MSTEP

This was just posted by the state which contains many practice sets for the M-STEP.  The chart illustrates the kind of practice available for a particular system.  At this point- you should focus on those practices labeled as “Chrome”.  This will work awesome on the chrome books, but you would have to use the chrome browser in the lab if you practice there.  Internet explorer and safari do not function with this program.  Please read the information below, their data showed that schools that used the practice sets last time showed good data in the test.

 

Coming up at Arno..

Feb. 1

Parent, Student, and Staff survey window begins

Texas Roadhouse fundraiser kickoff Grades K-4

Medical Meetings- Sandy 10:00

Feb. 2

Science training 2nd grade all day

Feb. 3

Science training 3rd grade all day

Feb. 4

AXA Equitable reps will be here during lunch if you would like to meet with them 11:00-1:00

ICC 4:00

PTA Meeting 6:30

Feb. 5

No events

Feb. 6 (Saturday)

Arno Fun Fair 11:00-2:00

 

Board Appreciation Month Video

Thank you Board of Education-

 

Dear APPS Staff and Community Members,

January is School Board Recognition Month – a time to salute the work of our elected School Board Members and to celebrate public education. The theme, “School Boards Lead” reflects our combined commitment to leadership and accountability assuring that ALL children succeed.

As a state, Michigan has faced many challenges, but the key to a brighter future is a strong public education system. Public education is the backbone of American society, and local school boards are deeply rooted in U.S. tradition. It’s the foundation on which our democracy was built. The Allen Park Board of Education continues to do the most important work of the community – that of educating our youth.

School Board Members in Allen Park Public Schools develop policies and make tough decisions that help shape the future of our education system. Their job is to ensure schools are accountable to the community and strongly advocate for continuous improvement in student learning. They bear responsibility for an annual budget of $35.6 million, 3,800 students, 428 employees and six buildings. They are citizens whose decisions affect our children and build our community.

Showing appreciation for the important work of school boards should be a year round process, but too often we neglect to recognize the dedication and hard work of these men and women who represent us. We are asking all members of the community to take a moment and thank a School Board Member.

At the Board of Education Meeting on January 25, Allen Park High School and Allen Park Community School staff and students will play the lead role in honoring the Members of the Board of Education this year. APHS and APCS Art, Industrial Arts and Life Management students are creating a special gift for Board Members and the Allen Park High School Jazz Band will perform a few musical selections.

Thank you to the men and women who dedicate countless personal hours to ensure the needs of our community are met by our public schools. We salute the public servants of APPS whose dedication and civic responsibility make local control of public schools in our community possible. We applaud them for their vision and voice to prepare today’s students to be tomorrow’s leaders.

The men and women serving the Allen Park Public School District are: Mr. Guy DesJardins, Dr. Janine Hall, Mr. Paul Klenczar, Mrs. Margaret Marten, Mr. Gordon Miller, Mr. Rick Moynihan and Mrs. Julie Sheppard. 

Sincerely,

John J. Sturock, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools

 

Parent/Teacher Conferences (from Parent blog)

Winter conferences are coming up quick on February 10 and 11 from 5:00-7:30 each night.  This conference is slightly different in that not every family generally attends, but is still open as an option for all who would like a conference with the teacher.  Some fast facts:

1. If your classroom teacher is requesting a conference with you, you will receive a notice by Feb. 4.

2. If you did not receive a notice from the teacher, you may still request a conference with the teacher OR decide that you don’t feel a conference is necessary at this time.

3. All classroom links will come from the teacher and be live on the Feb. 5 blog release to sign up for a time on signupgenius for those who need to attend conferences.

Once again, please do not sign up for a slot on signupgenius if a conference is not needed at this point.

 

Perception Surveys

All surveys for this year’s SIP- parent, student, and teacher will be made available on Feb. 1.  The perception surveys will remain open the first two weeks of the month, with the closing of all surveys on Feb. 12.

– The blog and email blast will advertise for the parent surveys, with links, computers will be set up on both conf. nights for those wishing to do it on the spot

– The student link will be on bookmark bar on all chrome books (as well as the lab).

Once the surveys begin, please be sure to organize a time for your class to complete it online.

The staff survey is now open at:

http://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/269/20337

 

Class Dojo Mindset video

When you have an opportunity, please show this short mindset video from Class Dojo.  There will be a series of them and I will get them into the blog as they are available.  These are in line with the B B in the main hall.

