When Brewster students head back to school Tuesday they'll meet teachers who have been eagerly setting up classrooms for the last several weeks.
"It is exciting," said John Conroy, assistant principal at John F. Kennedy Elementary School on Foggintown Road in Southeast. "It's literally a brand-new start."
Conroy said administrators and teachers alike are looking forward to "the shifts," or the ways English language arts and math are taught as outlined by the Common Core curriculum.
First-grade teacher Dr. Theresa Lavelle kept the Common Core in mind when she created nameplates—cards chockfull of information that goes beyond a student's name—for her students [see attached video].
"I want to make sure all the students are comfortable, happy and confident on their first day of school, so everything is set up for them," she said. "They know where their cubbies are, they know where to put all their materials and they'll have a little activity on their desk so they feel right comfortable using their supplies right away when they get into their classroom."
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