August, 2010
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Wow, the summer has just flown by and the first
day of school is right around the corner! I am very excited that I
have the opportunity to work with your child.
Third grade is a very exciting year, where the students
really learn how to work with one another as well as independently.
It will be an eventful journey as you watch your third grader
grow over the course of the year.
I want to take a moment to introduce myself to
you. My name is Mrs.
Jillian Pearce and this is the start of my eighth year at Indian
Prairie Elementary School. I am a true Crystal Lake kid, as I grew up here and attended Canterbury Elementary School,
Lundahl Middle
School and
Crystal Lake South High School. After personally going
through District 47, I truly feel that this is a great place to
learn and teach! In addition to teaching, I also coach volleyball. I
am the Head Women’s Volleyball Coach at Judson University in Elgin,
IL. I also coach club
volleyball for Sky High Volleyball Club. I played volleyball both in
high school and college. In 2002, I graduated from
Beloit
College with a Bachelor of
Arts in Psychology and Elementary Education. In May, 2006, I
graduated from Saint Xavier
University with a Master of Arts in
Teaching and Leadership.
I am excited to announce that my husband and I
are expecting our first child, a baby girl, in October. I will be
teaching until I have the baby and will return in mid-January. Once
I go on maternity leave, Mrs. Carol Henry (former Indian Prairie
teacher) will be taking over and teaching while I am gone. Mrs.
Henry will be in our classroom a few times before I deliver to help
make the transition a smooth one! When I started teaching, I was
fortunate enough to student teach with Mrs. Henry, so I am thrilled
to know the class will be in great hands when I can’t be there!
I also have my own
classroom website and it has been a HUGE success.
It is a great communication tool and I hope you will find the
contents of the website informative and helpful.
Please be sure to check out my classroom website at
www.mrspearcesclass.com.
I
will work to keep it updated while I am on maternity leave as well.
If you have any questions, or need to contact me, please feel free
to e-mail me at
jmpearce@d47.org.
Thank you for taking the time to get your child
all of the supplies listed on his/her school supply list. I will be
collecting some of the supplies from your child, so it is not
necessary to label all of the items. Please refer to the school
supplies page on my classroom website for more specifics on what to
label or not label of your child’s supplies. In addition to the
supplies listed on your child’s list, he/she will also need a small
pencil pouch (plastic or another material) to go into a binder
he/she will receive during the first week of school. Please make
sure that it zippers or closes and has the three-ring binder holes
on the side of it.
Please be sure to mark your calendars for Meet
the Teacher day on Tuesday, August 24th.
The format will be similar to Open House.
Please come at anytime between 2:30 and 3:15 PM.
This is a great opportunity for you and your child to meet
me, see our classroom and drop off his/her school supplies. Our
first day of school will be on Wednesday, August 25th.
The students will be dismissed at noon on this day.
Our first full day of school will be on Thursday, August 26th.
I look forward to working with your child and hope that
together we can make this an outstanding year!
I am thrilled to have your child in my class this
year. Although I will
only have your child in class for a short time, I want to make a
contribution that will last a lifetime. All children are unique
individuals with their own learning styles and interests.
To help your child feel at home in our classroom and to help
all the children become a community of learners, I am interested in
how you see your child as both a learner and as a person.
Would you help me by taking a quiet moment to write me about
your child? What is your child like? What are things you, as the
parent, know that would be important for me to know? What are your
child’s interests? I know your lives are very busy, so please write
as much as you have time for. Feel free to send this via e-mail or a
note sent to school with your child. I would love to have all of
these letters by Friday,
August 27th.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks for being such great parents!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jillian M. Pearce
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