The Principal Weekly
by Natalie Walchuk
September 21, 2015
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Intent to Reenroll Form
Student Drop-off
Please be sure to complete the intent to reenroll form that was sent
If you are using the cone lane to drop off your child please have them
home two weeks ago. We need this form to be able to apply for our
exit the car as soon as you are along the curb. We are hoping to have
school site for next year. Visit the office if you need a new form.
the entire line unload to speed up the morning process.
Enrollment for 2016-2017
Student Pick-up
We are now accepting applications for the 2016-2017 school year. We
Students must be picked up at dismissal time or go to afterschool care.
are enrolling grades K-8. Please pass along information to family,
Children may not remain in the office after dismissal time. Failure to
friends and neighbors! The application process is online this year. Visit
pick up your child is cause to contact Child Protective Services. The
http://caliber.schoolmint.net to apply.
office closes at 4pm M-Th and 1pm on Friday.
If you have siblings entering next year, please apply by Oct. 15 th.
Student Dismissal Times
Sibling preference only applies during the first lottery. The first lottery is
Beginning Monday, September 28th, our dismissal times will vary for
October 16th.
children. On Friday you will receive your first Personalized Learning
School Site Council
Plan or PLP. This plan will indicate if your child is on/above grade level
Thursday Oct 1st 6:00-8:00pm in Room 3
or below. Students who are on/above grade level will be dismissed at
3:15pm. They can be picked up or go to aftercare. Students who are
Thank you to all who showed interest in joining the School Site Council.
below level are dismissed at 4pm. Every eight weeks you will receive a
Our first meeting will be Thursday, October 1st at 6:00pm in Room 23.
new PLP and students will be added to or exited from the intervention
We will be re/electing our officers and reviewing our Local Control
time in the afternoon. Please contact the office if you have questions.
Accountability Plan. We will review initial student data from baseline
Afternoon Pick-up Procedure
In response to the unsafe and hectic traffic pattern at dismissal time we
will be piloting a new traffic set-up beginning Monday, September 28th.
3:55-4:10 the back gates near the dumpsters and Kennedy baseball
field will be opened. Cars may slowly enter, following the lane marked
by red paint on either side. Cars will drive through the campus. When
they reach the lane between the 3rd/4th grades and yellow buildings
cars will stop and students will enter their vehicles. Drivers will then
proceed through the campus, exiting through the staff parking lot. At no
time may drivers exit their vehicles.
Attached to this newsletter is a form to be signed by parents/caregivers
identifying that your child will be picked up in the new traffic pattern.
Once the form is received a laminated card will be sent home that must
be displayed in your window. Students will only be released to cars
with the card on the dash. All other cars will be sent to find a parking
spot and walk in to pick up.
Lunch Forms
We are looking for our remaining outstanding lunch eligibility forms. If
you have not yet submitted this form you received a call from the
school. Please submit it ASAP. Classes that have 100% of their
forms turned in will receive free dress passes.
7th Grade Yosemite Trip
We are thrilled to offer a trip to Yosemite to our 7th graders in good
behavior standing. Forms are coming home this week. All forms must
be retuned by October 2nd. We are requesting that families contribute
$40-$235 per student attending. The cost is over $400 per student. If
the cost is a hardship please send Ms. Walchuk a note.
Students must have a class dojo score of 80% or higher and no serious
behavior referrals to be eligible to attend the trip. Those not attending
will be provided work to complete.
Box Tops
We are having a Box Top class competition! The class that brings in
the most Box Tops by Oct. 13th will have an ice cream party. Be sure to
send your Box Tops in an envelope labeled with your child’s name and
grade. Start collecting today!!
assessments.
Agenda:
1. Call to Order
2. Review of By-laws
3. Nomination of Officers
4. Election of Officers
5. Review of 2015 End-of-Year Academic Data
6. Review of current Attendance Data
7. Calendaring for 2015-2016 School Year
School Pictures Retake Day
If your child missed school picture day or you are not satisfied with the
picture they took please note that retakes will happen October 21st.
Look for more details as we get closer.
Parent Power
Some of the most common strategies for basic fact mastery include:
1. Skip Counting – Perhaps the simplest strategy that children can
begin learning at an early age is skip counting, that is, counting by 2s,
5s, 10s, etc. Skip counting is fun to do and children begin to hear
patterns in numbers. When paired with a chart, they can even begin to
see those patterns. For instance, when skip counting by 10s, see if
your child notices the pattern that all the numbers end in zero!
2. Make 10 – A useful way for children to think about numbers is in
relationship to 10, which can serve as a mental anchor for them. For
instance, when children are learning the math fact 14 – 6 = 8, they
don’t need to subtract 6 all at once. Instead, they can first take away 4
from 14 to make 10 and then take away 2 more from 10 to equal 8.
3. Doubles and Near Doubles – Many children are already familiar
with doubles facts. They know that 3 + 3 = 6, for instance. They can
draw upon their knowledge of doubles and simply count one more to
figure out near doubles such as 3 + 4 = 7.
4. Nines – Multiplying by 10 is often clear even for young children.
Because nine is so close to 10, 9 facts are fairly straightforward to work
out mentally. For instance, if a child knows that 10 x 7 = 70, they can
take away one 7 to figure out that 9 x 7 = 63. Nines also have lots of
patterns to explore together.
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