 

SIP

We had a great working session at our SIP meeting this past Tuesday, as we tackled the interim self-assessment and completed it.  This year’s assessment is very important in that it will be the one used for the upcoming external state review.  Participants reviewed a section of the doc, discussed last year vs. this year and made determinations to either add, delete, or leave answers the same.  We then had our groups log this into the system and we will submit sometime next month- 1 down!

We have the SIP Data team meeting this week to look at m-step data, DRA and NWEA.  They will have the task of completing some areas of the School Data Analysis Document, in preparation of the main SIP plan

M-STEP

Not much new on the m-step front.  At some point soon I will be sitting down with each grade level and looking at building that test schedule, which will work well with our many carts.  I’ll keep you updated as info come out.

 

Mid-Year Review

As we make our way into February, I will need everyone to set up a time with me to go over the mid-year review in relation to your goals you wrote in the fall.  Please review the docs below and arrange a time to meet me with Feb 29 being the end date for all to be complete.

MidTerm Evaluation Checklist 2014-15

Mid-Year Evaluation Reflection 2014-15-2

Walkthrough obs will resume in March with full completion of the cycle by May

 

Arno Olympics

A big Shout-Out to Nicole for running another fun Arno Olympics!  It was great to see such a large crowd out on a late January night to compete for bragging rights in golf, ring toss, and hockey to name a few.  In the end, it seemed that the kids were always coming up the winners!  Thanks Nicole for organizing all of this, the families had a great time!

 

Spirit Week

Calling all Arno spirit!!! Please read the flyer below for more information on our upcoming Spirit Week and our ending activity- Pie in the Face

Monday: Spirit wear- Students may wear their Arno or Allen Park spirit wear

Tuesday: Pirates and Princesses- Students may dress as pirates or princesses. No weapons allowed

Wednesday: Inside out- Students may wear their clothes inside out.

Thursday: Rainbow- Each grade level wears a t-shirt of a designated color

K- Red     1- Orange     2- Yellow     3- Green     4- Blue      5- Purple

Friday: Tropical- Students may wear school appropriate, tropical attire.

Our Pie in the Face assembly will take place in the gym on Friday, Feb. 12th K-2 @2:30-3:00, 3-5 @1:30-2:00

2016 Staff Spirit Week Info

 

**If you read this far, comment here by Monday 2/1 for a free 30 minute prep coupon

 

Texas Fundraiser

Just a reminder that the Texas Roadhouse roll fundraiser starts on Monday.  The timeline is below, all proceeds go towards our purchase of kindles for the lower elem.

Fundraiser Timeline

February 1- February 12 Fundraiser Sale

February 19 All money due

February 29- March 4 Come to Arno to pick up your voucher

March 7-March 18 Window to pick up rolls at the restaurant.  Your voucher will specify the date

Spring (winter) Book Fair

Our spring/winter book fair will be taking place the week of Feb. 8, with a Groovy theme!  The book fair will also be open on some special days that week including Feb. 6 (Fun Fair) and Feb. 10 and 11- the nights of parent/teacher conferences.  Please stop by and browse all of the great books that Scholastic offers.  This is a PTA sponsored event with proceeds going to the Arno PTA.

 Have a great week Cougars!

 

 

Coming up at Arno…

January 25

MTSS Forms meeting @ Riley- Cathy and Steve 12:30

MTSS Committee meeting 4:00 Lisa, Jennifer, Steve

January 26

Principal meeting 9:00

SIP 3:45

Middle School Parent Orientation 6:30

January 27

PTSA Council meeting 7:00

January 28

CPI training p.m. for team members

SIP Data Team meeting 1:00

Math Comm meeting 4:00

January 29

End of the first Semester (Half-way there!)

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Thank you to all of our staff for your great work at last Friday’s Professional Development day.  We know that the work is challenging and can often feel like it is leading us in circles.  A few concerns have been raised related to why we could not have waited to begin the creation of common assessments until we decided on a math series.  The simple answer to that is because we can not afford another year without data on how our students are progressing towards the standards we have determined to be most important.  Now, this comes with strings attached, of course, as we are doing our best to create assessments that we have now realized need constant revision.  In addition, we have determined that the math series that is ultimately selected may impact the pacing of the power standards (slightly or majorly, depending on the final outcome).

