April 2, 2008
Principal’s Corner
Have you ever wondered what we are doing on Professional Learning Community early release days? I will focus on a different grade level team each week and the work they are doing during this important time.
This week I will focus on the Fourth Grade Professional Learning Community. This community of learners has created essential learning outcomes for reading and math. They have also created the following goals for their teaching and student learning. They have established the following reading goal: Given a graphic organizer, 80% of 4th graders will show mastery of district selected vocabulary. The Fourth Grade Professional Learning Community has set the following goal for math: 80% of 4th grade students will score a 3 or 4 on adding and subtracting mixed numbers with like denominators during 3rd quarter. The team created an action plan to support those students that are currently not meeting the standards.
Next week I will focus on the Fifth Grade Professional Learning Community work.
Office Referral Letters: We will start sending home letters to families of students that have 3 or more office referrals in a month. We will send home the first letters the beginning of April. We will work with families to help students be safe, respectful and productive learners. These are skills they need to be successful in school and life.
Dismissal Procedures: Remember that we pick up students on the basketball court at the end of the day. This helps us keep our students organized and accounted for. Please do not come in the building or block the doorway so that students may get out in an orderly and quick fashion.
Please make after school plans that are the same most days for your students. Make sure each morning they know what they need to do when school dismisses. We cannot be responsible for communicating a change of plan during the school day.
Remember that we don’t pick up students in the staff parking lot. This is an area where students walk through to get safely home.
We appreciate your help in keeping our students safe at dismissal time.
Schoolwide Rules and Procedures: At Clinton School we have the following rules: Be Safe. Be Respectful. Be Responsible. We are teaching students procedures around the building. This week we are focusing on “Basic and Classroom” behaviors. These are behaviors you could teach and use as a family at performances in the community. Students that are caught using these procedures may receive an “I Got Caught” sticker. If your child wears one home, ask them how they earned it.
Be Safe |
--Walk facing forward --Keep hands, feet and objects to self --Get adult help for accidents and spills --Use all equipment and material appropriately |
Be Respectful |
--Use kind words and actions --Wait for your turn --Clean up after yourself --Follow all adult directions |
Be Responsible |
--Follow school rules --Remind others to follow school rules --Take proper care of all personal belongings and school equipment --Be honest |
Don’t ARRIVE until 7:45 a.m. Adults will be out to supervise at 7:45 a.m. for our students safety. Please do not bring your children until that time.
Attendance: Attendance Goal for 2007-08: Let’s set our goal to have a 95% average daily attendance rate for the 2007-08 school year. Students that are in school learn!!
As of March 20th, 2008, we have an average daily attendance rate of 95.16%.
Kdg= 93.25 %
Grade 1= 94.98 %
Grade 2= 95.48 %
Grade 3= 95.98 %
Grade 4= 96.00 %
Grade 5= 95.75 %
Dates to Remember:
--Wednesday, April 9th—Report Cards come home today.
--April 7-18th, Grades 3 and 5 to take the Metropolitan Achievement Tests‚ÄîPlease make sure your child doesn’t have any appointments on these dates. Check with your child’s teacher for specific dates and times.
--Tuesday, April 15th, 5-7 p.m., Clinton Parent Group Bike Rodeo, Clinton Parking Lot. The cost will be $1.00 for food for those family members not participating. Bring your lawn chairs so that you will be comfortable as you watch the students.
--Thursday, April 17th, 5-6 p.m., Center for People in Need Food Giveaway, North Entrance.
--Friday, April 18th, Third Grade to Doane College Multicultural Fair in Crete for the full day.
--Saturday, April 19th, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Early Childhood Celebration, State Fair Park, Ag Hall.
Over 30 booths with hands-on activities for children ages birth through age eight. Stage Performances throughout the day. It is free to the public.
--Monday, April 21st, No School for LPS Elementary Students today.
--Thursday, April 24th, Parent Group Popcorn Presales. Bring 25 cents to buy a bag of popcorn that will be delivered Friday afternoon.
--Saturday, April 26th, Clinton Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Cleanup—7 a.m. to Noon, Clinton Parking Lot.
--Tuesday, April 29th, Professional Learning Community Early Release Day, School dismisses today at 1:33 p.m.
--Monday, May 12th, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Clinton Spring Music Concert, 6:30 p.m., Clinton Cafeteria.