Canaan Elementary School
March 2024
Principal's Notes
NH SAS Testing
The New Hampshire Statewide Assessments (NH SAS) are administered for English language arts/writing (ELA), math, and science. These assessments are aligned to the New Hampshire standards. Students in grades 3-8 take the ELA and math assessments; science assessments are administered in grades 5, 8, and 11. At CES, grades 3 & 4 will take the writing test in March and the Math & Reading tests in May.
NWEA MAP Test
Grades 1-4 will take the NWEA MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) tests in Math and Reading in May. MAP is a computerized adaptive assessment that measures your child's knowledge of reading and math. All students are asked the same number of questions, but the difficulty of each question is based on how well a student answers all the previous questions. The results from the NWEA tests provide teachers with accurate, actionable evidence to help inform instructional strategies regardless of how far students are above or below grade level.
A Note From Your School Nurse
MEDICATIONS AT SCHOOL...REMINDER
Medications must be brought to school and picked up by a parent, guardian or other adult designee.
No more than a 30 day supply can be stored in the Nurse's Office.
Any unused medication shall be picked up by a parent, guardian or adult designee
within 10 days of its discontinued use.
Must be delivered to appropriate school personnel in its original pharmacy container
and include:
- Medication Name
- Child's Name
- Dose to be administered
- Time of administration of medication
- Route of administration
- Reason for medication
- Parent permission to administer medication at school.***
**A copy of this protocol along with the Parent Permission to Treat form can be found on the Nurse's webpage....Go to the CES website, click 'Our Students', scroll to the bottom and click 'Nurse'. If you haven't yet visited the Nurse's webpage, please take a look. You'll find forms and lots of helpful information on the site.
READ ACROSS AMERICA
CES Read Across America Week - March 11th - 15th
Monday - Dress in animal prints
Tuesday - Dress like a friend
Wednesday - Dress in a silly outfit
Thursday - Dress in a sports themed outfit
Friday - Dress in school colors!
Fresh Picks Café is getting in on the fun!
Upcoming Events
Early Release = March 28th
No School - Teacher Workday = March 29th
Scholastic Book Fair and STEAM Night = April 2nd
CES PTA
Little Caesars
Your student should have received the 2024 Little Caesars Fundraiser sales flyer and information letter. This fundraiser will run until March 18th.
Money raised through this fundraiser will support the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) program at CES where VINS educators work with our teachers to plan & enhance science lessons. VINS is located in Quechee, VT and their mission is: "Motivating individuals and communities to care for the environment through education, research, and avian wildlife rehabilitation". To learn more about VINS please see their website, https://vinsweb.org/.
If you would like to contribute to the fundraiser without purchase of Little Caesars products you can send in a check made payable to CES-PTA.
Upcoming Summer Camps!
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Volunteer Information
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