One of the most important things that you can do with your child this summer is read. Reading over the summer matters! As you can see below, even 20 minutes a day impacts students' academic achievement.
CELEBRATING TEACHERS
Students nominated their teacher for the GRE AWESOME Teacher Award. In heartfelt speeches, students shared how their teachers touched them throughout the year. We couldn't agree more that our teachers are amazing!
END OF YEAR CELEBRATIONS
Kindergartners collaborated with classmates during their Olympic themed field day!
Third grade students put their marketing skills and knowledge of financial literacy
to the test as they created new products and "sold them" during their Sell Day.
Students learned from one another as they accessed their
presentations nominating famous Americans for a new stamp.
Teachers are celebrating students’ growth as they
are working on spring Elementary School Progress Reports
(EPRs). EPRs will
be released to parents on Monday, June 6th, at midnight through
Parent Portal. You
will be able to access your child's EPR on this date by following the
directions below.
·
Go to the Gold Rush
Website - gre.dcsdk12.org
·
Then to Parent
Resources
·
Then to EPR. Use
your Parent Portal credentials to log in.
·
Then click "view
Elementary Progress report" under your student's picture
As you recall, the new progress report card
includes the four elements of the Douglas County School District’s guaranteed
and viable curriculum. In addition to reporting out on how well your child is
progressing in each content area (reading, writing, math, social studies and
science), you will receive information on how well he/she is progressing on the
4cs (communication, creativity, collaboration and critical thinking) and select
21st century skills (resiliency, problem solving, civic
responsibility, health and wellness, global awareness and systems
thinking).
There are also two primary differences between
the fall EPR and the spring version. The District adopted a consistent
grading scale that is shown below.
"Exceeds" indicates a high level of
achievement; it communicates that a student has a strong understanding of
content/concepts/skills taught during the semester and can demonstrate
understanding independently and with very few errors.
"Meets" indicates that a student
demonstrates understanding of content/concepts/skills most of the time and with
limited support. Student makes few major errors or omissions when demonstrating
concepts/skill.
"Approaching" indicates that a students
requires moderate support to demonstrate understanding of concepts/skills.
Demonstrated understanding of concepts/skills is inconsistent or infrequent
indicating a partial understanding of the content/concepts/skills. Errors or
omissions in work are more frequent.
"Does Not Meet" indicates that a student seldom
demonstrates understanding of concepts and skills taught during the semester.
Student requires considerable support to demonstrate learning of concepts and
skills and makes frequent major errors when demonstrating understanding.
2016 -2017 START OF SCHOOL EVENTS
In an attempt to gain more targeted information regarding
your child’s academic strengths and needs, Gold Rush will continue to hold
assessment days the second week of school.
All students in grades K-5 will
start a full day of school on Monday, August 8, 2016. Each
child will come to school for one hour only on either August 18 or August 19
to complete classroom assessments.
Having students complete assessments with their teacher the second week
of school allows students to adjust to classroom practices and procedures. The assessments administered will allow
educators to alter their instruction to meet your child’s individual strengths
and needs.
Parents will be able to sign up for a day and time using
the online Conference Scheduler starting mid July. You will receive a link to the scheduler
via email with your express check in information. Because
we value the information we are obtaining on these days it is imperative that
all children complete the assessments on either August 18 or August 19. At the end of your child’s assessment
hour your will meet your child in gym where school photos will be taken.
We continue to believe that it is essential that students
meet their teacher and visit their classroom prior to the first day of
school. Families are asked to also sign up for a 25 minute time slot on Friday,
August 5, to visit their classroom. Please
see the times available below. You may
bring your child’s school supplies with you.
If you purchased an Edukit it will be delivered to your child’s
classroom.
Meet Your Teacher Times
Friday, August 5th
9:30-9:55
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10:00-10:25
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10:30-10:55
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11:00-11:25
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11:30-11:55
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ROLLING START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR (8:20 AM-8:30 AM)
In an effort to improve our practices, we would like to
initiate a rolling start to the school day next year. Instead of having students line up outside of
the building each morning, students will enter the building from the main
entrance between 8:20-8:30 AM and report directly to their classroom. Teachers will supervise students in the
classroom as they begin their morning routine.
We believe that this new morning routine will allow for a more natural
transition to the start of the school day.
During Meet Your
Teacher, parents will have an opportunity to show their child how to walk
to his/her new classroom. Students will
meet their teacher in their line outside on the first day of school where they
will participate in a flag ceremony with their class. Classroom teachers will review how students
will walk to their classroom on the first day.
On Tuesday, August 9, students will enter the school between 8:20 AM and
8:30 AM. Staff members will escort
students to their classrooms that need additional assistance. To
ensure all students’ safety, we ask that parents:
1) DO NOT drop off their child before 8:20 AM
2) Say good-bye to their children outside
of the building.
Supervision, including cross walk supervision, will not be
provided prior to 8:20 AM so it is essential that students do not arrive prior
to that time.
Schedule
August 5: Meet Your Teacher
Parents show their child how to walk to
his/her new classroom.
August 8: First Day of School
Students meet their teachers in a line
outside for an opening flag ceremony.
Teachers show their students how to walk to
their classroom.
August 9: Second Day of School
Students walk to their classrooms between
8:20AM - 8:30AM.
Parents say good-bye outside of the building.
Bell System
8:20 AM First Bell
Signals that students can enter the building.
Cross walk supervision begins.
Students should not arrive to school
prior to this bell.
8:30 AM Start of the School Day
8:35 Tardy Bell
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS 2016
June 3- July 5 Closed
July 5- July 29 9:00AM- 12:00PM (Mon & Wed Only)
Aug 1- Aug 4 8:30AM-11:30AM 12:30 PM-3:30PM (Mon - Thurs)
August 8 School is in session- regular office hours 8:00AM- 4:00PM
July 14- July 29 ONLINE CONFERENCE SCHEDULING & ONLINE CHECK IN
