Mrs. Placido's Bio

Hello families!

This will be my fifth year teaching Kindergarten at Decatur! I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and have my BS in Early Childhood Education from Miami University, Ohio and MEd in Early Childhood Education with a concentration in English as a Second Language from Erikson Institute. Last year I was awarded an Educator of Excellence award through the Illinois State Board of Education for early career teachers. It was an honor to be nominated and receive the award.

My passion with serving others and education led me to serving in the Peace Corps in the Philippines. During my time there I worked with K-6 students focusing in English and Reading and initiated various community projects. My time there also led me to meet my husband, Luis! Upon returning to Chicago, I worked at Latin School of Chicago in their Junior Kindergarten program before joining the Decatur community.

My favorite thing about teaching young students is being able to witness their incredible social-emotional, and academic growth in the classroom. I feel grateful to be able to cultivate a welcoming and inclusive community of young learners here at Decatur.

When I am not teaching, you can find me spending time with my husband exploring Chicago via our bicycles and spending time outside. I also enjoy reading and cooking various vegetarian meals.

Looking forward to a great year together!

Posts

Next week is Decatur's Winter Spirit week! RM 100 is excited for a fun week before winter break :)

This week for our SEL focus, we worked on tattling vs. reporting. It is important to report problems to teachers if you or someone else is hurt, or it is a problem that you need an adult's help with solving (or the peer is not stopping). We are working on not tattling and think about problems that you can solve by yourself.

RM 100 enjoyed having Principal Negrón as a reader this week! She read to us Just Shine!

ALL books must be brought back for Library day on Friday! If your child will be absent on Friday, please make sure they bring the book to school on Thursday. We will NOT be checking out books before Thanksgiving Break!

Next Week Reminders

Hello families! Here are some reminders for next week:

Students will be participating in OSP training on Tuesday, November 18th. More information regarding this training was shared on Principal Negrón's weekly newsletter.
Fall Picture Retakes is also happening on Tuesday, November 18th.
As next week is our last week before Thanksgiving Break, please make sure your child gets any belongings they may have from lost and found!

The class had so much fun during our fall crafternoon today, thank you to all the parents who were able to volunteer and help! I hope everyone has a great weekend!

This week students participated in a Talking Circle focusing on Kindness! We shared our ideas about how we can be kind during our school day, please spend some time reviewing our kind ideas with your child!

RM 100 had so much fun at Dolphin Dash! Thank you for all the families that supported the event and those who were able to come cheer us on! :)

We have been focusing on how to use self-control (especially if we feel mad or frustrated) when making kind and safe choices! You can review this with your child at home and talk about how they can make a kind and safe choice in the classroom.

We had so much fun on our field trip today! Thank you to our chaperones for joining us!

The class had fun interviewing Ms. Beard and learned more about how she helps our Decatur community!

The class enjoyed our stuffy day today! :)

Name: Nina Placido
Position: Kindergarten
Email: ndpowell3@cps.edu