Sussex Star Burst Newsletter
Principal's Corner
Mark Your Calendars!
September 19-23- iReady Diagnostic Window
September 23- School Spirit! Wear your favorite sports team shirt
September 26- School is Closed
September 27- Start with Hello- Wear GREEN!
September 30- Spirit Day! Wear your Sussex Spirit Wear
Looking Ahead:
October 3- Week of Respect Spirit Week
October 3 & 4- NJSLA Start Strong Assessment- Grades 4 & 5
Band with Mr. Marullo
iReady Diagnostic
Welcome to the 2022-23 school year! We are so excited to be partnering with you to support your child’s learning and growth. As the school year begins, you may hear the terms “diagnostic” and “iReady” from your child or your child’s teacher. Please read below for some information about our diagnostic assessment process:
What is a “diagnostic assessment”
A diagnostic assessment is a form of pre-assessment where teachers can evaluate students' strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills before their instruction. Teachers utilize the diagnostic assessment results to plan instruction for the whole class and for small groups and individual students. In MSD, we give the diagnostic assessment three times during the school year for grades 1-5 and two times for kindergarten. For the 2022-23 school year, the diagnostic assessment windows are as follows:
Fall 2022 Window September 12- October 14
Winter 2023 Window January 9-February 10
Spring 2023 Window May 8-June 9
iReady Diagnostic
The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts questions to suit your student’s needs. Each item a student sees is individualized based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier questions. This is not to give your student a score or grade but to determine how best to support your student’s learning. Diagnostic reports are shared with parents after the administration window (see above for dates).
i-Ready Personalized Instruction
The personalized, online iReady lessons that all MSD students access are not the same as the diagnostic. These lessons are connected to your child’s diagnostic assessment results but are meant to provide students with skill and content practice based on their individual levels and needs. These lessons are fun and interactive to keep your student engaged as they learn and allow for self-paced learning and practice to complement face-to-face instruction provided by your child’s teacher.
Using the diagnostic assessment to inform high-quality face-to-face teacher instruction and individual student practice, we provide a multifaceted approach to accelerating student learning. Our teacher teams, along with administrators, carefully review results and data after each diagnostic assessment window to ensure that the needs of students who are showing strong progress and students who are showing slower progress are being met.
Please contact your child’s teacher or principal if you have any questions or would like additional information.
THE MORRIS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: 30 YEARS PROUD SERVING A 50-YEAR DISTRICT LEGACY
The Morris Educational Foundation (MEF) is proud to continue its mission of generating and distributing resources to enhance the education of the 5,700 students and 1,000 educators in the Morris School District’s 10 schools. For 30 years, the MEF has and will continue to support our District through vibrant grants, supportive tutoring, enlightening parent education and life-changing scholarship programs. Learn more about how the MEF works to enrich and inspire the academic pursuits of all our students by clicking here. With you, our community, we make exceptional education extraordinary.
Click on this link to view a video about what the MEF does for you!
Parking Lot Traffic Pattern
The Sussex Home and School Association (HSA)
Be sure to register on the HSA (Home School Association) website. The HSA website is one-
stop-shopping for the school calendar, spirit wear store, latest announcements, and more!
https://sussexavenuehsa.membershiptoolkit.com/
Please read this week's HSA newsletter. The HSA has many exciting things on the horizon to support our school. You can find the HSA eblast by clicking the link. SussexEBLAST