Looking forward to the week of June 11

     Almost all of our students have completed their Language Arts Common Local Assessment this week.  They spent time each day from Wednesday until Friday on this work, and they demonstrated a great deal of determination and growth in putting together their essays.

     You really should be proud of their efforts, and you also really should ask them for their own opinions about how video games influence children (that was the essay topic).

                                            

     Thank you to all who have been willing/able to supply fruit or salads (Murphy homeroom) or salads/deserts (Gleim homeroom) for our 5th grade End of Year Celebration on Monday, June 18!    

     Also, there is still time to submit the paper with your choices for your student's enrichment blocks for next year.  If the papers are not handed in, choices will be made for your students based on our best knowledge.

     Have a great weekend!

Week of May 29, 2018

We hope you enjoyed a wonderful Memorial Day!

Your student should have an informational packet about next year's Enrichment blocks.  Your student received it to take home either on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week.  If you would like to influence next year's Enrichment choices for your student, please check it out!

Chorus students have a concert coming up this Thursday -- good luck!

Students will have a "post-assessment" in Language Arts on Thursday (this will be similar to a "pre-assessment" that they took before starting the reading/writing workshop.  The purpose of this is to see how much their thinking and writing has grown while we worked through this unit.

Week of May 7, 2018

We would like to congratulate our participants in the Fitness Team competition last Thursday!!

Great job representing SATEC and our community!  Great job showing off your hard work, too!

Week of April 30 - May 4

Please note: 

- Friday, May 4, no school for students

- SBAC testing for 5th grade begins on Monday, May 14.

It's time for spring conferences!  

The Pick-a-Time notices were handed out two weeks ago, and information is available on the SATEC web site if you would like to schedule a conference.  There are still a few slots open each day.  We are near 60% of families coming in for conferences ~ thank you for taking the time to do that!


Here is an update on the Jamestown model: some students worked with Mr. Galle in the Collaboratory to learn basics of the Tinkercad program.  After, they used the program to design a cannon with geometric shapes and shared the design for 3D printing.

Week of April 16

Please note that informational papers for scheduling spring conferences went home Thursday or will go home on Monday with students.  Here is a copy of the paper:

Mr. Murphy may be at a conference on May 4. If that happens, he will have alternative hours for conferences as well as feedback left with Mr. Gleim.

Below are a few recent photos of students'  reconstruction of the first successful Virginia colony at Jamestown.  They have been doing an excellent job, and more photos will be shared as the work progresses! 

- showing what a palisade is (the fort walls) with popsicle sticks

- attempting to create origami models of canons (and showing great patience)

- creating miniature tents for the settlers

Palisades are almost done, and green, origami cannons are outside the walls

Week of April 9

This Friday, April 13, is an in-service day.  Students will not be at school. 

School conferences are coming up in early May; scheduling information is in the works.

Thursday afternoon this week, students will watch a performance of this year's drama play: Olivia!  Congratulations to our performers and stage crew who have been working to make this a success!

These are photos from our "Cocoa with Your SRO!" celebration event last Thursday.  

 

Students enjoyed about twenty minutes chatting with Officer Langevin about their prepared questions and impromptu questions over a cup of hot chocolate.

Thank you to Officer Langevin for his time!

Week of April 2

We are pleased to share that one of our community's students is a part of "Team Balsa" This is part of the Odyssey of the Mind competition, and a SATEC team that hopes to travel on to the national competition's World Finals in May in Iowa!

If you would like more information or the chance to support the team, here are two options:

1) https://www.gofundme.com/teambalsavt   This explains more about the team's success so far and can accept financial donations!

2) there is a bottle/can drive happening at school for the next few weeks; Bottle drive April 21st, bottles can be dropped off from April 15-21 at Beverage Mart and mention they are for Odyssey of the Mind, contact us to pick up at your home or bring returnables into one of the many boxes that will be located around the school starting April 3




Upcoming important dates:

Odyssey of the Mind Bottle Drive: On-going!!
Thursday, April 12: we will see the school's production of Olivia during the school day
Friday, April 13: in-service (no school for students)
April 23 - April 27: spring break