There is no question that our students are receiving better instruction from more well-informed teachers who are much more familiar with the Common Core Standards in each grade level.  The fact that you are able to discuss the need for an amendment in the pacing and/or assessment means that you are constantly reflecting on your practice, and adjusting based on information you have.  That is not to say that the process is easy.  It is clearly not.  For this reason, please let me know how I can support you in this process.  Here are some resources in which you can take your common assessment, use a web resource to insert an answer key, and then give the test on Chromebooks, if appropriate.  This could give you the kind of instant data you are all looking for.

http://www.socrative.com/

http://www.fiftysneakers.com/

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/03/seven-good-student-response-systems.html

 

More SIP…

It’s official now, the State has informed us of their intended visit to our district next school year (most likely late fall) connected with our school improvement.   The purpose of the External Review is to provide our district with powerful insights and feedback to enhance our improvement efforts. Although we are at just the start of looking a the process, the overview is below.  One of the biggest keys to success is the involvement of all staff in school improvement initiatives and meetings.  For that reason, I highly encourage you to participate in the final SIP meetings of this school year, especially the meetings where decisions are being made like our upcoming January meeting where we will be working on our Interim Self-Assessment- a document that will be the most current for our review.  Hope to see you there on the 26th. 

Key Components of a Typical External Review Schedule:

1. Evening Before Review (or early morning of the review): Team meeting for orientation (2-3 hours)

2. Activities During Review System Overview and Standards Presentations •

-Superintendent provides general orientation to team •

– System personnel provide brief presentation on the system’s adherence to each of the five standards and highlight key artifacts related to the Standard Interviews •

3. Team interviews system leadership and improvement team, Governing Body Members, parents, building administrators and community members. Additional time may be allocated for interviews with support staff and students. (Each interview lasts approximately 45 minutes.)

4. Artifact Review • Team reviews system artifacts (this occurs on an ongoing basis)

Observations at Schools Selected for Visits

-Principal and/or designee provides an instructional tour of the school • Team conducts classroom observations • Team makes general observations throughout the review

5. Professional Deliberations

-Team meets to examine the data collected and reach consensus regarding the team’s findings

6. Meeting with the Superintendent

– Prior to the delivery of the Exit Report, the Lead Evaluator meets with the Superintendent to review the team’s findings and discuss the team’s required actions

7. Exit Report

– Lead Evaluator provides Exit Report to system’s stakeholders at the conclusion of the review

 

Texas Roadhouse

As you may know, 5th grade has taken on a targeted fundraiser for 5th grade parents for Texas Roadhouse rolls.

Playing piggyback to them, we are going run the same fundraiser starting in Feb. for grades K-4 with March pickups before Easter.  The timeline is on the letter I wrote below, please help us to facilitate this as best you can with getting forms and money gathered.  All of the proceeds will go towards equipping the lower el with additional Kindles this year.  The only difference between 5th grade and the K-4 version is that we will be giving vouchers to the restaurant for parents to pick up the rolls as we cannot house such a quantity, if it does well.  Forms should be in your boxes the last week of Jan.  Let me know what questions you have, this is an office run event- not PTA.

Dear Parents,

In our 21st century classrooms, integrating technology into the curriculum helps to prepare all of our Arno students for college and career down the road.  Currently our building has a chromebook cart for our mid-upper grades, with lower grades(K-2) relying on a mix of chromebooks and a limited number of classroom Kindles to enhance their literacy program.  This school year, we are attempting to purchase more Kindles to bring the ratio of student devices in K-2 to 2 kids for every 1 device, opening up the way we can deliver classroom instruction, intervention, and enrichment.   The PTA has been Amazing in their help to meet our technology requests, but this request will stretch PTA’s budget.  Therefore, we have partnered with Texas Roadhouse to offer you a “Roadhouse Rolls” fundraiser, which will go directly to the purchase of Kindle devices in grades K-2.  some highlights of the fundraiser are below:

 

• The fifth grade is running their own version of this fundraiser for 5th grade camp.  This fundraiser included on this sheet is for K-4 families and will go to technology purchase for the building.  
• The fundraiser allows you to purchase as many dozen Texas Roadhouse rolls that you would like.  Each dozen roll is $6.00, with $3.00 going right back to the school.  
• You will actually not pick up any rolls at Arno.  The purchase is for a voucher that is good for a dozen frozen rolls (that you can bake when you want), and includes a free appetizer with meal purchase (up to $6.00),
• You will receive one voucher for every dozen rolls purchased
• We request that only 1 family member pick up the entire order of vouchers that your child sold
• Voucher pickup will be during the week of February 29- March 4
• Roll pickup will start the following week at the restaurant.  You will have a specific date you can go pick up the rolls and you will have up to 4 months following that date to do so.

