Sunday, September 18

 

What a wonderful rainy day!! I never believe a forecast that calls for rain until the rain actually falls from the sky! I am not sure we have ever been so excited. It looks like there is also rain in the forecast this week, so stay tuned for recess and lunch updates. 

Wonderful Music News: I believe it was shared at the RTA meeting, but we do have a sub for music. The sub will be able to cover until December as we continue to try to find a permanent teacher. This is awesome news!! Of course, be patient as she learns her schedule but she is very excited!!

Duty Help: Thank you to all of you for helping fill in all of the duty spots. Also, thank you for being out front to help with drop off and pick up. We have sandwich boards to place along the sidewalk, we just have to wait for the posters to arrive. We are pulling out all the stops!

EL Update

Initial ELPAC: You can now view your students ELPAC scores in Ellevation to see if they have been designated as an English language learner. The initial ELPAC gives three scores: 1-novice 2-intermediate and 3-IFEP (initially fluent English proficient-they are not designated as an English language learner). Students who have scored a 1 or 2 will take the spring summative ELPAC. It is always so awesome to see their growth in JUST ONE YEAR! 

RFEP: Teachers that have students who scored a level 4 on last spring's summative ELPAC can now view and begin completing the documents in Ellevation. You should have an email from Ellevation letting you know you have forms to complete. Please, please let me know if you have any questions. In fact, I would really LOVE to sit down with someone to see what it looks like on your end. That would really be helpful for me since it's new to me too. 

Here is the link to the quick overview of reclassification requirements. Just as a reminder we only need writing samples for students in k-2 since all of our students in grades 3-4 met the state requirement in CAASPP which has a writing component. WooHoo! This is incredible! 

Did you know... we have a teacher on staff that has never had soda and is terrified of ballons? Who do you think it is?

What makes you unique??: I only have 4 responses. Please add an interesting fact here: Unique Fact

Coming Up This Week:

Monday, 9/19: Hearing van for K, 2 and 5. 

Tuesday, 9/20: PBIS at 2:20pm room 4.

Wednesday, 9/21: AM Brooks off-site and SPP Meetings by invitation only. 

Friday, 9/23: Flag Salute and Raffle at 7:45am