in sync with classroom teachings, to curated academic websites for extended learning and practice. Dive in and explore! We'll be updating with fresh resources every month.

Our pride in our scholars knows no bounds. They continue to shine brightly, establishing themselves not only as academic frontrunners but also as exemplary character leaders. We're truly lucky to have some of the city's best and brightest with us.

To continued excellence,

Ms. Randle

Executive Principal

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Support Academics at Home

One of our goals is for every Emma Donnan scholar to master their grade level standards for mathematics. By doing so, our scholars will become adults who are successful in business, trades, college, and any other pathway to financial independence.

However, the effects of the pandemic still linger. Many scholars are still working to master the basic four operations:

1. Adding whole numbers (i.e. 72 + 32)
2. Subtracting whole numbers (i.e. 99 - 48)
3. Multiplying whole numbers (i.e. 7 x 6)
4. Dividing whole numbers (i.e. 21 / 3)

By mastering the four operations, your scholar will be set up to learn their grade level content.

What can I do at home? 
1) Message your child's math teacher to ask which operations they struggle with the most
2) Search in Google or on your child's phone's app store to access "free online math flashcards" or other free online math support sites like Khan Academy
3) Practice flashcards for 5 minutes at home every night
4) Create math situations to solve in every day life. For middle school scholars, have them find the better deal at the grocery store. When cooking at home, have older elementary scholars figure out what's needed to double a recipe. For younger elementary scholars, have them practice counting objects they see at home. The more scholars see math around them, the better they understand!
5) Remind your scholar to get their 4 Zearn lessons done every week!