Raising Caring Kids: Richard Weissbourd
Click on the link above for an interesting video about raising caring, respectful and courageous children. Interesting to think about what our kids would say, if asked "What's most important to your parents?"  Do we value our kids' achievements and their happiness over everything else?  Also, I think that his last comments about asking for feedback are the most challenging.  Have a listen...it's under 4 minutes!

2014-15 Begins!

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!

Welcome to TAISM!

And for some...

Welcome to Oman!

It's a very exciting time of year as we welcome back all the returning families, and welcome brand new families to our community.  This week, I started my New Student Groups with all the new TAISM 1st through 5th graders.  I will be meeting with them for the next several weeks.  It's great to meet all of the new students from all over the world, and rewarding to facilitate the development of new friendships between those students.  If you are a new TAISM parent, please feel free to stop by and introduce yourself.  If we have met, you are welcome to stop by as well! My office is two doors down from the main ES Office.  It is pictured above.   If you have any concerns about your child's adjustment to Oman or TAISM, email me, and we can set up a time to meet.

Starting on the rotation of Sep 3-10, I will begin to visit all of the KG-5th classrooms for my lessons.  I'll start by making sure they are familiar with my role in the school, then we'll do some "get to know each other" activities.  After this first rotation, we'll begin to talk about Friendship and how to treat each other.  I'm looking forward to the school year ahead!