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Alamo Elementary Weekly Newsletter - May 13, 2019
Important Dates
May 13 - Field Day T-Shirt order due
May 13 - Girls on the Run
May 13 - Boy on the Move
May 13 - Board of Education meeting @ Otsego High School Choir room, 7:00 p.m.
May 14 - Tots N' Tunes @ 9:30 a.m.
May. 14 - 1st & 3rd grade Reading Assessments
May 14 - Destination Imagination
May 15 - Girls on the Run
May 15 - Boys on the Move
May 16 - Student Council Pool Party, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
May 16 - Destination Imagination
May 17 - 5th grade Track & Field Day @ Bulldog Stadium, 11:00 a.m.
May 17 - 3rd grade to Fredrick Meijer Gardens
Alamo PRIDE
Responsible Actions - Sophia Graybeal & Audrey Lingbeek
Integrity WIthin - Devin Duong & Katelyn Ramsey
Determination to Succeed - Audrey Lingbeek & Luka Gregor
Expect Excellence - Lincoln Williams & Sydney Simmons
Grandparent's Day 2019
Super Books
Attention 5th grade families
Kick-off your 1st year at OMS with the 6th grade Camp!
The middle school is looking forward to meeting their new students and has reserved Monday, August 6th for their 6th Grade Camp Kickoff – “Building a Better Bulldog!” Camp will be held at OMS August 14, 2019. The cost is $20 and is due to your 5th grade classroom teacher by June 1st. Please click on THIS LINK for additional information and to register your student.
Be sure to mark your calendars. Your student won’t want to miss this event!
Field Day - Save the Date
Book Drive
Lost & Found
M-Step Testing Underway
2019 Michigan Department of Education Testing Updates
Students in grades 3 – 8 and 11 will be assessed on Michigan’s current content standards in English language arts (ELA), mathematics, science, and social studies. This year, the M-Step (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress) will be given April 8th through May 31st in an on-line format.
The following is important information regarding this test and your child’s participation.
All components of the test will be given on–line. It is a computer based test.
· Grades 3, 4 and 5 will be tested in ELA (reading, writing & listening comprehension) and Mathematics.
· Grade 5 will be tested in Science and in Social Studies.
Testing will consist of an on-line test and will be administered within the following guidelines:
1. Online Test Session:
· The Online Test Session may be administered in 1 session with a scheduled break (not to exceed 20 minutes) or in 2 separate sessions of equal length (45 minutes each for grades 3‐5 and 60 minutes each for grades 6-8 and 11) on the same day.
· Breaks may be provided during test sessions using the software’s pause feature.
· Although the Online Test Session is not timed, schools should allow about 1.5 hours of testing time for students in grades 3‐5 and 2 hours for students in grades 6‐8 and 11.
State Testing Window for M-Step is as follows:
· The 5th grade Science assessment will consist of one 45 minute session.
· The 5th grade Social Studies assessment will consist of two 30 minute sections (total of 1 hour).
· The State testing windows for the M-Step assessment is as follows:
o Grades 5 ............ April 8th – May 3rd
o Grades 3 & 4...... April 29th – May 24th
Congratulations to our 5th graders for finishing their last assessment last week.
Each school is scheduling these assessments individually; a schedule for Alamo Elementary is below.
5/21 - 3rd grade Math
5/23 - 3rd grade Math
5/21 - 4th grade Math
5/23 - 4th grade Math
The test will be administered in the classroom using the Chromebooks.
For further information on this upcoming computer based assessment of student achievement, please visit: http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-22709_70117---,00.html.
A Practice Test for students can also be found at: https://wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/mi/
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT STUDENTS ARE IN ATTENDANCE THE DAYS OF TESTING!
Alamo WatchD.O.G.S. ROCK!
We still need a WatchDOG for:
/W/Th - May 13th, 15th, 16th
Register to be a WatchDOG and sign up by clicking on the link at VolunteerSpot: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/1998773/false#/invitation
Remind for Alamo Parents
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Upcoming Important Dates
May 22 - School Store
May 23 - School Store
May 23 - Kindergarten to Grand Rapids Children's Museum
May 23 – Girls on the Run 5K
May 29 – Last Delayed Start
May 31 – 5th Graders to OMS
May 31 - 1st grade to John Ball Zoo
May 31 - Kindergarten Celebration @ 3:00 p.m.
June 7 – Alamo Field Day @ 9:00 a.m. at Bulldog Stadium
June 11 – 5th Grade Recognition @ 10:30 a.m.
June TBA – End of the Year Assembly
Alamo Elementary
Email: nknight-lucas@otsegops.org
Website: www.otsegops.org
Location: 8184 North 6th Street, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Phone: (269) 694-7600