Chimacum Elementary is committed to partnering with you to increase academic achievement, attendance, and to promote a safe and effective learning environment for all our students.

First-semester report cards are being mailed home on Friday, February 11th. On the report card, teachers report to you using a number system to provide you with information about the specific skill areas your child is progressing towards mastering. The performance levels we use to report student progress are:

• 4: Student is performing above grade level
• 3: Student is performing at grade level
• 2: Student is performing below grade level standard
• 1: Student is performing well-below grade-level standard

How is the performance level determined?

Performance levels represent how much a student has learned in relation to an end-of-year standard and achieving year-end content standards. Teachers use multiple assessment measures including the Measurement of Student Progress (MAP), Fountas & Pinnell reading, State assessments, and classroom-based assessments from grade-level curriculum to determine performance levels. Performance levels help teachers find gaps in learning and focus their instruction to meet individual students' needs and learning styles.

We report the academic achievement and progress with you over the course of the year by communicating with you as follows:

• October 28 & 29 - Parent/Teacher Conferences & progress reports for all students
• February 11 - First Semester Report Cards mailed home
• March 18 - Parent/Teacher Conferences for targeted students
• March 18 - Progress Reports (sent home with student)
• June 17 - Second Semester Report Cards mailed home

Next month, we will be using March 18th to host conferences for targeted students and this day will be a "no school day" for all students. Classroom teachers will be arranging conferences for targeted students only in a format that works for families---either by Zoom, socially distanced in-person, or by phone. If you do not receive communication from your classroom teacher by Friday, March 4 on Bloomz, an email, or a phone call, then there will not be a formal parent/teacher conference for your child on the 24th. If you would like to conference with your child's teacher, you can at anytime contact the teacher directly to arrange a conference.

Please feel free to let your child's teacher know if you have any questions regarding the report card.

One of our wonderful third-grade teachers, Michelle Moseley, recently received a grant from the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) for a refrigerated fish tank to raise Coho salmon for a place-based learning project (PBL). The grant funding was provided by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), State of Washington, which fitted us with aquarium equipment to raise Coho Salmon at our school.

The North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC) is helping us with this place-based learning project by setting up our refrigerated aquarium with 250 eyed eggs from Hurd Creek Hatchery in Sequim and coordinating the eventual release of the salmon into a local waterway.

Students in third-grade classes have voiced their interest in learning:

• "How many pounds of food do Salmon eat?" ~ Annabelle
• "How many will survive?" ~ Hank
• "Where do salmon mostly live?" ~ Karla Mia

We're very excited to receive this grant funding source so our students can learn all about the lifecycle of Coho Salmon which are native to our Chimacum Creek!

February 11 - Report Cards Mailed Home

Feb. 21 - Presidents' Day - No School

Feb. 25 - Third Grade Field Trip to Port Townsend Marine Science Center

March 9 - Coffee & Conversation with Principal Lynch for Parents & Community Members - 8:45 at CES

Mar. 9 & 10 - Early Release - 12:15

Mar. 18 - Parent Conferences (target students)

April 4 - 8 - Spring Break - No School

April 13 - Coffee & Conversation - 8:45-9:15 @ CES

May 11 - Coffee & Conversation - 8:45-9:15 @ CES

May 20 - Early Release - 12:15

May 27 - Snow Make-Up Day - No School (providing we haven't used it for snow!)

May 30 - Memorial Day - No School

June 8 - Coffee & Conversation - 8:45-9:45 @ CES

June 11 - HS Graduation

June 17 - Last Day of School - 12:15 Dismissal

Chimacum School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employee has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Civil Rights, Title IX, and Section 504 Coordinator

Melinda Miller

PO Box 278, Chimacum, WA 98325

melinda_miller@csd49.org

360-302-5886