Thursday News January 21st, 2016 Kindergarten Oral Assessments Kindergarten will have their assessments on Wednesday, January 27th and Thursday January 28th. The students will be in the building for ONLY their scheduled 30 minutes of testing. The schedules are posted outside of the Kindergarten classrooms. (PLEASE DO NOT DROP OFF YOUR CHILD.) WIDA ACCESS Assessment Magonistas who are English Language Learners (ELL) in grades kindergarten through eighth grade will be testing currently through Thursday February 11th for the ACCESS for ELLs® language proficiency test. ACCESS for ELLs® provides a standardized measurement of academic language proficiency for ELL students throughout the state of Colorado. It is imperative that your Magonista is present during this time. Students will be testing particularly Tuesday through Thursday. Different grade levels will test on different dates. If your Magonista must miss school, please call the front office to see if they are scheduled to test that day. We appreciate your support during this time! Report Cards The front office would like to invite parents to stop by the front office to pick up their students’ report card. Please stop by the front office before 2pm on Friday, January 22nd. Chocolate Sale The class of 2024 is having a chocolate sale! They have a variety of chocolate bars for $1 each. You may purchase your chocolate after school at the fourth grade benches. (In case of indoor dismissal, please visit either fourth grade classroom.) All profits will help pay for published poetry books and yearbooks. Thank you! Volunteer Hours We would like to remind parents and guardians to stop by the front office to document all volunteer hours completed this year. If you have any questions please feel free to call the front office. Boys and Girls Club RFMA would like to remind parents that the Boys and Girls club will no longer be providing transportation on Fridays for the remainder of the school year. Please make sure your students are picked up at dismissal time at1:30pm on Friday. Indoor Dismissal RFMA staff would like to remind parent and guardians that during indoor dismissal everyone must enter through the front doors, located on Lowell Blvd at 4:15pm. For the safety of our Magonistas, the back doors will not be opened to visitor/parents/guardians during business hours. Science Club Science club is back! Science club will be on Wednesdays from 4:40pm to 5:30pm starting on Wednesday, February 3rd. Kindergarten through 8th grade students are invited to participate. Please see the front office for Science club permission slip. Permission slips MUST be turned into the front office, no later than Friday, January 29th. Parents, all students must be picked up NO LATER than 5:30pm if they are in this club. Box Top Contest Continues RFMA would like to announce that RFMA is restarting the Box Tops competition for quarters three and four. If your student would like to submit Box Tops for their classroom please place your student’s name ziplock bag or envelope, with the box tops inside. Upcoming events Kindergarten will have their assessments on Wednesday, January 27th and Thursday January 28th. WIDA testing is grades kindergarten through eighth grade will continue to test through Thursday February 11th. Broncos Friday RFMA would like to invite all Magonistas to show their support of the Denver Broncos by wearing Bronco gear tomorrow, Friday January 22nd! (Please make sure that all apparel is appropriate. Also, students may wear the combination of blue and orange. Otherwise, they will need to wear RFMA uniform.) 5301 LOWELL BLVD, DENVER, CO 80221 WWW.MAGONACADEMY.ORG 5301 LOWELL BLVD, DENVER, CO 80221 WWW.MAGONACADEMY.ORG 5301 LOWELL BLVD, DENVER, CO 80221 WWW.MAGONACADEMY.ORG Thursday News 4