Lisa Mannion Freshman Academy Teacher
Global History and Geography 1 and Global History and Geography 1 Honors and AP World History and Geography 1

September 2022

Welcome!

Dear Parents/ guardians and students.  I want to personally welcome you to the High School.  Here in high school, things are run differently than in middle school.  There is a lot more freedom, followed by a lot more responsibility, which can be difficult for students to adjust to.  I want to remind you that all of the faculty members at the High School are here to help guide students and to help make it a very enjoyable and successful year.  With that said, as students, you need to be accountable and organized.

I love teaching and I know that this year will be challenging but also exciting. I hope you enjoy your class as much as I know I will. Together we will laugh, learn, and grow.   I am looking forward to getting to know all of you. I am eager to start the school year and I hope you are as well.  

Within the first few days of classes, I will be sending home pages I would like you to fill out and bring with you to class.  This documentation is to help me get to know you better on a personal and academic level, so that I am better able to teach you and address your individual needs as a learner.  I’ll be asking you, parents/guardians, and students to help me by returning a checklist with yours and your child’s perspective on their interests and learning preferences, along with other documentation.  A return envelope is provided for you. My purpose is to increase my students’ interest in learning and the excitement of learning, and most importantly, to help them be successful in school.

This school year you will see or hear about the teaching ideas I am using to better meet the needs of all my students.  Students will be learning in a variety of ways. Sometimes we will all be working together; at other times, students will be working in small groups, with a partner, or on their own.  For group work, they will sometimes choose who they want to work with and what projects they want to tackle. Other times, I will form groups and assignments based on what students know, what they need to learn, or how they prefer to learn.  All students will be offered challenging learning experiences and all will be actively involved in their learning.  

My goal is to provide opportunities for all students to be successful and enjoy learning.  Students love both varieties of learning and taking on new challenges. They learn at different paces and they all have different preferences for how they like to learn and how they like to show what they have learned.  I will be doing my professional best this year to attend to differences among students, trying to ensure that each student is a successful, confident learner.

Please feel free to call or email me with questions or comments.  I would enjoy hearing from you and I look forward to meeting you.

Fondly,

Lisa Mannion

914-737-0201*329

lmannion@peekskillschools.org