The restaurant address is at 14660 Pardee Rd.  Taylor, MI

Fundraiser Timeline

February 1- February 12 Fundraiser Sale

February 19 All money due

February 29- March 4 Come to Arno to pick up your voucher

March 7-March 18 Window to pick up rolls at the restaurant.  Your voucher will specify the date

NCI TEAM (Non-violent Crisis Intervention)

As we all know, there are sometimes situations when we must deal with a student who is displaying behavior that could be considered a danger to themselves, staff,  or their classmates.  In this instance, traditionally someone was called down to the room to get the student.  This is not, however, the best recommended way to deal with a situation.  In response to issues we are currently facing or may face in the future, we have a trained,organized team now to respond to any high needs situation, our call sign is NCI TEAM.

You may need the team if:

 

• A student is a danger to themselves or others
• You have tried your good behavioral strategies, think the student is at-risk, and you need support for classroom removal

Current Team Members for 2015-16

Diane Peyton

Stella Boyer

Sandy Bennett

Michelle Sbonek

Barb Chuby

Cathy Gorski

Steve Zielinski

Process

1. Call the office first to see who is available from the team.  The office will make a connection with Team staff

2. If this is an urgent matter, please call the office and tell them you need the NCI Team.  It will go over “All Call” and that is our queue to get down to the location immediately as a whole team to assess and deal with the situation

What to expect if the team is in your room

The main goal of the NCI team is to de-escalate the student so that we may calm them down bring them to the office.

 

5th Grade Science

Students in Mrs. Hool’s class are using the Chrome books as part of their science lesson on the Skeletal and Muscular Systems.  To enhance learning, they are using the website Edheads.org to perform virtual knee and hip replacements.

 

High School Performance

Students in grades 3-5 were able to enjoy a fun performance at the high school this past Thursday.  The high school students were performing “Knights of the Rad Table”,  which coincided as a grade for their final exam.  The performance was funny and creative, a job well done- and a good model to encourage our young actors and actresses.

 

 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT TIPS

It’s a new year, which means it’s the perfect time to start planning for a productive and engaging second semester. Because formative assessment is most likely an essential practice in your classroom, WriteSteps has some tips to help you improve collecting formative assessments for the rest of the school year.

1. Create a cooperative, not a competitive, atmosphere. Help your students understand that you are all working together as a team. Many formative assessments are cooperative activities.

2. Focus on quality rather than quantity. Quality work and skill practice do not have to take long, and they can usually be done in the context of the lesson as opposed to an added-on work sheet. Remind your students that learning is a process. Help them set goals for improvement, and feel confident that they can meet them.

3. Don’t emphasize grading over learning. Your goal should be to see where you can adjust your instruction and help students master the content, not to collect a grade.

4. Keep a list of skills and a record of how your students are doing with our formative assessment data collection handout. Save time by re-teaching the most prevalent skills to your entire class, and see what the focus should be for individual student’s conferencing sessions.

 

M-STEP

The state just released a video that summarizes M-STEP and walks viewers through how to read and interpret student scores within the M-STEP Parent Report.  This is a great resource that can hopefully help answer some questions about the report.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM55xZ-ZuNU

 

Coming up at Arno…

Jan. 18

No events

Jan. 19

SIP Chair meeting @Riley

Wayne Resa- Steve

Jan. 20

1st grade DRA day

LOCK DOWN drill

REED per schedule

Jan. 21

K DRA day

High School Play Grades 3-5- Bus pickup at 9:00, starts at 9:30

Jan. 22

Arno Olympics 6:00

 

X-Tra math

Just a reminder that we will eventually need your year-end report from X-tra math, as it is a named strategy in our school improvement plan.  At this point, involving parents is optional.

As this was an agreed upon strategy,  this must be happening in all of our classrooms.  Please let me know if you need assistance on the program.

An update from our Chair meeting with Sarah, Carrie, and Steve

This past week, our team met for a half-day to strengthen our focus on our path to school improvement.  Some of the outcomes included:

* An established timeline and plan for completing the interim self-assessment

* A clear agenda for our new SIP data team

* An established timeline for completion of the School Data Analysis

* An established timeline for perception surveys

*Identifying who will responsible for these first pieces.

As we make our way through February, final decisions will be made on the distribution of tasks to be done by members of the SIP team, SIP team content leaders, and SIP team data team.

Perception Surveys

All surveys for this year’s SIP- parent, student, and teacher will be made available on Feb. 1.  The perception surveys will remain open the first two weeks of the month, with the closing of all surveys on Fe. 12.

