Chalaine Jennings

Hi all. I find it worthwhile to republish this note that I sent out my first September here as I know there is still considerable misunderstanding about the structure of education especially around grade levels and combined classes. In a nutshell all students, individually, are met where they are on the developmental continuum and moved forward from there. The concept of … [Read more...] about Combined Classes

September 2021 Hi Everybody….. Welcome to our 2021/2022 school year at Edith McDermott Elementary!  Like myself I’m sure many of you were optimistic and hopeful to a return to what we all know as a normal school environment as the last 18 months or so of schooling has been very challenging, complex but not without some reward.  The individuals, (staff, students, paren … [Read more...] about Welcome to our 2021/2022 school year at Edith McDermott Elementary!