Sipley School Parent Newsletter
Week of Monday, March 14, 2016
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Playground Update
The Woodridge Park District met with our Student Council Representative along with a couple parents, and some staff. The Park District presented five playground options. The group chose three from the five that we would like to bring to a larger voting group (see pictures below).
The display boards will be returned to us so that we can keep them here.
Next steps:
1. The Park District will place the three options into Survey Monkey (I should have it next week).
2. We will take their link and share it on our Sipley Website. I will share the link to our Sipley Parents via Skylert.
3. Once we get the link to Survey Monkey, all students should be given time to vote while at school. All staff are encouraged to vote.
4. I will ask Amy Melinder to see if we can get the survey out to more of our community.
5. All voting will end on March 31.
The winning playground will go to the Park District Board of Commissioners in April for approval.
Equipment should arrive in July-August for installation.
We will be asking parents and staff to help us demo our current playground, which will likely happen in June.
*The swings are staying! The playground options that you see will be in the area currently occupied by the playground equipment.
Dr. Mrozik Will Be Teaching in your Child's Classroom
I scheduled myself to teach a lesson in each of our classrooms.
This is a great way for me to apply my pedagogical skill set, to gain a firsthand knowledge of work in our classrooms, it helps students see me as a teacher and not only one who handles discipline, and it allows teachers an opportunity to observe others in our great school!
My heart is in the classroom, so this is going to bring me back to the joys of teaching.
I am looking forward to this time in our classrooms!
PARCC Testing
Students are gaining comfort with the PARCC testing tools. I strongly recommend that parents sit with their child and take them through the PARCC Sample Tests. I did a portion of it (work in small increments of time) with my fourth grade daughter. She asked me to complete the rest with her. I found it to be beneficial for her.
Here are links to the PARCC Practice Tests: http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/
I recommend students take the "Computer-Based" practice test 1 and 2 for ELA and Math.
It is important that students get a good night sleep, eat a good breakfast, and arrive on time. Here are the testing dates for each grade:
Monday, April 11 - 4th and 6th grades will take ELA unit 1 at 8:30
Tuesday, April 12 - 3rd and 5th grades will take ELA unit 1at 8:30
Tuesday, April 12 - 4th grade will take ELA unit 2 at 8:30
Wednesday, April 13 - 5th grade will take ELA unit 2 at 8:30
Thursday, April 14 - 3rd and 6th grades will take ELA unit 2 at 8:30
Friday, April 15 - 4th and 5th grades will take ELA unit 3 at 8:30
Monday, April 18 - 6th grade will take ELA unit 3 at 8:30
Monday, April 18 - 4th grade will take Math unit 1 at 8:30
Tuesday, April 19 - 3rd grade will take ELA unit 3 at 8:30
Tuesday, April 19 - 5th grade will take Math unit 1 at 8:30
Tuesday, April 19 - 4th grade will take Math unit 2 at 8:30
Wednesday, April 20 - 5th grade will take Math unit 2 at 8:30
Thursday, April 21 - 3rd and 6th grades will take Math unit 1 at 8:30
Friday, April 22 - 4th and 5th grades will take Math unit 3 at 8:30
Monday, April 25 - 6th grade will take Math unit 2 at 8:30
Monday, April 25 - 4th grade will take Math unit 4 at 8:30
Tuesday, April 26 - 3rd grade will take Math unit 2
Tuesday, April 26 - 5th grade will take Math unit 4
Wednesday, April 27 - 3rd grade will take Math unit 3
Thursday, April 28 - 3rd grade will take Math unit 4
Thursday, April 28 - 6th grade will take Math unit 3
Please place these dates on your calendar at home.
A Glance at the Dates Ahead
Monday, March 14 - STP Variety Show Rehearsal
Tuesday, March 15 - No School for Students - Teacher Institute Day
Wednesday, March 16 - STP Meeting - 6:45 - Sipley LRC
Friday, March 18 - STP Variety Show - JJHS - 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 24 - End of Quarter 3
Friday, March 25 - Spring Break Begins
Monday, April 4 - Students Return From Break
Monday, April 11 - PARCC Testing Begins
Quick Note, I will be out of the building March 21 - 23 for a training.