The Wildcat Way May 13-17, 2019

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Monday, May 13-Friday, May 17 – Staff Appreciation Week (See flyers below for details)

Monday, May 13 – 8:15 ELAC Meeting in the auditorium

Tuesday, May 14 – 3:00 SSC Meeting in room 404

Wednesday, May 15 – 7:30 AM Safe Routes to School Walk/Bike to School with us! See flyer on Monday for more information

Wednesday, May 15 – 8:15 AM and 5:30 PM Incoming Kindergarten Transition Meeting in the auditorium

Thursday, May 16 – 2:30 Kone Ice on campus

Saturday, May 18 – Saturday Scholars Day #5

LOCAL MEASURES TESTING – GRADES K-2

This week marks the last week of Local Measures testing for our Kindergarten through Second Grade students on reading, writing, and math. Please ensure your children to get plenty of rest and enjoy a healthy breakfast before testing so they are able to do their very best on each assessment!

CAASPP TESTING – GRADES 3-6

Our 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th will be CAASPP testing at least one part of the test this week.

Testing Reminders:

CELL Phones and Smart Watches will be collected by teachers during testing.
BE ON TIME each day! Students who are late will have to do makeups.
Visitors and/or Volunteers are not allowed in the classroom during testing.
Classrooms will not be interrupted during testing. Students may not leave the classroom once testing has started. (Check doctor and dentist appointments)
Send a Snack Bag for your child during the testing week: Granola Bars, Crackers, Pretzels but NO CANDY, Cheetos, Taki’s (refrain from things that are messy or sticky).

STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK – THIS WEEK!

Mark your calendars now for a week of staff appreciation. I am sure all would agree that Loma Verde has the very best staff around! The fun begins on Monday, May 13 and continues the entire week. Let’s show our teachers and staff how much we appreciate all they do! See the flyers below in English and Spanish for all the details!

ENGLISH LEARNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING

elac_image7 We will hold our next English Learner Advisory Committee Meeting on Monday, May 13 at 8:15 am in the auditorium. This is our last meeting for the year. We will be talking about our social-emotional learning supports in place at our school. Breakfast, childcare, and a raffle will be provided. All parents are welcome and encouraged to attend! Translation will be provided in Spanish. Please join us!

HANOVER SURVEY

Related image We need your input again, please! We hope all families will participate. Topics on this important survey include school appearance, finances, technology, instruction, as well as attitudes about safety, transportation, climate, and communication.

Please take this very important survey. Your opinions count and we need your ideas to help make our school a better place for children. The parent Hanover Survey is available in English and Spanish. The parent link will take you to the landing page where you will be able to select the language of choice. Parent Survey Link

RESIDENCY VERIFICATION

Image result for residency verification clipart Our annual proof of residency for returning students begins Wednesday, May 22 and ends on Tuesday, May 28. All bills used to prove residency must have a date of May 22nd or later. Our office will be open for extended hours to accept documents. A flyer will be coming home this week with more information. Please call our office at 619-420-3940 if you have any questions regarding the required information.

6th GRADE PROMOTION

Our Sixth Grade Promotion is scheduled for Wednesday, June 5 at 8:30 a.m. The promotion will be held outdoors near the 500 building next to the soccer field. 6th-grade teachers will send home more details soon.

Morning Mileage Club

We started our Morning Mileage Club four weeks ago. We had 327 K-6 students participate at least one day with a group total of 1,148 miles walked/run!

Here’s the breakdown by grade for the week of May 6-10: K-17 miles, 1st-56 miles, 2nd-23 miles, 3rd -32 miles, 4th-37 miles, 5th-40 miles, 6th-32 miles.

TOP CLASSES for the week: Taylor-24 miles, Polanco Campos-22 miles, Johnson-19 miles, Murdoch-17 miles, Snell-16 miles

Overall Top Classes since start date: Murdoch-94 miles, Johnson-91 miles, Polanco Campos-89 miles!

If you can help out one or more mornings a week, please join us from 7:30 to 7:55. We are looking for a few more parents to also help. Visit track in the morning or stop by the office to see Mrs. Watson to volunteer. Thank you!

Loma Verde’s overall attendance was 95.2% last week. Our goal is 98%. Be sure to bring your child to school every day and on time. Every minute of every day counts!

2019-2020 & 2020-2021 SCHOOL CALENDARS AVAILABLE

The District Approved calendars for the next two school years are out. Please consider dates when planning family vacations. It is imperative that our school brings down our rate of Chronic absenteeism. 2019-20 Calendar 2020-21 Calendar .