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Stringtown Elementary School newsletter March 2016

Martin Brown, Principal

The Charger Brigade

Principal’s Corner

Hopefully with the passing of February, winter weather will pass too. One thing that will certainly pass is the first portion of

ISTEP testing. Beginning this week, our third, fourth, and fifth grade students will be taking part 1 of ISTEP. While the

testing window is open well into March, most of our testing will be finished this week. If you are the parent of a third, fourth,

or fifth grader, please try to schedule appointments in the afternoon. The bulk of our testing will be conducted Tuesday,

Wednesday, and Thursday (March 1-3) before noon. Third grade students only will be taking the IRead assessment the

week of March 14 - 18. Make sure your child gets a good night¹s sleep and good breakfast prior to school. Thanks for your

support with this. I do hope everyone has a great spring break. - Mr. Brown

"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.”- Demosthenes(384 BC - 322 BC)

Kindergarten Orientation

April 5 4:30-6:00pm

Cafeteria If your child will be 5 years old by August 1,

2016, now is the time to enroll for kindergarten,

meet the teachers and tour the classrooms.

Please bring original birth certificate and

completed enrollment forms if you have not

already done so.

SPRING PICTURES–MARCH 17

Spring Scholastic Book Fair

April 5-8

Yearbooks for sale, only $15.00.

Forms are available in the office.

March 21-25

School resumes March 28

EVSC Full-Day Summer Childcare When: May 23 – July 29, 2016 Locations: Hebron & Stringtown Time: 6:30am – 5:30pm Monday–Friday Ages: 6-12 Fee: $100.00 per week Registration forms will be available in the ED Center Office of each elementary school, beginning April 1, 2016.

Choir Practice

Choir practice starts Monday, March 7 3:15-4:30

March practices will meet on Mondays and Tuesdays

April practices will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Choir program will be on Thursday, May 5

Winners of the February Charger tickets, which are given

to students who are caught being safe, responsible or

respectful, were Samantha Ray, Danika Hawkins, Kaylee

Pegram, Rianna Barton, Cole Carner, Andrew Lara,

Conner Donaldson, Melody Gehlhausen, Devin Dillon

Movie Night – March 11 – Good Dinosaur 6:00

Bring a bar of soap to get in

Starting at 6:00, we will be selling pizza, popcorn, candy bars, cookies & drinks

We will also be having drawings for prizes.

Coming Up: April - PTA meeting

May - Spring Carnival

Students can still send in the box tops and membership dues, as we collect them all year.

5th Grade Group Picture

April 20 – 8:20 am

Make Up Days

The EVSC has taken four snow days, two of which will be made up on April 15 and 18. The third snow day was originally scheduled to be made up on Monday, Feb. 15, but that make up day was also cancelled due to inclement weather. The two remaining snow days will be made up using the state’s virtual option. In the virtual option, students will be given their virtual lessons on a Monday and students will engage in the virtual lessons throughout the week with the support from teachers through virtual “office hours.” Students will have one week to complete the assignments. Students who do not complete the virtual lessons will be marked absent. This year’s virtual schedule is:

Monday, Feb. 22: first virtual assignments distributed. Assignments will be due Monday, Feb. 29.

Monday, March 28: second virtual assignments distributed. Assignments will be due Monday, April 4.

Paragon delivery is March 14.

Money is due March 28.

Pennies for Patients

Each homeroom is collecting

loose change until March 4 to

raise money for the Leukemia &

Lymphoma Society.

Students need to use the crosswalk

in the lower parking lot when they

are being dropped off in the morning and picked up after school.

Please do not drop students off

before 7:45am unless they are

going to daycare. Parents will be

called back to school if a student is

dropped off too early.

March Calendar of Events

Sunda y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturda y

2/29 ISTEP+ (3RD-5TH)

Family

Literacy Night 5:30-7:00

1 ISTEP+

2 ISTEP+

Weekday Education ( 3rd & 4th) Read Across America Day

3

ISTEP+

4 ISTEP+

POPCORN DAY AND SPIRIT WEAR DAY

End of 3rd grading period

5

6

7 ISTEP+

Choir practice

3:15-4:30

8 ISTEP+

Choir practice

3:15-4:30

End of third grading period

9 ISTEP+

Weekday Education ( 3rd & 4th)

10 ISTEP+

11 ISTEP+

POPCORN DAY AND SPIRIT WEAR DAY

Report cards go home

12

13

Daylight Savings

Time begins

14 IREAD

Assessment Test (3rd grade)

Paragon Delivery

Choir practice

3:15-4:30

15 IREAD

Choir practice 3:15-4:30

16 IREAD

Weekday Education ( 3rd & 4th)

17 IREAD

SPRING

PICTURES

St. Patrick’s

Day

18 IREAD

POPCORN DAY AND SPIRIT WEAR DAY

19

20

First day of Spring

21 SPRING BREAK BEGINS

NO SCHOOL

22 NO SCHOOL

23 NO SCHOOL

24 NO SCHOOL

25 SPRING BREAK ENDS

NO SCHOOL

26

27

28 Paragon Money Due

Virtual lesson sent home

Choir practice 3:15-4:30

29 Choir practice

3:15-4:30

30 31

ISTEP+ TESTING

Students in grades 3, 4 and 5 will participate in the spring ISTEP+ testing. Grades 3 through

5 will be tested in English/Language Arts, Writing and Mathematics. Fourth grade will also

be tested in Science and fifth grade will also be tested in Social Studies.

The Applied Skills Assessment will be given to students February 29 - March 11, 2016.

The Multiple Choice Assessment will be given April 18 - May 6, 2016.

You can help your children prepare for the spring ISTEP+ testing by insuring they get a good

night’s sleep, eat a good breakfast and dress comfortably. Following these simple tasks will

put your child in the right direction of doing their very best. For more information on

ISTEP+ and sample questions, go to:

www.doe.in.gov/achievement/assessment/istep-grades-3-8

THIRD GRADE “IREAD” ASSESSMENT TEST

March 14-18, 2016

Third grade students will take the IREAD Assessment test on March 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and

18th. ATTENDANCE IS CRITICAL! Please make sure your 3rd grader is in attendance all three

days of testing. If students miss taking this test during this time window, then they must

take it during the summer testing window.

The purpose of the Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD-3) assessment is

to measure foundational reading standards through grade three. Based on the Indiana

Academic Standards, IREAD-3 is a summative assessment that was developed in accordance

with Public Law 109 which “requires the evaluation of reading skills for students who are in

grade three beginning in the spring of 2012 to ensure that all student can read proficiently

before moving on to grade four.”

For more information on IREAD and sample questions go to:

www.doe.in.gov/achievement/assessment/iread