We Are St. Ann School
4/11/16 Faculty/Staff News - Bonnie Hall, Principal
ACT Aspire Achievement Testing Begins on Monday - Grades 3-8
ACT Aspire testing will begin on Monday morning. Grades PK-2 Teachers, please remind and make sure your students are VERY quiet in the hallways and to be a good neighbor while fellow students are testing. Teachers who are not testing, feel free to utilize the art room and/or school hall. Schedules will be altered...please contact Marie, Sharon, and Ina in regard to your specific schedule. Junior high will adjust their schedules accordingly and Val and Juliet can modify their class switching schedule to accommodate their testing schedule.
Grades 3-8 teachers have received testing notification materials and supervisors' manuals. All materials will be kept locked in my office. Materials should be brought back to my office daily by noon. The subjects tested include reading, math, English, writing, and science. Generally, testing will take place for the first two hours of the school day. No instruction is allowed for each day until the day's test has been administered. It's a four day test. ACT Aspire replaces the Terra Nova achievement test; results will be made available in May.
Achievement tests serve as an audit for the school; we ask that our students try their very best on the tests. The results will guide us in evaluating what and how we teach. As a faculty, we'll "deep dive" into the provided data in our quest to further challenge and benefit our students.
Prayers...
- For Barb A. on her upcoming surgery
- For our students who will be testing during the week
- For two special intentions of mine, please.
Happenings
Lunch/Recess Duty for week of 4/11
Marie, Debbie, Sharon, Jessie, Valerie, Janice, and Bonnie
April Cafe Duty: Thank you, Valerie!
Sun., 4/10
- Happy Birthday, Natalie!
- Grade 2 Family Mass (Bonnie and Becca)
Mon., 4/11
- ACT Aspire Testing Week Begins
- Supper Club - Panera 4-8 p.m. (Munster)
Tues. 4/12
- Bonnie (and Sandy) @ Open Enrollment Benefits Mtg. 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Wed., 4/13
- HSA Meeting - 7 p.m. Bonnie and Juliet
Fri., 4/15
- No Sharon. No Ashley.
- Dance Gr. 7-8, 4-7 p.m. (Thank you, Debbie, Marijean, and Natalie.)
Etc., Etc., Etc.
- Please remind your students to re-register for the next school year. There will be a dress down day for all those who are re-registered on Monday, April 25th. (Deb, class t-shirts for 8th grade?)
- Congratulations to Marijean who completed the Shamrock Shuffle over the weekend!
- I'll be attending a calendar meeting soon (with parish staff). If you have some dates you'd like me to secure for you (skating parties, dances, etc.), please get those to me as soon as possible.
- Mark your calendar for this year's TECHIE TROT on June 4th! This is a great event to run in, walk in, or volunteer at.
Check out this Press Release About Miss Courtneigh Summerrise!
Janice Summerrise is a very proud mom! (And we are a proud school...as Courtneigh once upon a time went to St. Ann School. "We knew her when."
Congratulations to Courtneigh (and to Janice!)
Marshall's Memo
http://www.marshallmemo.com/issue.php?I=288a3c4ba8cd93946f13dc5c5fc216f4
The Marshall Memo, published since 2003, is designed to keep principals, teachers, superintendents, and others very well-informed on current research and best practices in the field. Kim Marshall, drawing on his experience as a teacher, principal, central office administrator, consultant, and writer, lightens the load of busy educators by serving as their "designated reader."
This week's articles:
- Preparing children to start school ready to learn and thrive
- Counteracting stereotype threat in urban seventh graders
- Ten highly effective classroom practices from Down Under
- Close reading 101
- Words from other languages that might enrich English
- Harvard's "Best Foot Forward" classroom video project
- Teaching students mathematical argumentation
- Getting students engaged in advanced math problem-solving
- What's the ideal ratio of computer time in blended learning classes?
- Questions principals might ask in the hallway
- Are KIPP schools' results explained by selection and attrition?
- Websites for Unite for Literacy and Retrieval Practice
Contact Me...
Emergency Closing Info. - Faculty and Staff will receive a text message from me. Please confirm text is rec'd.
Parents will receive SchoolMessenger call; please encourage them to check
www.emergencyclosingcenter.com as well.
Email: bonniehall@saintannschool.com
Website: www.saintannschool.com
Location: 3014 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL, United States
Phone: 708-895-1661