<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Dear Students and Families, </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">To finish out the year (and for Class of 2020, your secondary school career!), starting on Tuesday, 26 May in the last four advisory meetings, students will be working on a self-reflection about this year and their "Approaches to Learning" (Collaborative, Respectful, Responsible, Resilient, Engaged, Reflective). </font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The purpose: </span><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">This self-reflection piece by students becomes part of an ongoing record of student growth that can be used for internships, jobs, letters of recommendation, and university applications. For younger students, this will longitudinally catalog individual growth.</span><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">The outcome: While ATL's have typically been documented on the report card, s</span><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">tudents will instead email this reflection to family, copy the advisor, and upload onto MAIA Drive. </span><span style="font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> All information will be sent to students through advisory.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="Barlow, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">There is no penalty for students who choose not to exercise their voice and agency in this way. At the same time, advisors will not be expected to chase students down. In other words, for students who don't participate, the only outcome is that families will not receive this self-reflective piece. </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div><div><font face="Barlow, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Barlow, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">If you have any questions, please add them <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUZxjgRCaO7I9GmhAH9JixW0ZWzzUZdMUgtiKz66ETgm6row/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank">here</a> and I will do my best to respond!</span></font></div><div><font face="Barlow, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Barlow, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you so much, and I look forward to what the young people can teach us!</span></font></div><div><font face="Barlow, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Barlow, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">As always, best wishes - </span></font></div><div><font face="Barlow, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Jen Craig</span></font></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Director of Advisory Program, Grade 11 Dean</div><div dir="ltr">The American School in London<div>One Waverley Place</div><div>London NW8 0NP</div><div>United Kingdom</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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