Parents,
Please be advised that the Croatian School Board has decided to cancel the school session that will be held on Friday, 9/25 due to the Papal visit in NYC.
Also, the Parent Meeting will be held on Friday, October 2.
A revised school calendar has been posted on our Documents page.
Thank you!!
Hi parents and teachers,
Since this is the first year of the new Heritage Croatian language on-line program, all grades from 3rd-6th will be following the same curriculum (the 3rd grade path). Attached you will find what the lessons are based on for the entire year from Sept until May:
1. 3rd grade curriculum (the weekly schedule of what the online lessons are based on)
2. 3rd grade workbook (a short workbook showing exactly what phases will be learned each week)
3. 3rd grade answer key
If your child is more advanced or wants to move at a quicker pace (especially the 5th/6th graders), feel free to move on to the later lessons and move at your own pace…that is the benefit of this online program. There are 4 years-worth of lessons for the children to work on, study, and hopefully speak so that today’s 3rd graders will have a path of learning all the way through the end of their 6th grade year. The hope is that we will have a blueprint for the future so that the children will learn and speak basic Croatian.
The teachers have all of this same information and will be teaching this same material from 3rd to 6th grades. There are tips for the teachers on sample classroom activities associated with what the online lessons are and they will be coming up with classroom games to make this a fun classroom experience We want the students, teachers, and parents to be on the same page and create a standard way for the students to know what is expected of them.
The 1st grade will be learning the alphabet and basic words. Meanwhile, the 2nd graders will continue with vocabulary and move on to words and phrases that they will see at the beginning of 3rd grade. This will help ensure they are ready to start the online program when they reach 3rd grade. We are attempting to tie everything together so that there will eventually be a clear 1st – 6th grade path of learning and speaking.
Please don’t hesitate to ask any questions to help promote this program and to make it a success…it will only have a chance of succeeding with everyone’s cooperation and hard work.
Best,
Croatian School Board