Dear Families,
The year is quickly coming to an end! I am not ready! We have so much yet to do! However, “time waits for no man” as the saying goes. I just want to tell you a few things before we dismiss for summer vacations:
- Do not take time off from reading, writing, and math. Take time every day to read for pleasure, write a diary, and practice keeping your math facts sharp! There are lots of online tools to do these things with these days. And it can be FUN!
- Please check the website for a new feature. We added a button for each department so that you can check for weekly and monthly happenings in our school. Hopefully this will keep you in the loop for all the many events that continuously happen throughout the rest of this year and the future years at our school.
- We have board approval to add thirty minutes to the school day for instruction. This will mean a bit longer day for all of us. We believe that this added time will help us all reach our Achievement For Growth accreditation goals over time. It will mean that you and your children will have to adjust to a change. Our long term goal is to have a school day that mirrors the rest of the ISG Family of schools for 390 minutes with students per day with teacher work time on either side of these minutes.
Lastly, I want to thank you all for a good year. I have been impressed with this community’s commitment toward education. A commitment which I see is noticeably lacking in many parts of my home country. Families here in the Gulf Region understand the value of an education build on the fundamentals of language, math, social science, and science understandings. An education, where the whole child emotionally, physically, and socially is developed. I applaud your tenacity for high standards and want you to know that our commitment as an ISG Dammam Staff is equally tenacious. We work hard to give your children the very best of ourselves as we all work toward these common goals.
Sincerely,
John Rutten
ISG Dammam Principal
