Testing looks a little different for school districts this year. Our 3rd grad-

ers and 4th graders will soon take the AIR Test (4th grade Language Arts,

Math and Social Studies; 3rd grade Language Arts and Math). Our teachers

and students have been preparing for this summative evaluation all year, and

students should be very well prepared. We are confident that our students

will do their best and show what they have learned this year. As we put the

final touches on here at school, we ask that you work with your child at home

and review certain topics with your child. If you have any questions on how

you can help your child better prepare, please don’t hesitate to ask your

child’s teacher. The testing schedule is on the next page of the newsletter. Please know which days your child

is testing and encourage your child to eat a healthy breakfast, get plenty of rest, and to be confident so they do

their best. We thank you for all you have done for your child this year.

Rebecca Parker, Interim Principal Phone

Cathy Keller, Secretary 937-259-6630

April 12, 2016

Virginia Stevenson

Elementary

Mad River

Local Schools

A Title I School

Thank you everyone who came and supported our students at the Pastries for

Parents event. Staff and students enjoyed seeing the families, and we hope you

enjoyed the Doughnuts, Fruit, and Coffee.

Summer School will be ran very similar to last year, and it may feel more like summer camp rather than summer school. It will take place from June 13th to July 15th at Stevenson Elementary. Students will be fed breakfast and lunch with transportation being provided. The morning activities will be centered around Math and Reading while the afternoon will have a variety of enrichment activities, field trips, etc. This will be a great experience for your child so please consider sending them if you get invited. Teachers will be recom-mending students and sending information home during April and May.

Kindergarten registration takes place in the month of April. If you have a student who will be 5 years old by August 1, 2016 and attending kindergarten next year, please come in to register them in the month of April. If you know a family with a kindergartener, please inform them that registration takes place in the month of April. Please bring in your student’s original, certified birth certificate, shot record, lease or mort-gage, utility bill, custody papers (if applicable), and your id. Thank you!

A Note from the Principal….

April

14 Cookie Dough Pick-Up after school

20 1st Grade Field Trip (Wolters & Pace)

21 1st Grade Field Trip (Cook & Steiner)

21 Kindergarten Music Program 6:30-7

22 2nd Grade Field Trip (Victoria Theatre)

29 PBS Reward (Ice Cream Sundae)

29 MD Field Trip (Learning Tree Farm)

29 Family Movie Night (Chicken Run)

May

6 Kindergarten Field Trip (Cox Arboretum)

9 2nd Grade Field Trip (Sugarcreek Reserve)

10 2nd Grade Field Trip (Sugarcreek Reserve)

12 1st Grade Music Program 6:30-7

17 Choir Field Trip to Stebbins

20 Field Day

20 Volunteer Luncheon 11:30-12:30

24 PBS Reward—Outdoor Fun Day

24 3rd Grade Field trip (Boonshoft)

26 4th Grade Recognition

AIR TESTING SCHEDULE

3rd and 4th Grade

Tuesday, April 19th: 3rd Grade ELA

Wednesday, April 20th: 3rd Grade ELA

Thursday, April 21st: 4th Grade ELA

Friday, April 22nd: 4th Grade ELA

Monday, May 2nd: 3rd Grade Math

Tuesday, May 3rd: 3rd Grade Math

Thursday, May 5th: 4th Grade Math

Friday, May 6th: 4th Grade Math

Monday, May 9th: 4th Grade Social Studies

Tuesday, May 10th: 4th Grade Social Studies

Some important

things to remember

for testing:

Talk to your student, know about the importance of

homework and classroom participation. The weeks

leading up to testing are very important as staff and

students are working hard to help students do their

best.

Encourage your student to get plenty of rest and eat a

well rounded breakfast each day.

Reassure your child to stay calm when taking the test

and provide them with positive thoughts. (You are

ready, You are smart, etc.)

Take the opportunity to practice skills with your child

when they bring home practice sheets and test prep

materials.

Attendance is very important to

success!!!!

Calendar of Events

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LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

May 26, 2016

Early Release at

12:10

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

Friday, April 29th

6:00-8:00 p.m.

Plan on joining us for a fun-filled evening!

We had over 60 students who saved 35 starbucks and were added

into the 35 ticket club. They enjoyed Joe’s Pizza, chips, cookies,

and drinks with Mr. Miller and Mrs. Parker at the end of the 3rd

Quarter. Congratulations to everyone who earned this reward.

4th Grade’s Rockin’ Recorder Tour of 2016

Under the direction of Elizabeth Beal, The Steven-son Fourth Grade classes of Shannan Ferguson, An-gie Jessmer, Patti Hollender, and selected students from Allison Officer went on their epic Rockin’ Re-

corder Tour of 2016. The tour began with ‘Spaghetti Fest’ on Wednesday March 9th. Here, a massive number of students rocked out their dinnertime tunes in the Stebbins High School cafeteria.

The final stop on the tour was the awesome ‘Pastries With Parents Event’ on Friday, March 18. An expanded concert allowed each class to be fea-tured separately. Big crash cymbals also added ex-citement to the song Ms. Jessmer’s class played. In addition to the sweet recorder tunes there were three vocal selections. Each sung piece also had soloists. Fourth grade understudies and stage crew also did an absolutely awesome job of preparing for a great performance.

During the ‘Bransle’ grand finale, all the perform-ers stormed the Stevenson cafeteria with a massive circle. This song was a combination of Renaissance style recorder playing and dancing.

Congratulations to the following stu-

dents for being selected as their classroom’s stu-

dent of the month. These students will have their

picture displayed in the main hallway all month

long. They also received a Texas Roadhouse

Lucas Fuston

Rosetta Beal

Macy Fergueson

Juliet Bowling

Aubrielle Brewer

Jerusalem Aparacio

Quinley Cullom

Doviel Lugo

Reagan Stumpf

Bailey Montgomery

Hoang Le

Carrie Mason

Hanna Ferguson

Caelon Russell

Arionna Shawhan

Aubrey Murphy

Alexa Wheeler

Ian Cole

Gary Staggs

Stevenson

Staff and

Students

want to thank everyone

who donated eggs and

candy for our March PBS

Reward!

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