The KOLT Connection
April 19, 2019
Upcoming Dates and Events
Tuesday, 4/23 - Substance Abuse Presentation (see info below)
Thursday, 4/25 - Coffee with the Principal, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, 4/27 - Butter and Eggs Day
Saturday, 4/27 - Dine & Donate at Chipotle, 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. (see info below)
Tuesday, 4/30 - Track League Trials, Petaluma High School, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, 5/2 - Track League Finals, Petaluma High School, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, 5/2 - Immigration Legal Workshop (see info below)
Tuesday, 5/7 & Thursday, 5/9 - Drama Class Performances (see info below)
Drug & Substance Abuse Speaker
Dine & Donate @ Chipotle
Drama Class Performance
Cameron's Collection Flyers & Bookmarks
Kenilworth is offering a new collection of resources to help support our students and their families. We are introducing a new collection of eBooks on issues related to teen mental health and wellness, with topics that include: teen depression, anxiety, stress, suicide, self-injury, bullying and more. It also offers guidance about how friends, teachers and family members can provide support. It is completely private.
Students can log in with their student Google accounts. Family members can use the password: Kolts.
Free IIBA immigration legal workshop
Thursday May 2
3 pm - 7 pm
Petaluma Health Center
1179 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma CA 94954
The International Institute of the Bay Area will be offering free Naturalization (citizenship) and DACA renewals at our upcoming legal workshops. Please see the attached flyer for more information about the May 2 workshop in Petaluma, though of course clients can register for either date by contacting the number on the flyer or by contacting me directly at 707-932-7000. Clients will receive details and directions to the site once they register.
Sincerely,
Lucy Benz-Rogers
Yearbook
Purchase your child's yearbook and make junior high memories last forever!
Ways to buy:
Go to Jostens.com
Go to the KJHS website and click on the yearbook link.
Cost: $50.00
Statewide Testing Notification
Statewide Testing Notification
California students take several mandated statewide tests. These tests provide parents/guardians, teachers, and educators with information about how well students are learning and becoming college and career ready. The test results may be used for local, state, and federal accountability purposes.
The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) tests consist of the following:
- Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Assessments
The Smarter Balanced computer adaptive assessments are aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics tests are administered in grades three through eight and grade eleven to measure whether students are on track to college and career readiness. In grade eleven, results from the ELA and mathematics assessments can be used as an indicator of college readiness.
- California Science Tests (CAST)
The computer-based CAST measures students’ achievement of the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS) through the application of their knowledge and skills of the Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts. The CAST is administered to all students in grades five and eight and once in high school (i.e., grade ten, eleven, or twelve).
- California Alternate Assessments (CAAs)
Only eligible students—students whose individualized education program (IEP) identifies the use of alternate assessments—may participate in the administration of the CAAs. Test examiners administer the computer-based CAAs for ELA, mathematics, and science one-on-one to students. Students in grades three through eight and grade eleven will take the CAA for ELA and mathematics. Test items developed for ELA and mathematics are aligned with the CCSS and are based on the Core Content Connectors.
Students in grades five and eight and once in high school (i.e., grade ten, eleven, or twelve) will take the CAA for Science. The CAA for Science embedded performance tasks are based on alternate achievement standards derived from the CA NGSS. Students taking the CAA for Science will take three embedded performance tasks in spring 2019.
• California Spanish Assessment (CSA) for Reading/Language Arts
The optional CSA for Reading/Language Arts in Spanish is aligned with the California Common Core State Standards en Español. This computer-based test allows students to demonstrate their Spanish skills in listening, reading, and writing mechanics.
Pursuant to California Education Code Section 60615, parents/guardians may annually submit to the school a written request to excuse their child from any or all of the CAASPP assessments.
English Language Proficiency Assessments for California
California will transition from the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) to the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) in 2017–18. The ELPAC is aligned with the 2012 California English Language Development Standards. It consists of two separate English Language Proficiency (ELP) assessments: one for the initial identification of students as English learners and the other for the annual summative assessment to identify students’ English language proficiency level and to measure their progress in learning English.
Physical Fitness Test
The physical fitness test for students in California schools is the FitnessGram®. The main goal of the test is to help students in starting lifelong habits of regular physical activity. Students in grades five, seven, and nine take the fitness test.
California Department of Education | August 2018