February 9, 2009
* We have about 40 more teaching days before our students take their state STAR and Aprenda exams. Test dates will be April 27 – May 1 for STAR, and May 4-8 for Aprenda.
I am afraid that many of our students will not be able to take electives at their school of choice next year. I am seeing too many students not doing their work, turning work in late, or doing work in a hasty or haphazard manner just to get through it. Grades are low because of this. People with low grades this year will be assigned to remedial English and math classes next year instead of getting electives.
* To help cover all of the topics we still need to cover, I will be sending more work home for completion.
* The raffle fund-raiser for Yosemite is now over. Julie Willett will be calculating the amount of money raised by each student, and that amount will be applied toward the student’s tuition for the Yosemite Institute. Raffle winners will be announced on Wed. Next week we will send home a paper with the amount paid, raised, and due for each student going on the trip.
* We need a parent to coordinate the Yosemite paperwork for us. It will involve photocopying, packet assembly, and making sure each student has all of their papers turned in. Contact me or Maestra Anna if you can help with this important duty.
* This Saturday, Feb. 14, the nonprofit Nine Lives Foundation Shelter will be having an “adopt two cats for the price of one” Open House from 11am-6pm. They are at 3016 Rolison Rd. near 2nd Ave. in RWC. On Sat., go and look at the kitties, and perhaps give a cat or two a good home. Phone 368.1365 for more info. www.ninelivesfoundation.org