– The blog and email blast will advertise for the parent surveys, with links, computers will be set up on both conf. nights for those wishing to do it on the spot

– Teachers will be sent a link for your own survey

– The student link will be on bookmark bar on all chrome books (as well as the lab).

Once the surveys begin, please be sure to organize a time for your class to complete it online.

 

High School Play

Just a reminder that we will be taking our 3rd-5th graders to the high school on Jan. 21 @9:00.  This production is a culminating activity for the students and I hear it will be quite good.  Permission slips were in your box Wednesday, be sure to have them all before boarding.  As you will remain with your class, no chaperones will be needed.

 Arno Olympics

http://room118news.podbean.com/e/arno-2016-olympics-1452196502/?token=72337f14c0ee0f39b69182436dbedf91

Arno Fun Fair

 

PBIS

The team met on Wednesday to cover some topics on PBIS.

* Smencils and stickers have earned the PBIS fund over $1100.  Plans are to spruce up some of our rewards

* Reviewed current tier 2 kids

* Car clings and possibly smencils will be sold at conferences.

WIDA testing

WIDA testing for our ESL students will be starting on Feb. 7th and will last 2-3 weeks.  During that time, Barb Chuby and Cathy Gorski will be pulling rostered students for testing.  This year’s testing will be on the 2nd grade chrome cart, which will out of service until all students are done.  During that time, 2nd grade will have no access to use chromebooks and I would greatly appreciate if other grades could step in and help them fill some need during that time.  If you have any questions on the testing itself, please see Barb or Cathy.

M-STEP

Additional information has come out including the estimated time it may take a student to complete a particular part.  The big change this year is that a student may stop a test session and come back to finish it anytime during the window.  Basically, it gives some control to the teacher using best judgement on when a student may need a break.  Please take a look below, refer to the PDF for larger version

Spring_2016_Guide_to_State_Assessments_510915_7

The M-STEP test is based off of Claims-Targets-Standards as you may know.  I have included the claims for both math and reading, and then included the crosswalk document that shows the relationship among the claims, targets, and standards to help clarify exactly what the M-STEP test is made of.  If you have any questions, I would be happy to go over this with you.

Mathematics instruction and assessment will reflect broad evidenced-based measures based on what students know and can do. These high level mathematics claims include concepts and procedures, problem solving, modeling and data analysis, and skills in communicating reasoning (see Figure 1).

MATH Claims

Claim #1 Concepts and Procedures Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and interpret and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency.

Claim #2 Problem Solving Students can solve a range of complex well-posed problems in pure and applied mathematics, making productive use of knowledge and problem solving strategies.

Claim #3 Communicating Reasoning Students can clearly and precisely construct viable arguments to support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of others.

Claim #4 Modeling and Data Analysis Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can construct and use mathematical models to interpret a

MATH link:  CROSSWALK

 ELA Claims

Claim 1: Reading:  Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary (Targets 1-7) and informational (Targets 8-14) texts.

Claim 2: Writing:  Students can produce effective writing for a range of purposes and audiences.

Claim 3: Speaking and Listening:   Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences.

Claim 4: Research:   Students can engage in research/inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.

ELA link: Crosswalk

 

Dollars and Sense Assembly

Arno students enjoyed an assembly that blended magic and a lesson on money (saving).  Chris, our presenter, energized the crowd and helped everyone to think about ways they could save money in the future- and some awesome tricks!  Thanks to Mrs. Warneck and Dr. Chuby for bringing Dollars and Sense to Arno.

 

Make it a great week!!

Coming up at Arno…

January 11

Ad council- Steve 9:00

January 12

2nd Grade DRA day

January 13

Child Study team planning 2:30

PBIS Meeting 3:45

January 14

Dollars and Sense Assembly

K-2 9:00

3-5 10:00

January 15

No School- Teacher PD at Bennie 8:00

 Happy New Year everyone!  I am looking forward to all of our educational adventures in 2016, it certainly was a great end to 2015.  Having such fortune to work with a remarkable staff is a true blessing, all of the dedication to your profession is apparent in each and everyone of our students .  Happy New Year and may 2016 be a banner year for you and your family!

Please add February 23 to your calendar for data day. We will follow the same schedule and cover your 2nd common assessment, talk M-STEP, and look at reading.

