Welcome to Kindergarten!

There is a wonderful sense of home when you walk through the front doors of Samsula Academy. I deeply believe that your child will find our school to be a warm and friendly place. I am very proud to be a part of the Samsula Academy School family. Once you have opened those doors you are a member of our family too.

I wish to welcome you to Kindergarten. Kindergarten is a new and exciting time for you and your child. It’s a time of change… new beginnings, new friends, new challenges and exciting discoveries! I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation for allowing me to be a part of your child’s life during this precious time of growth and discovery!

This is my honor to welcome you and your child into Kindergarten and into… my life. I will do my best to make this year in Kindergarten enjoyable but also filled with academics. My motto is: “The seeds I plant today will blossom into a flower tomorrow.” It will be my pleasure and privilege to watch your child’s personality and learning abilities blossom and unfold day by day.

I run a very effective classroom which is well structured but allows for fun and growth. I hold high expectations for all my students. Furthermore, I strongly believe in differentiated instruction. Research reveals that all students learn differently. Therefore, I plan my lessons to meet the needs of all students. It will be my honor to expand the growing minds of tomorrow and encourage them to become the great leaders of the new generation.

You will find very useful information on this blog. I will update it with events that are happening in our classroom, student work, and other related events. If you have any questions, you may contact me at cgibbs@readingedgeacademy.org

-Mr. Christopher Gibbs

Kindergarten Harvest Feast

I am so thankful for the wonderful group of children I have! I am reminded daily of the reason why I went into teaching. School should be something children enjoy and I have tired to create an enviornment that is kid friendly - and I think I have done a good job at that! Today was Thanksgiving in our class and we began by making a booklet about what we are thankful for. We learned the true meaning of Thanksgiving and today, we shared with each other reasons we are thankful. We sat around in a circle and shared with each other. This was a very fun time for students to express their feelings. Take some time to view the reasons why our class is thankful. Although I am into technology, I have not yet mastered the art of rotating videos.






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We spent the majority of Monday morning making our costumes for our Thanksgiving Harvest. Today, children got to wear their costumes. Children were divided into two groups - pilgrims and indians. "Mr. Gibbs has a hat for everything," said Olivia! Olivia is correct and with that - we wore our Thanksgiving hats with pride today.



Shelby as the Native American


Maylee as the Pilgrim

The MOST amazing parent

At our feast, the children performed two small songs for the parents. The children were looking forward to showing their parents for the past two weeks and today was finally their day! Below are the two short performances, I am so proud of my busy singing celebrating thanksgiving bees!












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