Edison Elementary
Eagle’s Nest
Edison Elementary – Mesa Public Schools
Office Phone 480-472-5300
Cafeteria 480-472-5246
Health Office 480-472-5283
Attendance 480-472-5282
Title One
480-472-5329
FAX
480-472-5281
http://www.mpsaz.org/edison
Calendar Notes
Thanks to our families… For those of you who were able to attend your
conference session, I hope the meeting was informative and gave you
11-11 Veteran’s Day- no school some insight into how your child is progressing this year. If you have
further questions, feel free to contact our staff by e-mail or phone
anytime. Look for a progress report the week of November 17th or before
11- 17 Attorney General present that covers assigned work that was turned in by your student.
Hopefully, this information will help many students be even more
Cyber Safety for Families
successful this quarter. Students need to practice their skills every day to
(parents only presentation)
develop at the pace we will set until the holiday break. Please make sure
to check planners daily and use the website whenever possible to help
them manage their workload. Thanks again for all your support in making
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Edison a great school to work at each day.
Alex Macdonald
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11-24 AVID Night – Reading
Strategies for Weekly Magazines ADE Information on Student Illness
This time of year it is normal to see an increase in individuals with
respiratory and flu-like symptoms. Symptoms of respiratory viruses may be
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mild and include runny nose, sneezing and coughing, or may be more
severe such as fever, sore throat, body or muscle aches and difficulty
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breathing.
Respiratory viruses, including EV-D68 and influenza can be similarly
Weekend – no school
prevented. If a student at school is exhibiting symptoms, such as fever or
wheezing, they should be evaluated by the school nurse and their parents
contacted. This will help decrease the risk of spreading any illnesses to
Attention: Edison Parents
other classmates.
Kids Corner –
Tips to avoiding illness…
After school care
Wash hands with soap and water.
From dismissal to 6:00 p.m. daily Avoid contact.
Cover to cough, then wash.
Financial Assistance available If they are sick, please do not send them to school.
Please call 480-472-7250
for more information.
Turkey Bowl
Our top football teams for 5th and 6th grade will play for the championship
on Wednesday, November 26th. The fifth grade teams will play at 12:20
and the sixth grade at 1:00.
Parents are welcome to attend the games. Classes will come out to
support the teams so get their early for your spot.
Edison News and Notes
AzMERIT will be given spring 2015 to assess student mastery of Arizona's College
and Career Ready Standards.
On Monday, Nov. 3, the Arizona State Board of Education adopted a new statewide
achievement test, Arizona’s Measurement of Educational Readiness to Inform
Teaching or AzMERIT, to replace AIMS. The Board did not adopt the PARCC test.
At the elementary and junior-high levels, AzMERIT will be given in English
Language Arts and Mathematics in third through eighth grade. At the high-school
level, it will be an end-of-course test in English in ninth through 11th grade, and in
Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry. Unlike AIMS, current tenth-grade and younger
students will not have to pass AzMERIT to graduate.
AzMERIT will be based on test items that match Arizona’s standards. The items will
have a variety of formats—not just multiple-choice—that require students to
demonstrate their knowledge. The test will be very rigorous and will allow for the
comparison of Arizona students’ performance to students in 24 other states.
The AzMERIT test can be given on paper or on a computer. The total testing times
are “about 7 hours” per student. In contrast, the PARCC test was estimated to take
10 to 11 hours. The test will be given this spring, in a timeframe similar to AIMS (the
exact dates have not been set yet).
The Arizona Department of Education announcement stated, “The Board must still
make decisions about how the results of the AzMERIT will be used for various
accountability purposes including A-F School Letter Grades, Teacher and Principal
Evaluations, Move on When Reading, and the potential use of End-of-Course
results in high school course grades. At its December meeting, the Board is
expected to discuss the establishment of a 'safe harbor' year for accountability
measures.” We will keep you informed of the Board’s decision.
The state has posted information about the new assessment on the ADE website.
As more information becomes available, it will be posted on the Research &
Evaluation website. Answers to frequently asked questions will also be posted on
the R&E site.
State Academic Testing
The state of Arizona has selected the testing formats for replacing AIMS. This video is a
good introduction to understand the challenges that students will face in an online testing
environment. We have a lot of work to do so help us by getting them to school on time
and prepared to learn each day. We really appreciate it.
https:www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8SyQXUyDyA&list=UUfNc0NSH6M6d0-6V8o_0OFA