This Week's Events:

October 5 - We welcome our In-Person 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders back!

Next Week's Events:

October 13 - 6:30 p.m. - Silver Springs Board of Education Mtg. (via Zoom)

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Have a great week!

Katie Booth, Principal

Students need to use devices to take the NWEA Map Growth Test. We have Chromebooks available here at school for all students to use. If you would prefer to send a device with your child to school for them to use for the assessment, you are welcome to do so. If you choose to send a laptop or Chromebook from home, we ask that you please complete the NWEA Device Readiness Check at home at least a day prior to your child's first testing session to make sure your device settings match NWEA requirements. To complete the readiness check, simply go to the NWEA Device Readiness website on the device your child will be bringing to school for testing and follow the directions provided. This site will check your device settings, and if there are any issues, it will walk you through how to change the settings needed for testing. Sending a device with your child for NWEA testing is completely optional. We have plenty of Chromebooks here in the building for all students to use for NWEA testing. Rest assured that sanitation protocols are in place to sanitize each Chromebook after they are used by students.

Kindergarten and first grade students wear headphones during NWEA testing. If you prefer your child to use their own headphones, please send them to school with your child on their testing days. Again, we will have enough headphones on hand for all students to use. The headphones are shared devices that will be sanitized between uses.

If you would like to learn more about NWEA MAP Growth Testing, please watch the NPS NWEA Screencast below. Mr. Baughman, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services, explains what NWEA is and how this assessment helps us to identify what your child is ready to learn.

We ask that during testing students have an adult nearby to help resolve technology issues. Since the purpose of NWEA is to help us to identify what your child is ready to learn, it is very important that students answer all questions on their own, without support or guidance.

Your child will take NWEA during an active Zoom session. Teachers will proctor NWEA and monitor students via Zoom. For this reason, we ask that student cameras remain on and all students keep themselves on mute throughout the testing session. All communication during NWEA will happen through the Zoom chat and will only be between students and their teacher.

Your child's teacher may choose to take students through a "Virtual Dry Run". During the dry run, teachers will take students through the process of checking their devices, accessing the NWEA website, and logging in. Students will NOT answer any NWEA questions during the dry run. It would be helpful if an adult could be on hand during the virtual dry run to support students while going through the steps. If students are successful logging in during the dry run, they are VERY likely to be able to successfully log in on their testing day.

If you would like to learn more about NWEA MAP Growth Testing, please watch the NPS NWEA Screencast below. Mr. Baughman, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services, explains what NWEA is and how this assessment helps us to identify what your child is ready to learn.

Please see the videos below:

1. How to use the Carpool Lane (8:35-8:45 a.m.)

• Morning Arrival:

  • Please pull your car all the way forward to the end of the loop, come to a complete stop, and allow students to exit the vehicle. Pulling all the way forward will help to alleviate the back up onto Silver Springs Drive, particularly on the days that it is cold, rainy, or snowy.
  • Have your child(ren) kissed and ready to exit the vehicle when you reach the unloading zone. Please stay in your car. Only children should exit the vehicle. Students should only exit the vehicle on the passenger side.
  • The second bell (tardy) rings at 8:46 a.m. and all doors will be locked.

  
  

  
  

  Afternoon Dismissal:

  • Please pull your car all the way forward to the end of the loop, come to a complete stop, and allow students to get into the vehicle. Pulling all the way forward will help to alleviate the back up onto Silver Springs Drive, particularly on the days that it is cold, snowy, or rainy.
    
  • Display your Family Name Card on the right side of your dashboard for easy recognition.
  • Pick up your child(ren) in the designated loading zone only.
  • Do not exit your vehicle to load your child(ren) as these are moving loading zones only.

  
  

  Here's to a safe and seamless arrival and dismissal.

Would your student like to be in the Silver Springs Yearbook?

We need one photo of your 5th grader from the age of birth to three years old for our “5th Grade Baby” page. It must be an individual picture of your child (no other people in the picture). Please be sure to include your child’s name when emailing the baby picture. Please submit it by Friday, October 30th.

We are also looking for any photos that you have of your child’s first day of school in 2020 - virtual or live. And any photos of them doing virtual learning at home, etc.

All images should be saved in JPG format and emailed to micklashmelissa@gmail.com.

Thank you!

Melissa Micklash