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Dear Whitehead families,
Happy New Year! I hope 2010 is a wonderful year for you and your families.
As we near the mid-way point in the school year, you should be seeing significant improvements in your child's skills. Our teachers have been working very hard on teaching all skills and standards needed for success at the next grade level.
Our CRT testing will begin in March for our 3-6 grade students. This testing is important to the school in a variety of ways. First of all, it measures growth in knowledge on our State Standards for the current school year. Secondly, it measures your child's progress from one year to the next; every year we expect positive growth in every category. Lastly, it measures all students in the state with each other on the same exam. This allows us to compare students in different districts against one set of consistent criteria. All students in the state of Nevada will be tested on the same tests around the same time of year.
It is very important that your children are not absent during our testing windows. Our school is graded on participation as well as proficiency for these tests and it is necessary that all students enrolled in our school during the testing window are assessed. Your children's teachers will be giving you specific dates and times for testing as the timeline gets closer.
We have been very fortunate at Whitehead to be a school that has met our proficiency standard every year. I expect this year to be no different, though the target increases about 14% in both Reading and Math. Some teachers are offering study classes focusing on math, reading or science skills on Saturdays and after school in order to ensure the students have the needed skills to be as successful as they can be during the tests. Please contact your child's teacher if you would like to inquire about available study sessions.
January 22nd kicks off our annual Cookie Dough fundraiser. Funds raised by this event will go toward funding our sixth grade field trip and for our library.
We are so lucky to welcome Mrs. Chatham as our PE teacher! She began working with kids this month and we will be able to have her for the remainder of the year. Thank you to the generous funding for this position from our PFA.
This March marks our 10th year anniversary with our Partner in Education; Granite Construction. We will be celebrating by having a Granite Day where students will be able to interact with the construction equipment, learn about all the things Granite does in the community and projects they are working on. We love our Partners! They provide mentors for our students, prizes for our Granite Store, lights and other equipment needed for our barbeques and carnival nights, and raffle prizes each semester. Their generous donations to our school are greatly appreciated. Please keep on the look -out for information on our Granite Celebration.
Thank you for your continued support of Jerry Whitehead Elementary!!! We can't do it without you!!!