Welcome back!

SNOW DAYS!!
Well, that was a week!   Hopefully we have winter behind us now, and spring is in view!!  Please mark your calendars, that the last day of school for students will be June 1st.  Since we have exceeded our 5 allowed calamity days, we will now have to extend the year by two days.  These days are already part of the Kings school calendar.  Please plan accordingly.

PARCC TESTING NEXT WEEK
Please take note that next week we will begin the PARCC Performance Based Assessment Tests.  The dates are listed below and each test will begin first thing each morning listed, so please be at school on time.  Thanks so much for your cooperation and support.

Testing Dates:

Tuesday, March 3rd: ELA Unit 1 (75 minutes)

Thursday, March 5th: ELA Unit 2 (90 minutes)

Monday, March 9th: Social Studies (75 minutes)

Wednesday, March 11th: ELA Unit 3 (60 minutes)

Friday, March 13th: Math Unit 1 (80 minutes)

Monday, March 16th: Math Unit 2 (70 minutes)

Testing Tips:

1. Please make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep the night before testing.
2. Please make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast the morning of testing.
3. Please tell your child to just try their best and not stress out over these tests.

March Happenings:
March 13 - PTO March Madness Fundraiser. Look for more info coming home soon as well as info on contributing to our class baskets.

March 19 and 26 - Parent/Teacher Conferences - Your child's reading teacher will be contacting you with more information

March 26 - 4th grade to Riversbend Country Club for Etiquette Lunch

March 30 - April 6 - Spring Break

Mid-February Checkpoint

Just a few items for this week:

1. THANK YOU so much for joining us for the PARCC information meeting last week.  If you were unable to attend, the handout from the meeting was sent home in the Friday Folder this past week.   As we get closer to the testing dates or as you explore the information and websites we gave you, please let us know if you have any questions.

2. Reminder:  VALENTINE CARD EXCHANGE will be TUESDAY, FEB. 10.  This is completely optional.  Students will have the opportunity to exchange cards with homeroom classmates during afternoon homeroom time.

3. There will be NO SCHOOL Friday, February 13th and Monday, February 16th.

4. Gifted Testing: The deadline to submit gifted referral form and permission to test for our spring Gifted Testing window is Tuesday, February 17.  These forms can be found on the district website or picked up in the school office.

February Updates

To assist parents in understanding the upcoming PARCC Assessments, we have scheduled an information night. 

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

6-7pm

SLE Science Lab

We will go over:

• what the specific assessments include
• how PARCC differs from previously given OAA tests
• how tests will be administered
• what parents can do to help your child prepare 

Please mark your calendar and we hope to see you there. 

The 4th grade will have an optional Valentine's Day card exchange with students in their homerooms on Tuesday, February 10 at the end of the day.  This will not be a party, but a simple card exchange.  If students wish to participate, they should bring cards for classmates in their homeroom class (ready to be passed out) on that day.  

SLE Student Council now has a school supply store open for 3rd and 4th graders on Monday and Wednesday mornings.   The supplies are not quite as plentiful as you see above, but there are pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers, glue sticks and notebooks for sale.   Supplies are all under $1 -- if you have difficulty getting to the store and your student needs to restock something, this is now an option available to them.

Please remember that we monitor the temperature daily to determine whether or not students will be going outside for recess.  4th grade recess us not until 1:15, so it is possible some days our students will go out when earlier recess times had to be indoor.   Because of these daily changes, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather with heavy coats, hats and gloves.  

Starting in February the E-Club will be kicking off our 2015 NO WASTE LUNCH CAMPAIGN!!!   We're looking for students at lunch who are doing their best to use reusable containers! The less waste, the better!!!  Check out the commercial we created in 2013 to kick off our efforts!

E-Club_NO WASTE LUNCH COMMERCIAL 2015