SQUID DISSECTION
We will be dissecting squid during our face-to-face class time on Monday and Tuesday April 20-21. I have my Monday volunteers squared away, but I still need 2-3 more for Tuesday. Please let me know if you’d like to help with the dissection on Tuesday. I have a very easy step-by-step packet that will assist you in helping students at your table walk through the dissection. During our Tuesday class, we will have a special visitor, Mike Scott, the Hillsboro School District Superintendent! Oh, did I mention that we will be frying the squid after class? Eating them is optional.
PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKS AND REC
If your student is enrolled in 4 core courses at HOA (Math, LA, Science, and Social Studies), you will have $100 to spend on classes and activities in the Winter/Spring catalog. NOT the SUMMER catalog. If your student is enrolled in 3 core courses, you will have $75 to spend. If your students in enrolled in 2 core courses, you will have $50 to spend. If your student is enrolled in 1 core course, you will have $25 to spend. You will not get the difference back. Right now, go grab a catalog, choose your course, and register your student like you normally would. Kristina, our office manager here at HOA will be in charge of the reimbursements, so save your receipt. There is a form that you will need to take in to the classes to satisfy attendance requirements. It is in the FORMS tab on my Weebly website. Please let me know if you have any questions. This is so exciting for us and we welcome your feedback on it.
MAY FIELD TRIP!
I am so excited to tell you that we are going to the Oregon Zoo on May 21! I am preparing some fun activities for the students to do while they are there. I will need 10-11 parent chaperones to keep the groups small. I will get you more info on times later, just wanted you to be able to put this in your calendar.
April 20-24
Monday and Tuesday – Face-to-face class 9:00-12:00 Mismatch day!
Friday – CODING CLUB 12:00-1:00
UPCOMING SCHOOL SPIRIT DAYS
April 20-21 – Mismatch Day
SPIRIT DAYS WILL BE ON PAUSE FOR TESTING
IMPORTANT DATES
April 20-21 SQUID DISSECTION Parent volunteers needed for Tuesday class!
April 27-29 3rd Grade State Testing 9:00-12:00
May 4-6 4th Grade State Testing 9:00-12:00
May 11-13 5th Grade State Testing 9:00-12:00
May 18-20 6th Grade State Testing 9:00-12:00
May 21 – Field Trip to Oregon Zoo
May 25 Memorial Day (no face-to-face class Monday or Tuesday that week)
STATE TESTING AND TEST PREP
As you can see from the above dates, we will not be having regular face-to-face class meetings during the last week in April and the month of May. We will still have Coding Club and our Zoo fieldtrip on May 21. You should have received your student’s report card in the mail by now. There is a letter regarding state testing from Mrs. Harrington. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact her at [email protected]. You may also contact me. Monday and Tuesday of this week we worked on practice tests for the SBAC, the state test coming up next month. Below is the link and directions to get to the practice tests. I would encourage you to do the test with your student several times over a few days. The questions will change and it will give you a good idea of what the questions will be like on the test.
1. Go to : http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/
2. Click on the practice test icon at the bottom of the page
3. On the next page, click on sign in, do not change any of the info
4. Select your student’s grade, then click YES
5. The tests you can take are the Practice Tests and Performance Tasks. You can take the Training Tests, but I would do the Practice Tests first.
SCHOLASTIC We have a class code for online orders with Scholastic, it is MH739. It’s simple! Go towww.scholastic.com and register today! We earn points for books to build our classroom library!
7th GRADE FORECASTING Parents of 6th graders, if you were unable to make it to our parent meeting, please contact Brandi Tarrel, our school counselor, at [email protected] to arrange a time to come in and get information.
POETRY MONTH
Did you know April is poetry month? Isn’t that cool? Mr. Phelps, our secondary Language Arts teacher, has invited us to be a part of celebrating poetry with his students. What you can do is bring in your favorite poem, or write one of your own, and we will display it on our poetry wall in the school. They will stay up all month for others to enjoy.
Thanks again for your participation in the Science Fair!