Week of 4-14 Newsletter

Dear 4th & 5th Grade Families,

I want to start off with a note of gratitude for the support I have received from many of you regarding recent classroom behavior. I am looking forward to the remainder of the school year with positive improvements that will continue to allow me to effectively deliver curriculum, while supporting your child. If you have any further concerns, please feel free to contact me or Ms. M directly and we’d be happy to speak with you.

This week we will begin practicing with the SBAC test on our class-set of Chromebooks. (Thanks to Ms. M for purchasing them for our students!) My intention is to familiarize your child with the interface as well as the computer itself. I would appreciate parental support in the classroom during the morning hours, anytime between 9AM-12PM. If you’re available, please let me know.

If you would like more information about the test and implementation of the Common Core,  Ms. M encourages parents to participate in one of two town hall meetings on Wednesday, April 16, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm (ends right before pick-up time) and from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm, both in the school's Library. Child Care during the evening session will be provided by Mountain School 6th graders for children age 5 and up. Please RSVP to Teresa for either town hall meeting at tbell@santacruz.k12.ca.us. If you need child care for the evening session, please include the number of children and their ages in the RSVP email.

The students have met their first class goal! We will do a test run this week of eating snack in the classroom immediately following the morning recess. I am confident that they will follow the protocol (promptly lining up to come in and eating in a timely manner, cleaning up and staying on task so as not to waste any class time) to be able to continue that for the remainder of the school year.

Thanks again for all of your support both in the classroom and at home. Please feel free to email me with questions or concerns at rhonig@santacruz.k12.ca.us.

Best,

Ms. Honig