Kara van der Hoff
@MsvanderHoff
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Learning Support Teacher Grades 6-8 & DE at Chippewa Public School TVDSB 🐆❤️
Joined August 2014
- ugh just finished this. Such a tear jerker. If you haven’t read either of @AuthorLisaFipps two books GO and read them now! Both Starfish as well as And Then Boom hit home. Starfish personally. And Then Boom professionally. 📚❤️
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- guess it’s real now….one of my favourites is retiring! Join us at Chippewa on June 20th to celebrate @annettecann lasting impact & wish her well on her new adventure. So many @TVDSB educators & students have been impacted by her leadership & love of learning. You’re invited!
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- leadership team @ChippewaTVDSB left notes of kindness on everyone’s desk this morning when they arrived ❤️#bekind
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- @ChippewaTVDSB leadership team spent some time before school writing kind messages to the Ss! Then we started our week of high five tunnels with our Kindergarten friends ❤️ #kindnessrules
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- So excited for this one! Congrats on book #2! If you haven’t read Starfish …. You need to NOW! 📚❤️
And Then, BOOM! I have my second novel in verse out in the world. Folks at @ncte received signed advanced reader copies. If you like my books, thank my editor, @nancyrosep. She's the best! And Then, BOOM! hits shelves on May 7. Pre-order from your favorite bookstore now!
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Thank you to the school and staff for all the help. We also want to thank our friends at Family Centre Carling-Thames, @londonlibrary's Beacock Branch & @MLHealthUnit for supporting the event. Of course, we can not forget our dedicated volunteers. Thank you! #iicflme #community
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A SUPER time was had when we visited @TVDSB's @ChippewaTVDSB on Tuesday for Investing in Children's The Superhero in Me Family Literacy and Math Event! We love that the principal got into the spirit of the event by wearing a superhero costume!
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Wouldn’t miss it….. 🚲🎬❤️
Not sure Mrs Incredible rides a bike, but this one does. ❤️ Thanks to @MsvanderHoff for awesome production 😉 @InvestChildren does great work around @TVDSB for community engagement.
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❤️ so true.
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- this had to be my favourite part of the day! Meeting #1 of the leadership team @ChippewaTVDSB Excited to work with these 20 grade 7/8 students on initiatives throughout the year! Today we did the marble run where communication was the key to success! #ilovemyjob 🐆❤️
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- excited for a day of data driven PD with the new language curriculum! Pretty cool when your entire school has been Dibel’d and we can make intentional explicit instructional decisions on how to move our Ss! 🐆❤️📚@ChippewaTVDSB @annettecann @TantonTeaches
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- BEST email I received all week! Super excited for the grade 8s @MH_Mustangs ☺️ Way to embrace structured literacy! Excited to hear about your growth this year! #teachershelpingteachers #SOR 📚✍️
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- what an amazing first 3 days! So good to see the @ChippewaTVDSB staff and Ss! ❤️ my new role supporting J/Is and beyond excited for the year ahead! It was an amazing week of building relationships with Ss I didn’t know & completing screeners to meet our Ss where they are at! 🐆
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- my back to school nightmares have started 😬 The S giving me grief was a student I taught in my first year at PC! Reached out to his mom this morning & found out he is 19 and doing an electrical apprenticeship! So proud of this young man! She also sent me a pic 😭#timeflies
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- grad was one for the books last night! Congratulations to @ChippewaTVDSB graduating class of 2022/2023! Proud of you all! Good luck in high school! 🐆❤️
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-change isn’t easy. This has been one of the toughest years in my career so far, however I am SO grateful to have joined the Chippewa team & exactly one year later can truly call this place “home.” Beyond thankful to my teaching partners & new friends. Happy last day to my 7/8s!
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- end of the year gifts ready!Crazy to think I only have 9 days left with my 7/8s! Wow have I learned A LOT this year! So thankful for these Ss who will be my first & last grade 7/8 class! They will hold a special place in my ❤️ #willnotbeeatenatschool #countdownison 🐆👊🏼
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- Sending love to all the Dad’s out there! Love to my Dad, my friends who are Dads, my Uncles, my brother who truly is the best dad to my favourite little human and anyone lucky to be called Dad! ❤️
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- great game of staff and student softball game after school today @ChippewaTVDSB! Thanks to @BlueJays care foundation for these awesome shirts for our athletes! 🥎🧢❤️
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