Wood Weekly
For the week of Jan. 6-10
Week at a Glance
7 Tuesday: 5th grade field trip to DIA/Mrs. VandeKerkhove will visit in the afternoon. We will try to visit all classrooms.
Staff Meeting 3:30-4:30
9 Thursday: Academic Blitz (see below)
Academic Blitz!
Ready, set, Academic Blitz! Plan early for success.
The Academic Blitz is an opportunity for all UCS families to find out more about the extensive portfolio of opportunities and programs available to students through its schools.
The featured informational sessions are designed for elementary to high school students and help parents develop a plan that best fits their student’s needs. Topics include Advanced Placement opportunities, Specialty Programs and separate sessions on preparing for junior high, high school and college.
The Academic Blitz, created 13 years ago by the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Board, was developed to ensure parents knew of the district’s available secondary services and programs open to all students.
At the event, families can select up to three sessions to attend and visit a series of informative booths. District administrators, building principals and staff are also onsite and available to parents.
Join us for this year’s Academic Blitz scheduled for Thursday, January 9, 2020 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Henry Ford II High School, 11911 Clinton River Road in Sterling Heights.
More information, please visit http://www.uticak12.org/academicblitz.
Winter NWEA Testing
All elementary students will participate in the winter NWEA assessment. The winter assessment window for K-3 Reading runs from Monday, January 6 until Friday, January 31, 2020. The winter assessment window for 4-6 Reading, K-6 Math and 3-6 Science runs from Monday, January 6 until Friday, February 7, 2020.
Students in grades K-2 will need one 50-minute period for Reading and another 50-minute period for Mathematics. Students in grades 3-6 will need three 60-minute periods in order to complete the Reading, Science, and Mathematics assessments. Testing should follow district testing protocols. Through collaboration with your teachers, a testing schedule should be created.
Multiple support documents are located in the Curriculum Common folder under NWEA to assist in setting up test sessions, proctoring tips and reporting resources. It is highly recommended that teachers review these support documents prior to administering the assessments.
Prior to testing, please confirm that computers being utilized for NWEA testing have the lock-down browser and are fully charged. Please launch the browser to ensure that the student log in page appears. If this does not occur, please contact the Help Desk.