Welcome to a new week!
3rd Grade Pizza Sale
The 3rd grade is having a pizza sale Monday (tomorrow) after school. 1 slice with a drink is $4 and 2 slices with a drink is $5. They are learning the economics of raising money for their trip. Thank you for the support.
Shakespeare Presentation in the MPR
The HLC, Innovations own Home Learning Community has been studying Shakespeare. They invite you to come see their production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, this Thursday, April 28th at 7pm in the MPR. This romantic comedy features a banished Duke, his evil brother and mixed up love stories -all set in 1920’s Chicago. The show runs an hour and a half, with a short intermission. If you would like your children to experience Shakespeare, this is a great introduction. See you there.
State Testing
Testing is going well and we have almost finished testing all our students on the math part of the test. This week we begin the first test for Language Arts. Here is the schedule for this week’s testing. Please notify your student’s teacher if they will be away during their assigned slot.
Anja 3rd Monday and Tuesday 9:15-10:15
Kelsey 4th Wednesday and Thursday 9:15-10:
Emily 5th Tuesday and Wednesday 10:25-11:25
Sally 6th Wednesday and Friday 11:30-12:30
Beth 6th Tuesday and Thursday 10:25-11:25
Lisa 7th Wednesday and Friday 10:25-11:25
Keith 7th Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:30
Tony 8th Monday and Tuesday 9:15-10:15
And speaking of testing. It is important for you to be informed about the testing because then you can better interpret their results. I encourage you to take a bit of time to view the sample tests on the CDE website.
And stay truly aware of why we have the testing to begin with. The testing system is in place due to the fact that public education is required to justify the expense of public money. After taking sample tests and listening to student interpretations of the test myself, I am convinced that these tests do not give us accurate data that we can use to inform our instruction. Please do not take my word for it. See what you think yourself.