September 7, 2020
Dear Parents:
My name is Hélène Wyskup. I will be teaching your child in the Kindergarten Monkeys Classroom for the year 2020-2021. I am in my 20th year of teaching of which 17 years for the OCSB. I am a mother of three beautiful children (two daughters and one son) now adults and seven very happy grandchildren. My mother was born and educated within a French Canadian family (Leduc). My Polish military father came after WWII to live in Ottawa where he worked at the National Research Council of Canada. Other languages of interest are: English, Polish, Spanish and Italian.
My primary to secondary education including at the University of Ottawa was done totally in French. In addition to my University of Ottawa degrees and Specialists, I attended courses and numerous professional development workshops (Italy, Boston, Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto). I also gave French and English K-8 FSL professional development Workshops and Computer Technology K-12 to teachers at the OCSB and others during province wide conventions in Ottawa.
During this past summer, I completed another AQ university degree online as well as I attended over 66 webinars on education. With my love for music, I also took a 4 weeks course online learning how to play the ukelele and started creating my own songs in French and I will be sharing this with my students.
I am looking forward to guiding your child in his/her social and academic growth (exploring, discovering and learning through relationships, play and inquiry).
Please ensure that your child brings his/her ‘Communication Bag’ to school each day. This mean of communication with parents/guardians is very important. I will be using Messenger, Gmail and will be calling home at times. You will also be able to see the activities for the week in Hapara using a password your child will receive.
Please feel free to browse into my teacher site for important information and supervised-by-you on-line educational activities for your child. I do updates every week.
Mme Wyskup: https://sites.google.com/ocsb.ca/classedemmewyskup
Should you have any query, please do not hesitate to contact me at school at 613-828-0644 or at helene.wyskup@ocsb.ca. Please leave a phone number and time of day where I can reach you. I will return your call.
Respectfully Yours,
Hélène Wyskup,
French Teacher to your son/daughter,
OCT, French Second Language Specialist/I.T. Specialist.
CONTACT: helene.wyskup@ocsb.ca