Coming soon to Arno…
May 9
Kindergarten Roundup 6:00
May 10
Lock down drill- final drill of the year!
Skebo obs 10:25
May 11
PBIS meeting 3:45
May 12
2nd grade DRA day
Spring Beautification 5:00
May 13
Author Lynne Smyles assembly 8:30 grades 3,4,5
MSTEP
Teacher Appreciation Week
MTSS
Last week, I had the great pleasure of attending a conference on Response to Intervention with Dr. Mary Howard. Usually at a conf, I’m happy to walk away with a couple of good things- this time around I couldn’t type fast enough with all the great strategies and ideas to help us reach all our learners. Dr. Howard has been on the RtI scene for some time now and published many books on it. Please take a moment to visit her web site when you can. http://www.drmaryhoward.com/ In the meantime, I will share some things, quotes, info, websites, etc. that she covered that day. Remember this is a work in progress- we are building the system and are adding two big components, Student Review Meetings to discuss interventions- and a common grade level schedule for the fall.
In addition, I would like to form a building RtI committee to start looking at what defines an Arno student at a tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3- as well as our plan to make parent contact in students in tiers next year. We will talk at our first staff meeting, then hopefully meet sometime in the end of September for the first time for those interested. If you are interested right now and would a copy of her book to read over the summer, please let me know.
In speaking of intervention, Dr. Mary Howard said “Increase the level of intensity and sense of urgency- greater frequency, smaller groups. ”
I am working on a plan now for building the class lists for next year. I will let you know when that will be.
MiSTAR DNA
Thanks to Brian for training most of our 4-5 teacher on Thursday in DNA, since most staff has some training, please try to use system at least once before the end so you can continue your learning. Brian is our expert, let him or I know what questions you have.
Also, thank you to Barb Chuby and all of our Arno aides for helping watch all the rooms so this could happen. We could not have done it without you!
Daddy/Daughter Dance
What a great time we had at the Daddy/Daughter dance that was held at the Red Fawn recently. The girls and their dads were treated to a delicious dinner, dessert, and of course, plenty of dancing fun. Thanks to the PTA, all of the volunteers, and especially Amy Muse for coordinating all of the festivities.
New PTA Board
Congratulations to our new PTA Board that was sworn in at last night’s PTA meeting. Introducing your new board…
Congratulations to
Jeni Sauve- President
Amy Muse- Vice President of fundraising
Julie Hegedus- Treasurer
Shannon Mihalik Secretary
We look forward to working with our new Board on all of the exciting things our PTA does for our students!
Rover Project
Over the next two weeks, engineers from Bosch will be working with 5th grade teams to produce “Mars Rovers”. Students will learn the value of team work and persistence as we work on this project together. Each of the rovers will be tested for distance and accuracy. On May 12th we will have a school-wide competition of the rovers. Good luck 5th grade Jr. Engineers!
Junior Achievement
Representatives from Ford Motor Company were in Lisa’s room this past week working with the students on income and expenses.
Mr. Skebo and company gettin down
Jump with Jill
The whole gym was rocking with good exercise and singing about healthy eating when the Jump with Jill Tour rolled into Arno for our 3rd- 5th graders. Please be sure to ask your child what they learned about healthy eating and what things (like soda) they should stay away from. Enjoy some pics below
You’re invited to Arno Planting Day!
On Thursday, May 12th at 5:00pm we start off the evening with a pizza dinner in the caféteria!
During dinner, we will have Arno friends/families sign-up for stations around the school to help beautify!
After dinner, everyone will head to their stations with their gardening tools to pull weeds.
After weed-pulling is complete at your station, it will be time to plant, then mulch, your designated area. Please bring your own gardening tools! If possible, please indicate the plants and quantity below that you will be bringing so we can plan ahead the planting stations. If you cannot make it to the event, we will still accept and appreciate any plants you are able to donate.
Many thanks,
Arno’s Green Team
NWEA TESTING
Our first round of NWEA Spring testing began this week with 4th grade Reading and math. Our staff use this assessment to measure the growth that students have achieved in Reading and Math over this school year. Students will be taking the NWEA assessment on Chromebooks in their classrooms in grades 2-5 over the next few weeks.
M-STEP UPDATE
Way to go, Arno 3rd Graders! Over the past two weeks our 3rd grade Cougars completed several segments of state assessments. Our students were tested in the following categories:
- ELA Computer Adaptive
- Math Computer Adaptive & Math Performance Task
I would like to thank our staff and families for working together to prepare our students to be “test ready”. Our students persevered through the test experience, and thanks to our tech department, our technology continues to handle the test with very few issues!
Initial score reports are beginning to be available online to our administrative staff. As soon as we are able to share, I will get the information to you!
Fourth graders are up next — beginning the week of May 9th.
BE SCHOOL SMART NEWS
Please follow this link for some great information that comes to us from Detroit Public Television! Be School Smart Newsletter
Downriver Parenting Institute
“Helping Children Become Successful Learners”
Please see the flyer for more info
Have a great weekend and I hope you enjoyed your teacher week!!!