8:45-9:30 Grade 3

9:-35-10:15 Grade 5

10:20-11:05 Grade 2

11:10-11:55 Grade 4

12:45-1:30 Grade 1

1:45-2:30 Grade K

 

M-STEP Update on Classroom Activities

The Office of Standards and Assessment has decided to remove the classroom activities associated with the mathematics and English language arts (ELA) Performance Tasks (PT). In the last few months, the performance tasks in all grades underwent extensive review to determine if the classroom activity associated with the performance task was crucial to student understanding the context of the performance task. The ELA performance tasks were determined to have sufficient embedded resources to allow students to demonstrate what they know and can do without participating in a preceding classroom activity. Similarly, most of the mathematics performance tasks can stand on their own without a classroom activity. However, the review documented four mathematics performance tasks for which the classroom activities are likely necessary additional supports for students. Those four PTs have been removed from the pool of available performance tasks. For the Spring 2016 M-STEP administration, the mathematics assessment will continue to contain performance tasks at grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, but there will no longer be classroom activities to administer. The updated ELA assessment will contain performance tasks at grades 5 and 8 only, which will no longer require classroom activities.

 

M-Step

You may have already heard, M-Step state test results are now out and can be seen on MiSchoolData.

MSTEP DATA RELEASED TO PUBLIC

Spring 2015 M-STEP data can be found under the Student Assessment tab located under the left navigation category titled Kindergarten – 12 atwww.mischooldata.org. For a direct link to the Student Assessment page click here:https://www.mischooldata.org/DistrictSchoolProfiles/AssessmentResults/AssessmentSummary.aspx

Once on the assessment page, select either Grade 3-8 Assessments or High School Assessments. Once on the grade specific assessment page, select M-STEP and using the dropdown menu, select the information you are interested in reviewing.

Parent reports are being prepared this week and will be going home the week of Jan. 11.  These results contain individual student results and come with detailed explanation from the state on what each of the scores mean.

ARNO Scores: Although this was a baseline test, Arno scored very well in comparison to the rest of the state.  We are very proud of our students for performing so well on this new academic test, that will now move to web based testing this year.  As you will notice we scored well across the board in ELA, while our continued focus will be in the areas of math and science.  Of course, our data team will be reviewing these scores and making the connection to our SIP.

Kudos to the entire Arno staff for outstanding numbers on the M-STEP.  If you look at what the state average is, you can see just what master teaching at Arno can get you.   While we enjoy our success, we must also keep in mind that the state is all about growth- which we start higher, we must get our kids even higher than that.  This is a challenge I feel confident that we are up for as we make our way to the next round.  Congratulations on doing whatever it takes to reach our Arno Cougars!

 

Arno	Grade	% Proficient Arno	% Proficient State
ELA	3	76.81%	50.1%
	4	71.74%	46.6%
	5	47.71%	48.7%
Math	3	71.01%	48.8%
	4	68.48%	41.4%
	5	24.77%	33.4%
Science	4	17.39%	12.4%
Social Studies	5	21.10%	22.2%

 

Arno Fun Fair

Arno’s annual Family Fun Fair is coming up soon!  This exciting event will take place on Saturday, February 6th from 11 am-2pm.  A note will come home soon with more information and a chance to pre-order tickets (they will also be available at the door).  There will be games, raffles, prizes, food, a cake walk and more!  This is a great family event so be sure to put it on your calendar today!

 

Arno Olympics

Please enjoy a podcast from Ms. Amonette’s room on the Arno Olympics with Lilli Acker

Arno Olympic Podcast

Arno Olympics Flyer 2016

 

It’s going to be conference time again…

Believe it or not, we are getting closer to the next round of conf.  I will be working with our signupgenius star, Sarah, as we once again use this convenient tool to schedule all building conferences.  Stay tuned for more info over the next few weeks.

 

TYPES OF MISTAKES

Please take some time to read the article on the 4 Types of Mistakes in the coming days.  This is a great reminder about how we need to help students identify the types of mistakes they are making, and how we can maximize the learning opportunities from mistakes!  Understanding Four Types of Mistakes

 

 Razzing it up on RAZ Kids with Julie’s class

 

Kindergarten practices social skills…

 

 Haskin and Warneck book buddies pay a visit to Snow White at the Marquis Theater

The advanced Google searches every student should know

By Alan November
November 23rd, 2015

The truth is that every student can use Google on some level. What is interesting to me is that when I interview students about their search strategies and I ask them if they have ever asked their teachers for help with a search the answer is almost always, “No”. What if our students are overconfident about their search skills?

 

Donors CHoose overview

Have a great cougar week!