Feb. 6, 2008
Principal’s Corner
It is that time of year to begin locating our kindergarten students for next year. If you have a child that will be starting kindergarten at Clinton next fall, please give us at call at 436-1132. We will record the child’s name and address so that you will receive important kindergarten registration information in the mail. If you have a neighbor that has a child ready for kindergarten, tell them to give us a call. Your child must turn 5 years of age by October 15, 2008 to enter kindergarten next year.
Grade 4 State Writing Assessment: Thank you to our fourth grade families for having their students here last week for the state writing assessment. We only had 3 students that needed to make up the test due to your efforts. Thanks!! I can’t wait to see how they score,. There were some great stories. Ask your child what they wrote about.
Clinton School Improvement Goals:
Goal #1 All students will improve their math computation skills by selecting appropriate strategies to solve word problems.
Strategy: All students will participate in systematic re-teaching, re-learning and re-testing in math computation and problem solving.
Goal #2 All students will improve achievement in vocabulary across the curriculum.
Strategy: All students will learn and use vocabulary selected from core subject areas at their grade level in a variety of non-linguistic representations.
Goal #3 All students will improve in reading comprehension across the curriculum.
Strategy: All students will increase reading fluency in all content areas.
Schoolwide Title I Project: Clinton Elementary is a Schoolwide Title I school based on the number of free/reduced lunches exceeding 40%. Federal funds are allocated to the building to support teaching and learning and to support our school improvement efforts.
Arrival and 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. We appreciate your help.
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 playground behavior. 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 safely to the front door --Stay in appropriate area --Be aware of games/ activities around you --Use equipment properly |
Be Respectful |
--Keep hands and feet to self --Play fair—by the rules --Share—take turns --Include everyone --Be a friend |
Be Responsible |
--Ask permission to re-enter the building --Line up quickly when the whistle blows --Take care of equipment and property --Alert adult if problems occur |
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. If you need before school care, please contact Kristi Chambers at the Clinton Community Learning Center at 437-8835 or 770-8606.
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 February 1, 2008, we have an average daily attendance rate of 95.61%.
Kdg= 93.18%
Grade 1= 95.87 %
Grade 2= 95.86 %
Grade 3= 96.41 %
Grade 4=96.34 %
Grade 5= 96.50 %
Dates to Remember:
--Clinton Bus Evacuation Drills—Students riding buses home will be about 15-20 minutes late on Wednesday, February 6th . The ExCITE and ECSE AM class will be home about 15-20 minutes late on Friday, February 8th.
--Tuesday, Feb. 12th—5:00-7:00 p.m., Family Nature Night at Clinton. All students attending must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
- --Monday, Feb. 18th—No School for LPS Elementary School students.