Highlight of the
Week
Sock Hop
The Sock Hop is here and the students are ready! The children have been asking me for months
when this favored event would arrive and they expressed their excitement
throughout the day. We hope your family
will be able to join us this evening from 5:30-7:30 for a cakewalk, face
painting and most of all dancing! We
thank the PTO and our many volunteers for making this event possible.
Students' Artwork Displayed at the ArtFair
Reading Assessment
Development
This month teachers have been focused on creating grade level
assessments that they will use next year to assess students’ ability to
demonstrate mastery of key reading strategies.
Creating these common assessments provided teachers with additional
clarity regarding what it looks like for students to demonstrate higher level
reading strategies. For example, teacher
teams have discussed in depth what it looks like to determine importance,
infer, or use clues from the text and background knowledge to read between the
lines and synthesize or reflect on how one’s thinking changed over time given
new information. We look forward to
continuing this work throughout April by analyzing how the assessments progress
across the grade levels.
Mark Your Calendar
·
Earth Day
will be recognized at GRE on Monday, April 22nd. Students can wear
green.
·
Parent
input regarding your child’s class placement for next school year must be
submitted to the principal in writing by Thursday, April 25th.
·
No School – Friday,
April 26
·
Open
enrollment is open from now until August 15, 2013. Please note that if you moved outside of our
school’s boundaries you must open enroll for next school year.
·
Kindergarten
Round Up is May 16th from 6:30-7:30. Round Up is an opportunity for our future
Gold Rush students to explore their new surroundings and meet the kindergarten
teachers. If you know families with
incoming kindergarten students who have not enrolled for next school year
please encourage them to contact the school office.
Drop Off & Pick Up Reminders
·
Please pull all the way up to the first staff
member when dropping off or picking up your child.
·
Please remain in your car when dropping your
child off.