Principal's Page
Jesse Boyd Elementary~~~~ April 15, 2017
Greetings from Dr. Rose
So many of the games were very close and came down to the last few minutes-even seconds. It reminded me of how very important it is to finish strong. We have an extremely busy few weeks; however, our teachers are not losing focus on what is most important. We will be working very hard in the next six weeks to continue to excel your students towards mastery of the goals and objectives we have for them. While we understand students will get excited with summer looming, we ask for your help in ensuring that your students finish strong and stay focused on the learning engagements that we will be providing for them in the next few weeks.
SC Ready and PASS
Due to federal and state regulations, students in third, fourth, and fifth grades in South Carolina will take the SC College-and-Career Ready Assessment (SC READY). Students in those grades will take ELA (writing and reading) and mathematics tests. Additionally, students in fourth and fifth grades will take SC Palmetto Assessments of State Standards (SCPASS) science and social studies tests.
Both SC READY and SCPASS are untimed tests. These assessments will be administered with an online-format using an IPad or desktop computer. Items on SC READY will include selected response, short answer, evidence-based selected response, and text-dependent analysis. Evidence-based selected response will require students to read a piece of text or a passage and choose the best answer from answer choices. Text-dependent analysis will require students to read a piece of text or a passage and draw upon that text for their extended written responses. Items on SCPASS will be multiple choice.
SC READY and SCPASS tests are aligned to state standards and what is taught in your child’s classroom. Please click on the following links for more information on the SC READY http://ed.sc.gov/tests/tests-files/sc-ready-files/sc-ready-spring-2017-brochure/ and SC PASS http://ed.sc.gov/tests/tests-files/scpass-files/scpass-essentials-brochure-spring-2017/ assessments. These pamphlets have been sent home as well. Please review the testing schedule below:
3rd grade:
Monday, April 17th: ELA-Day 1
Tuesday, April 18th: ELA-Day 2
Thursday, April 20th: Math
4th grade:
Monday, April 24th: ELA-Day1
Tuesday, April 25th: ELA-Day 2
Wednesday, April 26th: Field testing
Friday, April 28th: Math
Monday, May 8th: Science
Tuesday, May 9th: Social Studies
5th grade:
Monday, May 1st: ELA-Day1
Tuesday, May 2nd: ELA-Day 2
Wednesday, May 3rd: Math
Thursday, May 4th: Field Testing
Wednesday, May 10th: Science
Thursday, May 11th: Social Studies
We feel strongly that with good teaching and learning all year long the student performance on these tests will be outstanding. Our students and teachers work hard every day. We encourage our students to work diligently give their very best efforts on each of these tests. We also encourage parents to help their students get plenty of rest, be at school on time, ensure your student has a great breakfast, and send your student to school with a water and/or a snack.
Should you have any questions about the state assessments, please contact our guidance counselor, Ms. Pressley at ppressley@spart7.org
Greenville Drive All Star Reading Game
Students who qualified received a ticket VOUCHER this week. You can redeem your child's voucher by calling the Greenville Drive Box Office at 864-240-4528. While you can redeem the voucher and purchase additional tickets and the stadium the day of the game, those lines are usually very long and difficult. We HIGHLY recommend and encourage you to redeem your child's ticket in advance.
At the game your child will receive a FREE Reading All-Star T-shirt, a FREE book, and participate in a pregame Parade of Champion around Flour Field.
For more information about the Reading All Star Program, please visit their site by clicking HERE.
Conservation Caper
Breaking NEWS
.......JBE is a FINALIST FOR THE $2,500.....
PLEASE REGISTER NOW IF YOU'VE NOT DONE SO ALREADY!!!
In February, our students had a wonderful science assembly. As part of the assembly, students learned about conservation of energy. The company that provided the assembly has a contest to help the school earn money but also to receive a free energy kit at your home.
We invite you all to take the My Energy Kit Challenge:
Save 20,000 kWh by reaching 100 kit requests.
Every school that meets the challenge will automatically win $250.
Plus, our school will earn another $250 for every additional 100 kit requests. And, in June 2017, the school that has requested the MOST kits will win the grand prize of $2,500.
To request your FREE kit and credit your school:
Go to MyEnergyKit.org
OR
Call 1-855-386-9548
Spartanburg School District 7 School Wide Musical
The performance for this year will be Sister Act.
Students in grades 5K-8th grade are encouraged to audition for the "Little Angels" who will perform a dance number immediately following intermission. Please see the picture for more details.
Rising 5th grade students
Dates Coming Soon
April 19th: Early Release Day-Students dismiss at 11:30am
April 23rd: All Star Reading Game at Flour Field in Greenville-4pm
April 26th: Bruster's money due for Bruster's at lunch on April 28th
May 4th: 5th grade Fine Arts Night-6pm