March 6, 2020

In recent surveys that we sent out regarding tutorial (as well as the students at the Student Advisory Committee), we have students bringing up the fact that they are bored and feeling unsupported sometimes during the school day.  I know that we have talked and talked and talked and talked about student engagement and the NEED for it.  It's not a "hey maybe" or "kinda needs to happen"....It's a MUST.  SERIOUSLY.

There should be SO much less teacher talk.  If I can go into a classroom and not be engaged or a teacher talks the ENTIRE time, how do you think our students (who have even less of an attention span sometimes than I do!) are even getting the information??

PLEASE take a moment to read THIS ARTICLE about keeping students

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Grades 3-8: Please start practicing SBAC

It's a good time to start having students explore the CAASPP Practice & Training Tests. This will help prepare

them for the CAASPP summative that they will be taking in just over 8 weeks. CDE has the California

Science Test (CAST) Training Test as well. Please go to www.fsusd.org/assessment and click on the green

button "SBAC Practice & Training Tests" to access the site. Students and teachers can access as a

Guest at school or home. Once you get logged as Guest, you'll need to select a grade. Be sure to select

Grades 5 or 8 if you want to take the California Science Test (CAST). 

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• SUPER AMAZING shout out to 6TH GRADE for using the park for incentive and getting those kids to turn in work!!!
• SUPER awesome shout out to ALISON and SANDY as both teachers are so accommodating when our 6th graders have park days! ~Julie
• SUPER awesome shout out to ALL for holding down the fort while I was gone!
• SUPER awesome BELATED BIRTHDAY shout out to ANITA! ~Anonymous
• SUPER awesome shout out to SANDY, DUSTIN, KEVIN and DAVE!  You are a fantastic group of teachers to work with!  Thank you for everything! ~Carol
• SUPER awesome shout out to JULIE for being an amazing snake charmer last week! ~Peter S.
• SUPER awesome shout out to TAMIA for holding down the fort in Heather's room again!  
• SUPER awesome shout out to RUDINA for her happy and bubbly demeanor! ~Kimberly
• SUPER awesome shout out to JASON and KEN for being on standby for late staff and meetings that always seem to run over in 1st period!
• SUPER awesome shout out to THE GIRLS for the laughs at Slanted Tree last Friday! ~Cristina
• SUPER awesome shout out to RYAN for spearheading the MATH NIGHT coming up!
• SUPER awesome shout out to PE DEPT for wanting to have intra-murals!  THANK YOU!
• SUPER awesome shout out to ALANNA for wanting to do math boot camp over Spring Break!!
• SUPER awesome shout out to TAMIA for helping with the restructuring packet! ~Julie
• SUPER awesome shout out to LYNN L and JULIE for their amazing support, compassion and insight for a student! ~Karyn
• SUPER awesome shout out to TAMIA!  Thank you for all you do! ~Heather
• SUPER awesome shout out to LORRAINE for always being there to lend a helping hand! ~Megan
• SUPER awesome shout out to MEGAN and KARRON for piloting Go Guardian!  SUPER EXCITED!