6GC: Nestworthy News
April Edition
The end of the school year is right around the corner!
April 5- April 9 Book Fair
April 7- Book Fair Family Night; 4PM-6PM
April 12- ILEARN Practice Test (all students must complete the practice test before taking the ILEARN test)
April 19- ILEARN testing window opens
May 28th- Last Student Day & Awards Day event (time of event TBD)
Book Fair
Our Scholastic Book Fair starts next week!! This is always an exciting time of the year for everyone!
Our book fair will also be available online at: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/seymourmidsch6thgradectr The online book fair shopping starts on March 31st and ends on April 13th. We are also going to have a Family Night! This will be on Tuesday, April 6th from 4pm-6pm. Students MUST have a guardian with them to attend the family night. Students will get to shop during homeroom next week. The schedule for this is: 200 Hallway shops on Monday April 5th 300 Hallway shops on Tuesday April 6th 400 Hallway shops on Wednesday April 7th Thursday and Friday will be for “last minute” shoppers There will be other opportunities for students to shop throughout the week also.
Soaring Owls of the Month for March
The Sixth Grade Center is honored to recognize the following students as the Soaring Owls of the Month for April. Be looking for an honor video to be shared in the near future!
300 Hallway- Elsie Herbert
400 Hallway- Jason Figueroa-Santizo
Encore- Max Coates
Office- Richie Tapia
ILEARN Testing
Test taking strategies
As parents and guardians of 6GC students, we rely on you to encourage your child to give their best effort and show us what they know! Please view this test-taking tip video for test taking strategies.
ILEARN Testing Schedule- Traditional students
April 21st- English Language Arts
April 22nd- English Language Arts
April 23rd- Make-up
April 26th- Make-up
April 27th- Math
April 28th- Math
April 29th- Science
ILEARN Testing Schedule- Virtual Students
Virtual students are required to take all sections of the ILEARN test at school. Students should arrive at 9:50. We will begin testing at 10:00am on each of the following dates:
Tuesday, April 20th
Wednesday, April 21st
Thursday, April 22nd
Friday, April 23rd
Tuesday, April 27th
You will receive a phone call when your student has completed the testing for the day and can come pick them up at the same location. All testing will be completed or stopped for the day at 3:20pm.