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Edison Language Academy – Together Through Two Languages (310) 828-0335 www.edison.smmusd.org
ANNOUNCEMENTS AFTERSCHOOL CHORUS IN SPANISH This afterschool enrichment program for 3rd4th-5th graders meets on Mondays and Wednesdays meets afterschool in Room 107 with Maestra Jacqueline Fuentes. Space is still available! All students need is a signed permission slip to participate. For another copy, please contact the office. EDISON PARENT CHOIR – Come get to know other Edison families and learn some beautiful songs in Spanish on Friday mornings at 8:30 am in Room 109. No prior choir experience needed. VALENTINE’S DAY DANCE --Save the date for one of our favorite events – the Edison Valentine's Dance on Friday, February 9th beginning at 6:00 pm. Check with your classroom to contribute to the basket each class is preparing as a prize for Lotería. Sign up in the on the Classroom or PTA Bulletin Boards and help out with preparations or the night of the event. Our theme this year is Love our Earth! There will be delicious food and drinks, a raffle, lotería, a photobooth, balloons, a recycling demonstration and plenty of dancing!! Join us from 6:00-8:30 pm on February 9!
REGISTER FOR CREST SPRING SPORTS -- CREST announces the Spring Sports Programs at Edison, starting March 12th. Registration begins Feb. 1st and closes on the 22nd. You can register online at www.smgov.net/reserve or in person at the Reed Park Youth Office. GOLDEN TICKETS – One of the ways that we promote positive behaviors that support the school community is to award Golden Tickets. These Golden Tickets are deposited in a large jar in the library. When students fill the jar, we have a schoolwide celebration. Right now we’re working toward a Crazy Hair and Hat day on February 16. Go Edison!!
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: PROGRESS REPORTS Mid-year Progress Reports go home Friday, February 9. These are not Report Cards. They are reports on the kind of progress your child is making at midyear toward the standards that they should meet by June. Since we’re only half-way through the year, most students will be getting marks that indicate that they are making progress, but have NOT YET met standards. For each subject, you will see a list of the most important standards for your child’s grade level. Some of these are skills that we work on all year long, moving children along a skill continuum toward the end of year expectancy. Those standards and those of specific content taught in the first semester, will be accompanied by a check mark. Other standards list content that may not be taught until the second semester or which is not taught in an immersion program at this grade level. Next to those standards you will see the designation NA (Not Applicable). An asterisk means that the standard is being addressed through an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and a progress report from the IEP team will accompany the report card. Next to each standard is one of the following ratings: 4 (Masters Standards); 3 (Approaching Mastery); 2 (Making Some Progress Towards Standards); or 1 (Making Little Progress Toward Standards). For those few children who have already mastered a standard, their teachers will be working to add more depth and complexity to that skill in the second semester. The designation of 3 indicates that if a child keeps progressing at the current rate, he or she is on track to meet or exceed standards by the end of the year. It’s OK if they have NOT YET met the standard – just keep working and practicing. For students who receive 1s and 2s, some additional or different attention is needed. More of the same (same methods, same amount of reading or homework, or same behavior and study skills) probably won’t get the student where he or she needs to be by the end of the year. Students who are making little progress toward standards (scoring a 1) are probably already in our intervention programs and their progress is being monitored carefully by specialists and interventionists. But it may be time to adjust the plan. Students who are making some progress (scoring a 2) may need some additional or different support or work habits. If you see 1s and 2s on the progress report, please contact your child’s teacher for a meeting so we can work together on an individual Academic Improvement Plan and help your child make deeper and faster progress. Please also pay attention also to the markings for the Citizenship and Work Habits, since as a child who occasionally or rarely meets expectations in this area will need some support to develop the habits that make school success more likely.
January 31-Feb 2 5th Graders at Catalina Island Marine Institute
February 7 PTA Board Meeting 6:00-8:00 pm
February 14 ELAC Meeting 8:30-9:30 am