End of Year Reward

On May 20th we will have an end of the year Reward for those students who earn it. We will be looking for parents who would like to help with this activity. If you are interested in helping please let the office or one of your child's teachers know and we will make sure to contact you with more information.

Pages Updated

Sorry I was late this week. Mr. Lazechko's and Mrs. Liberty's pages are now updated.

Conferences

Conferences will be held this week on Wednesday April 20th, and Thursday April 21st. The times for both nights will from 4:00 to 7:00. Please do your best to make arrangements to visit during these times. We are looking forward to talking to all of you.

Mrs. Liberty will only be available on Wednesday night. If you need to talk with her please do your best to be there on Wednesday.

ISAT's (Revised)

It is that time of year and you will find that the Idaho Standard Achievement Tests are upon us once again. Our students will begin taking these tests next week. All 6th grade students will be taking their tests on Mondays. They will test with their 1st period teacher. It does not matter if the teacher is scheduled to test later in the day, they will still go to that teacher for the test during the teacher's scheduled time. If your child misses a test they will take a make-up either later in the week or at the end of the schedule. Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday our schedule will shift slightly to accommodate the 7th and 8th grade testing schedules and we will eat lunch during their scheduled lunch times. On Thursday we will have 1st lunch and 5th and 6th periods will be held after lunch. On Tuesday and Friday 6th period will take place before lunch and 5th period after lunch. We will do our best to make sure all the students know what is going on but please be aware of this if you try to make appointments over your child's lunch break. If you have an appointment for your child scheduled for Monday please let us know so we do not have them start the test if they will be pulled out in the middle.

Please make sure your child is getting a healthy breakfast, snack & lunch to give them that burst of brain power they will need for the test. The Language test will be April 11th, the Reading test will be April 18th, and the Math will be April 25th.

Testing Times are:
8:20 - 10:20- Liberty, Worthley, & Special Ed. (1st period classes)
10:25 - 12:25- Brock, Lazechko, & Special Ed. (1st period classes)
1:00 - 3:00- Lavin, Alsager, Warwick, & Special Ed. (1st period classes)

The scores are as follows:

Language:

≥ 227               Advanced

214 – 226        Proficient

206 – 213        Basic

≤ 205               Below Basic

Reading:

≥ 223               Advanced

208 – 222        Proficient

201 – 207        Basic

≤ 200               Below Basic

Math:

≥ 231               Advanced

218 – 230        Proficient

209 – 217        Basic

≤ 208               Below Basic

Penny Wars- Bring on the Change!

Our annual Penny Wars is taking place Tuesday April 5-Friday April 8th. Funds generated are donated to the IEA Children Fund, a non-profit endowment fund. IEA members can access the funds for the needs of public school children. Examples of past uses of the fund are acquiring glasses, coats, shoes and medical supplies. In fact one year a family was provided with airfare to Seattle so a specialist could perform a medical procedure on their child. Each class competes against other classes, trying to collect the most pennies in their jar, while avoiding silver and bills (all money goes to the endowment, but silver/bills counts against a classes total). We hope you encourage your child to participate in this fun, worthwhile event that benefits the more needy children of pubic education.

Lazechko and Liberty updated

Sorry for any inconvenience last week with the blog. Both Mr. Lazechko and Mrs. Liberty's Blogs will be caught up by Tuesday morning. Please keep checking back. We appreciate you helping your child be successful in this way.

New Trimester- New Start

It is the start of our third and final trimester and we are hoping it will be the best yet. As spring is approaching, slowly but surely, we wish to remind you of a few things.  We do still have homework. Please be checking your child's work each day. Please do not hesitate to ask to see any work they might have had throughout the day. It may help to keep track of what they are doing and help prevent homework form getting missed. Even if they say they finished it, ask to see it anyway. Make it a goal for this Trimester to get at least 90% of everything turned in completed and on time.

We usually have a reward at the end of the Spring Trimester for all students who are passing their classes and have no missing work. Please encourage your child to work hard for this final trimester and try to qualify for the activity at the end. (We don't know exactly what this will look like because of budget cuts this year, but we will come up with something fun.)