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February 17, 2020
CELEBRATE V-DAY RALLY
ANNOUNCEMENTS
STAFF ONLY:
- Q3 Conference Invites: Are you ready for conferences? They are just around the corner! Q3 invites should be sent to your Advisory families by Mon Feb 24.
- Run for Rhett: Do you wanna do a little joggy jog? Maybe a walky walk? Support a local organization? Support our Pirate babies running their 2nd 5k of the year? Join the NP3 Run for Rhett action team and enrichment on Sun Mar 29 for a 5k at Sac City College! All the schools will be there! http://www.runbecauseyoucan.org/
Natomas 5K: Do you wanna do another joggy jog? Maybe another walky walk? Support our Natomas community? Support all the Pirates running local? Join the NP3 team in a Sat morning of fun! More info is listed in the family section below.
Trash Pick-Up Schedule: Tue Feb 18: Bjorkman & Hanson; Wed Feb 19: Silas & Kons and Fri Feb 21: Williamson & Larin.
6th SOM: The next one is Feb 21. Woot!
ELPAC Testing: EL students will be pulled Feb 18, Feb 19 & Feb 24 for individual and/or group testing. Group testing will be approximately 2-3 hours while individual testing will be approximately 20-30 min. We will email you prior to testing so you know when to send kids. PLEASE keep the times your emailed handy so they're followed to avoid test admin wasting precious minutes to make individual calls. Click here to view the testing doc.
WASC: WASC IS COMING! Feb 23-Feb 26. We will be hosting the WASC team and they will be visiting classes, asking all of us Qs and pulling Ss to ask Qs as well. Their job is check in on all the awesome things we said we do! Their visit begins on Sun afternoon with our NP3 Board and administrators and continues through Wed. The team always reports their findings with us, which will be shared on Thur morning Feb 27. Yea WASC!
Staff Feedback Survey: We want to hear your thoughts about our schools. Please complete this short survey, it should take no more than 10 minutes. Your feedback will help us to plan how we use our resources to continue to make NP3 a great place to learn. This survey is an important part of our work to make the best use of limited state resources to make our schools the best they can be. It is also part of the State of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) that schools annually review their progress to make decisions about the best way to support students as part of a new 3-year LCAP for 2020 through 2023. Know that your feedback will make an impact on the allocation of resources for our schools. There are no right or wrong answers, it is your opportunity to share your thoughts about what makes NP3 great and what else we can do to make NP3 even better.
PARENTS & FAMILIES:
- Parent and Family Survey: We want to hear your thoughts about our schools. Please complete this short survey, it should take no more than 10 minutes. Your feedback will help us to plan how we use our resources to continue to make NP3 a great place to learn.This survey is an important part of our work to make the best use of limited state resources to make our schools the best they can be. It is also part of the State of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) that schools annually review their progress to make decisions about the best way to support students as part of a new 3-year LCAP for 2020 through 2023. Know that your feedback will make an impact on the allocation of resources for our schools. There are no right or wrong answers, it is your opportunity to share your thoughts about what makes NP3 great and what else we can do to make NP3 even better.
- ELPAC Testing: Students identified as English Language Learners begin their summative ELPAC testing in the coming weeks. If your student is an English Language Learner, click here to view our parent letter. To find more information about ELPAC, click here to visit our website. If you have additional questions about ELPAC, please contact your student's counselor.
- Multicultural Festival: We're on the way to our annual multicultural festival and not only should this date be saved because it's an awesome K-12 event of celebrating each other, but we'd love your help if you're available. That's right! We have spaces available for adults to come and help out - there are a variety of options! The multicultural festival is scheduled for Fri Mar 6 5:00pm-8:00pm on the MS/HS campus. Contact Lindsay for more information at lanzelc@natomasunified.org.
- Yearbooks: 2019-20 yearbooks are on sale now for $25! Order yours online here and search Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle School. There are a limited number of yearbooks available so order yours now!
- Q3 Dance: Our Q3 dance is on Feb 28 from 3:30-5:30. Tickets will be sold the week of Feb 24 for $3 at lunch and $5 at the door. Please pick up your student at 5:30 in the NP3 parking lot.
- Pennies for Patients: Student Govt is running their annual Pennies for Patients drive to help raise money for the Sacramento Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Advisory classes will be collecting money/coins for the drive Feb 4- Feb 28. Please click here to visit our fundraising page and donate online.
- Outdoor Club Field Trip: Feb 22 Outdoor Club will spend the day learning about caves at Black Chasm Cavern. Please see Ms. Marinkovich or Ms. Phillips if you would like to join the trip! The deadline to turn in permission slips is Fri Feb 14.
- Spider Verse Movie and Art Night: The Pop Culture action team would like to invite all students to watch Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse on Fri Feb 21 from 3:15-5:15 in Mr. Rollins' room. There will be an art competition while the movie is playing where students can draw an original Spider-Man character. Popcorn and candy will be sold. YASSS! Gooooo ACTION TEAMS!
- Zoo Escape Room: The Event Planning action team is hosting a zoo themed escape room from 3:10-4:10 on Wed Feb 26. Students will be in groups of 4-6 and will try to solve a series of riddles to exit the room. This is a free event and all middle school students are welcome. Students should check in at Ms. Holdredge's room, 202 the day of the event. Another RAD action team event! Yasssss PIRATES!
- Natomas 5k: Save the date! Sat April 25 NP3 will participate by running/walking in the Natomas 5k "Run for Their Future" at Inderkum HS. ALL NP3 students will be sponsored. Click here to register your student for free and use the promo code "NP320" when checking out. If you would like to run with your student, there is a $25 fee per runner/walker. This is a fun community event for all ages and the proceeds will be used by the Natomas Foundation to help students within the Natomas community. We hope to see you there!