Avoca West News
Week of March 20, 2023
Spring Conferences - Wednesday & Thursday
Thursday's Conferences will all be ON ZOOM.
Enjoy the time together talking through your student's progress and goals as we finish out the 2022-2023 school year.
Caregiver Input will be invited for next year's sectioning beginning in April. Please dedicate your time with this year's teacher to discuss this year. While our teachers help with forming balanced classes for next year, they do NOT see who those teachers are. No specific requests for teachers should be made at conferences as those requests will not be honored in our sectioning process.
State Testing Begins in April
Our 3rd through 5th graders will take part in the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) when we return from break. The online assessment gauges each student's mastery of grade level standards for both ELA (English Language Arts) and Math.
TESTING will take place the MORNINGS OF April 10th-14th.
How can you help? Please make sure your student:
- Gets a good night's sleep and plenty to eat each morning. A well rested and fed brain and body does wonders!
- A full water bottle -- which is hopefully a part of your child's practice already.
- A fully charged iPad. We cannot delay the start of the test due to iPads left at home or not ready to go for the full testing time (~90 minutes). If you student is not here and ready to start at the time of the test, they will not be admitted to the testing session after it's begun and will need to miss instruction for makeups.
Thanks for your help in making this mandatory assessment a smooth one for us all!
HELP!!! We Need More Responses!!
Results from the 5E Survey provide a guide to help schools know what they can do to improve or strengthen their school. We currently have only an 11% parent response rate. In order to receive feedback data we need a 25% response rate. Please help by taking this today.
Link for parents to take the survey: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/Head to http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/ and select/find Avoca West. Thank you!
Calendar Reminders -- Spring Break Return for Students
Calling all Kindergartners!
Kindergarten Registration & Information
In case you missed our incoming Kindergarten Information Night, you can find the recording HERE. Registration has officially begun for our new students. Feel free to stop or reach out to the Avoca West for paperwork and additional information about what's needed for new student registration. You can also find that information on our District Website along with needed forms.
Nurture Diversity -- Ramadan
Please know that our EL team has already begun connecting with students to find out who will be fasting this month. Lunch/recess and PE supports are being addressed on an individual basis to provide an optimal and supportive learning environment for each student. If you have any questions please email Mrs. Hutchison at hutchisonj@avoca37.org.
Student Spirit Assembly -- Connecting Through Differences
Upcoming Calendar Reminders
Wednesday, March 22nd -- Half Day Students (11:45am dismissal)
- 3:00-7:00 IN PERSON Conferences
Thursday, March 23rd -- Half Day Students (11:45 dismissal)
- 3:00-7:00 VIRTUAL (online) Conferences
April 4th -- Students Return (Tuesday!)
April 7th -- NO SCHOOL
April 10th - April 14th -- 3rd-5th Grade IAR Testing (each morning)
April 13th -- 6pm -- Spring Choir Concert
April 26th -- 6pm -- Advanced Suzuki Concert
For future dates, see the Avoca West and District calendars on our website!
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Website: http://avoca37.org/avocawest/
Location: 235 Beech Drive, Glenview, IL, United States
Phone: 847-724-6800
Twitter: @AvocaWest37