Sixth Grade Newsletter
January 11 - January 15, 2016
Important Dates!
January 18th - Holiday - NO School
January 19th - Workday
January 20th - Workday
January 25th - Report Cards
February 3rd - Field Trip - Class Productions for Students - Freedom Train
February 9th - PDQ Night 5:00-9:00
February 15th - Workday
March 8th - PDQ Night 5:00-9:00
March 23rd - Field trip—Catawba Science Center
March 25th - Workday
March 28th - Holiday - NO SCHOOL
March 29th - Annual Leave
March 30th - Annual Leave
March 31st - Annual Leave
April 1st - Annual Leave
April 8th - Spring Pictures
April 12th - PDQ Night - 5:00-9:00
April 14th - TLIM - Leadership Day
May 6th - Workday
May 10th - PDQ Night 5:00-9:00
May 30th - Holiday - NO SCHOOL
June 1st - EOG Testing
June 1st - BLT Mtg
June 2nd - EOG Testing
June 8th - Faculty Mtg
June 9th - TA Mtg 7:30 am
June 9th - Last Day for Students
June 10th - Workday
June 13th - Workday
June 14th - Report Cards
Cold Weather and Recess!
Inclement Weather Information!
DURING EXTREMELY BAD WEATHER, IT MAY BECOME NECESSARY TO CLOSE SCHOOL.
Follow these suggestions:
1. Connect messages will be sent to your primary phone number.
2. Watch T.V., listen to the radio and/or check the Catawba County web page:
www. catawbaschools.net
3. Announcements will be made in late evening or early morning.
4. Delayed openings are used when warmer weather is predicted.
5. No announcement means school as usual.
6. The school will follow the instructions provided by parents on the inclement weather sheet for your child’s transportation.
THERE WILL BE NO AFTER-SCHOOL CARE ON DAYS WHEN SCHOOL IS DISMISSED FOR BAD WEATHER. If the school has not received special instructions from you, the child will be dismissed as usual (car or bus). We do not have phone lines to support individual calls so parents must make plans other than to be called. If your plans change during the year, please let the homeroom teacher know as soon as possible.
New Twitter Account
@blackburncats
New Homework Policy Starting January 21, 2016
Blackburn Elementary School
Sixth Grade New Homework Policy
We are half way through sixth grade, part of our job is to prepare and transition students to the middle school. As a result, we have collaborated to create a consistent policy concerning homework.
This policy does not apply to special projects that may be assigned by teachers in any given class. If a project is assigned a note requiring a parent signature will be sent home.
- This policy starts over every nine week grading period.
- Each student will have the following number of homework passes to use during a nine week grading period:
- 3 passes for math class
- 3 passes for language arts class
- 1 passes for content area classes (i.e.: science and social studies)
- In order to use a homework pass, the work assigned must be completed and turned in the next day. After that the assignment will be counted as a zero. A homework pass is not a “free pass” from doing the work. The pass simply allows the student to turn the work late and still get credit. For google classroom assignments the homework pass must be submitted to the teacher with the assignment written on the homework pass. Again the homework pass is due the next day or the assignment will remain a zero.
- A student may use one homework pass per assignment. For example the student may not use more than one homework pass on clipboard math for the week. They cannot use 2 homework passes to extend their turn in day for 2 days.
- If a student uses all homework passes in a nine week grading period, all late work after that is counted as a zero.
- If, at the end of the nine week grading period, a student has no zeros on homework and still has unused homework passes, that student may turn those passes in for a for extra credit.
- Please be aware that if a student loses a homework pass, no replacements will be given out. Students should take great care in ensuring that passes are secure at all times.
- Students will have one make-up day for each consecutive day they are absent. Students must make up all work missed if they are to receive credit. (example: two consecutive days absent=two days to make up the work). Homework passes do not need to be used to turn this work in.
The Leader in Me
Habit 1 : Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Teacher Emails:
Attalissa_Henson@catawbaschools.net
Katie Lunsford
Katie_Lunsford@catawbaschools.net
Lori Westerfield
Lori_Westerfield@catawbaschools.net
Eileen Wilson
Eileen_Wilson@catawbaschools.net