Quarantined Students: Please do not worry about missed work. We will catch up as soon as you are able to return. Please be reading for AR. Remember that it will be a grade this 3^rd Nine Weeks.  If you are given a packet to take home, please complete it as you are able. It is given for the purpose of practicing and maintaining your skills, only. If you are sick, we prefer you rest and get well so that we can see you again as soon as possible. You are missed!!

Dear parents and students,

I am so excited to welcome my students to the 2021-2022 school year! Together, we are going to make this one the very best!! I look forward to getting to know ALL my sweet students this year. 

I have a love of teaching all subjects, especially reading and math. This year, I am excited to be diving back into the ELA classroom! I believe cultivating a love of reading is one of the most pertinent and beneficial breakthroughs we can make at this age. We will explore different genres, point of views, settings, and writing styles to expose each student to a wealth of literary choices to help build their reading enjoyment and fluency. All students need to have a parish library card so that they always have a large selection of entertaining books to keep these literary skills growing.

This fall begins my eighth year at Swartz Upper Elementary! This is my fifteenth year teaching in the classroom. I have previously taught many more years in private music schools and studios. It has always been my desire to work with young students to build confidence and self-esteem, whether those skills are literary, mathematical, or musical. Also, I love to sing, so don't be surprised when part of a lesson naturally makes me break out into song. Sometimes, I can’t resist!

So here's to an awesome school year! 

~Mrs. Thrift

Google Classroom 

https://www.google.com/

Click on sign in in upper right hand corner of window. Use the login info below to login. Then click on the 9 dots at the upper right hand corner. You will then click on the google classroom in the dropdown box. Please use the images below for assistance.

username: library number@opsb.info

password: first initial followed by first three letters of last name@last four digits of social security number

example:

library number- 3895778                                             username: 3895778@opsb.info                       

name- Jan Thrift, social security – ***-***-1234           password: jthr@1234