Santarpio and Snyder are Strong Advocates for Fostering Development of Skills for the Future
To the Editor:
As a community, we want to prepare our kids for the future by helping them develop the most critical and valuable 21st century skills. Therefore, when we vote for BOE candidates, we want to vote for candidates who have in mind this best interest of our kids.
BOE candidates Santarpio and Snyder are both strong advocates for fostering the development of skills for the future, skills such as critical thinking, communication, and intercultural competency. These skills will help our kids become creative problem solvers, effective communicators, and empathetic learners. These skills will help our kids navigate an ever-changing world with confidence and integrity. More importantly, Santarpio, an entrepreneur, and Snyder, a leader in education, both have a tremendous amount of knowledge, skills, and experiences, assets that they can bring to the BOE for advancing this strategic vision for our entire school district.
We knew this because we personally witnessed, through their active involvement in PTO at the Community Park School and beyond, their enthusiasm and dedication for providing our kids, every one of them, with opportunities to be prepared for future success.
They advocated for fostering critical 21st century skills through strategic curriculum design and planning. They championed the use of data to provide insights on student learning, assisting teachers in giving personalized attention to each individual learner. They supported the investment in teacher professional development, especially in fair and responsible use of technologies in education.
The list can go on and on but we want to point out this: what was underpinning all their initiatives was a forward-looking vision of preparing our kids for the future, not just a future at high school graduation or college admissions, but also a future that extends beyond the years of PPS. In that distant future, we hope that our kids can think critically, communicate effectively, and act culturally responsibly. Therefore, we encourage you to vote for Santarpio and Snyder because they have the best interest of our kids in mind, that is, to prepare them for the future.