Year 8 Parents Welcome and Introductory Meeting

Wednesday 11th March

Head of Year 8 – James Thomas ext – 1215james.thomas@sanandres.esc.edu.ar

Assistant HoY – Adolfo Ambertin ext - 1318 adolfo.ambertin@sanandres.esc.edu.ar

A year of preparation for the transition to senior school and to build a relationship with

year 7

This includes social, emotional and academic aspects of the school life

Year 8 Structure

Assistant HOY 8 – Adolfo Ambertin

Head of Year 8James Thomas

Carolina Flores

8CFwas 7TE

Students

Connie Bellocq

8CB

was 7NG

Students

Claudia Piazza

8CI

was 7PI

Students

Georgina Nucifora

8NG

was 7MB

Students

Lucy Kent

8KL

was 7MP

Students

Mariela López Gibson 8GN

was 7EA

Students

Departamento de Orientación Escolar DOE

The Year 8 Tutors and DOE member

Tutora: Carolina Flores

8CF in MS1 (was 7TE)

DOE MemberLic. Pilar Fernández

Tutora: Connie Bellocq

8CB in MS3 (was 7NG)

DOE Member Lic. Paula Romano

Tutora: Claudia Piazza

8CI in MS5 (was 7PI)

DOE MemberLic. Clara Brea

The Year 8 Tutors and DOE member

Tutora: Georgina Nucifora

8NG in MS7 (was 7MB)

DOE MemberLic. Ingrid Gullón

Tutora: Lucy Kent

8KL in MS9 (was 7MP)

DOE MemberLic. Mariel Pons

Tutora: Mariela Gibson

8GN in MS11 (was 7EA)

DOE MemberLic. Jonatan Olmos

PSE – Personal and Social Education• Values• Autonomy• Adolescence• Making good choices• Citizenship projects

Also:• Tutor interviews and PSE involvement• Peer Mediation program• Learning to Learn program• Informative workshop on alcohol for students and parents. Mid-way through the year.

Final task

Use the chairs to form the separate tutor groups. A moment to discuss common issues such as:• Social issues – parties for example and the students want for more autonomy• Academic issues – how can we help the students to manage school

At the end, we can listen to 1 to 3 interesting/important points raised from each

table