{"id":1057,"date":"2016-09-04T23:16:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T03:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2016-09-04T23:16:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T03:16:39","slug":"welcome-back-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/2016\/09\/04\/welcome-back-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Back Letter !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Parent Reminder:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 \u2013 First day of School<\/p>\n<p>Half Day for all students<\/p>\n<p>Dismissal @ 11:05 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome Back Letter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 4, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Dear Salina Intermediate Parent\/Guardian,<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the 2016-2017 School Year!\u00a0 We hope that you enjoyed the summer break with your family and friends.\u00a0 I would like to congratulate Mr. Khalid Abdulla, the new Assistant Principal at Edsel Ford High School.\u00a0 In addition, I would like to congratulate Mr. Kaid Omar as our new Assistant Principal at Salina Intermediate School.\u00a0 I am confident he will do a great job!<\/p>\n<p>We are proud to have the A.V.I.D. Program at Salina Intermediate for the second year. \u00a0We have expanded the program this year to include 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> grade students.\u00a0 Mrs. Eman Ahmed and Mrs. Anna Centi will be teaching the A.V.I.D. Elective classes.\u00a0 If you would like more information about A.V.I.D., please contact our wonderful A.V.I.D. Coordinator, Mr. Samir Dakhallah at 313-827-6600.\u00a0 \u201cA.V.I.D.\u2019s Mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing students for college readiness and success in a global society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We are very excited to begin this school year. Many teachers have been preparing their classrooms and collaborating together since mid-August.\u00a0 This year, we will continue to work together as a professional learning community (PLC) and focus on the following goals:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To increase student achievement.<\/li>\n<li>To maintain a positive school culture at Salina Intermediate School.<\/li>\n<li>Continue to analyze data to inform instruction for individual students in order to increase student achievement. (PLC model that focuses on student achievement and instruction.)<\/li>\n<li>Continue coordination between grade levels and schools on instructional rounds as a means to increase understanding and student achievement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We are committed to creating a positive learning environment with your support.\u00a0 A strong partnership with the parents and the community will help our children receive the best education, and succeed.\u00a0 We look forward to seeing all parents participate in their child\u2019s education during the 2016-2017 school year.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, communication is key!\u00a0 We will communicate through monthly newsletters, our school web-site, Principal Lawera\u2019s iblog, teacher iblogs, notes and robo-phone calls.\u00a0 Please remember to sign up for Parent Connect.\u00a0 Ask Ms. Sailani for more details in the main office.\u00a0 For specific questions, please call or stop by the main office between 7:30 \u2013 4:30 daily.\u00a0 The office can be reached at 313-827-6600.\u00a0 Please remember to report your child\u2019s absence in the event he\/she will not be attending school.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we will make this a great start to the school year!<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jamel Lawera<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parent Reminder: &nbsp; Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 \u2013 First day of School Half Day for all students Dismissal @ 11:05 a.m. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Welcome Back Letter: &nbsp; Sept. 4, 2016 Dear Salina Intermediate Parent\/Guardian, Welcome to the 2016-2017 School Year!\u00a0 We hope that you enjoyed the summer break with your family and friends.\u00a0 I would like&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/2016\/09\/04\/welcome-back-letter\/\">&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/laweraj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}