Testing and dates for end of school

I've sent a note home with this information with the students' homework today, but here it is again:

Dear Parents,

These next few weeks are busy and filled with lots of good activities.  Today begins the End of Year Testing (SAGE) Period; it runs from April 20-May 18.  Students get as much time as they need, so there shouldn’t be any feelings of needing to rush just to “finish.” When they finish, they will read a book in the computer lab.  Our class is assigned these dates:

·         Thursday, April 30: 9-10am Language Arts

·         Friday, May 1: 12:20-1pm Language Arts

·         Thursday, May 7: 9-10am Language Arts or Math

·         Friday, May 8: 12:20-1pm Language Arts or Math

·         Thursday, May 14: 9-10am Math

·         Friday, May 15: 12:20-1pm Math

However, other dates may be used for testing for make-up purposes.  Please make sure that your child comes to school every day having received a good amount of sleep the night before (8-10 hours), a healthy dinner the night before and a filling breakfast the day of, and with confident ideas in their head about their ability to do well from you.

Here is a calendar view with the testing dates and other activities for these next six weeks.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
April 20	April 21	April 23	April 24	April 25
April 27	April 28 Track Meet 9am-2pm Payson High School	April 29	April 30 9-10am Language Arts SAGE Test	May 1 12:20-1pm LA SAGE Test Barnett Literacy Night 6-8pm
May 4	May 5	May 6	May 7 9-10am Language Arts or Math SAGE Test	May 8 12:20-1pm LA or Math SAGE Test
May 11	May 12 Benchmarks for reading level	May 13	May 14 9-10am Math SAGE Test 3rd Grade Spelling Bee 2:30pm	May 15 May 8 12:20-1pm Math SAGE Test
May 18	May 19	May 20	May 21 Fun Run	May 22 Last Sharing Day 11-11:30am
May 25 Memorial Day No School	May 26	May 27	May 28 Payson Pool Field Trip 10-noon (lunch at park after)	May 29 Last day, Field Day, ½ day in the morning

Thanks for all of your support, especially during this testing time.  All students have made progress this year and I hope that they will feel confident enough to show that on the end of year tests.

--Mrs. Knudsen