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Principal's Message (September 2009)
Jason Theler, Principal
Lindon Elementary Leopards Monthly Newsletter
March 2010: Newsletter
February 2010: Newsletter
January 2010: Newsletter
December 2009: Newsletter
November 2009: Newsletter, N1H1Flu Message, SCC Responsiblities
February 2010 Newsletter
Dear Parents,
In this month's newsletter, I would like to address three important, but unrelated, issues for our school. Our school.
"Walk to School Day" Survey: Several months ago, as part of Green Ribbon (Safety) Week, we held a "Walk to School Day" that encouraged parents to accompany their children as they walked or biked to school. This allowed paretns the chance to get a better understanding of safety issues and relay them to the school. Below are several peices of data the School Community Council gleaned from the surveys you filled out (we receiced about 100 surveys).
Thoughts and Recommendations Based Upon the Surveys
In another survey question (focused on what would ease parent concerns about walking/biking), 32% of parents said they wuld let their child walk/bike to school if there was an adult or another child they culd walk with. Try talking with the parents in your neighborhood and forming a "walking carpool" in which parents take turns walking/biking with the kids. Speaking of carpools, the smaller pie chart above shows that 39% of the parents said they drive and only 17% use a carpool. More carpools would not only reduce traffic, parking, and air pollution, but it also saves a family time and gas money. Please consider forming a carpool!)
Finally, even though the school cannot add more sidewalks to Lindon, we can have everyone to look at the bar graph to the right and conscientiously use safer driving habits-especially driving slower!
October 2009 Newsletter
Dear Parents,
We just received the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report as part of the No Child Left Behind legislation that analyzes our school's results on the core tests taken in May of 2009. We are pleased to report that Lindon Elementary did make AYP for the 2008-2009 school year.
Each school is analyzed in language arts and mathematics by test scores and also by the percentage of students actually taking the test. These scores are not only examined on a whole-school level, but also for nine distinct subgroups. The whole school and each of the nine subgroups are also then analyzed b yearly attendance. In essence, Lindon Elementary needs to meet fifty separately measured criteria (twenty for math, twenty for language arts, and ten for attendance.) in order to pass. If just one of the ten groupings fails to meet even one of the five required standards of performance set by the state, the whole school fails AYP.
As a faculty, we are very pleased that on the school level our math and language arts scores were significantly higher than the specified goals set by the state. However, we also realized that in every endeavor there is always room for improvement. We plan on using test data to inform and improve our instruction and professional development efforts. We are committed to continuous school improvement and are always searching for ways to increase academic achievement. The AYP report will help us target individual students in need of additional support as we strive to "leave no child behind."
We are very appreciative of our wonderful parents and understand that much of our success with AYP is due in large part to your to your regular assistance at home and at school. Your support and involvement has not gone unnoticed!
Sincerely,
Lindon Elementary Faculty & Staff
September 2009 Newsletter
RETEACH & ENRICH: For the last two years, our 4th - 6th grade teachers have used the last 30 minutes of the day to re-teach important concepts to students that need extensive help, provide additional practice for those who just need a little support, and offer enrichment activities to those who have mastered the concepts. We are b orrowing an idea from Oak Canyon Junior High's "e-time" model to augment what we do. Starting mid-September, we will have several different enrichment activites each week that are open to any 4th - 6th student who is meeting expectations. For example, while Mr. Bunker (6th), Mrs. Jensen (5th) and Mrs. Clegg (4th) are working with students who need extra help with particular grade-level skills, the other 4th-6th grade teachers will offer enrichment classes (kickball tournament, making podcasts, leatherworking, book club, etc.) to any 4th-6th grade student enticed by that particular activity. Oak Canyon has had great success giving students increased choice: we hope to see the same results here!:.
ZEROS AREN'T PERMITTED (Z.A.P.): While homework is important to help reinforce concepts taught in class and to foster good work habits, it also provides valuable information to teachers. When a student completes homeowrk and classwork on time, a teacher can use it to see strengths and weaknesses at that moment (real-time data) and adjust accordingly. When a student does not complete classwork and homework on time, a teacher coannot get an accurate picture of his/her learning until the unit test is taken a week or two later (summary data) and it is tiem to move on to new subject matter. In order to improve student learning by providing our teachers with more current data and eto encourage more student responsibility, we are implementing the Zeros Aren't Permitted (Z.A.P.) program during lunchtime. Students who are referred by their teacher (because they have a number of missing assignments) will go to the library after eating lunch instead of out to recess. They will use this time to complete homework, classwork, and missing projects. Students will receive warnings about missing work before they are referred, but if the work continues to go unfinished, a note will go home informing parents and the students will be assigned to the Z.A.P. program.
MPORTANT SAFETY NOTES: Please pay specific attention to these safety items. Some of them might feel inconvenient, but please know that experience has proven them to be very valuable!
- Unless a sign in the foyer specifically instructs visitors to go straight to the gym or to classrooms for a school event, you MUST check-in at the office! Even if you will just be here for a minute, we ask that you still stop by the office first.
- Please do not ask your child to run across the street to where you are parked. It is not safe. We instruct students to use crosswalks, but when parents ask them to do otherwise, it defeats our efforts to reinforce thsi important safety habit. If there is no accessible crosswalk, please cross the street yourself and escort the students.
- Anytine there are buses in the bus drive through lane in front of thw school, no other vehicles should enter that area. The subses make it difficult for drivers to see pedestrians and vice-versa.
- Please remind your students that they should never find alternative ways of getting home without first contacting the office. If students miss the bus or their carpool, they should immediately come to the office for assistance.
- Please return the Emergency & Release Information form to the school as soon as possible. Without up-to-date information, we have no way of contacting you (or an approved fried or neighbor0 during an emergency.
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