Transcript AUGUSTA RANCH’S RATTLER REVIEW August/September 2012

AUGUSTA RANCH’S
RATTLER NEWS
August 2013
Principal: Ms. Kreitzer
Dean of Students: Mrs. Mulliken
Principal’s Note
WELCOME BACK TO THE RANCH
We hope that you all had a wonderful and restful summer. The staff and I were busy preparing
for the return of all of our students and teachers were busy decorating their classrooms and
preparing the curriculum and lesson plans.
We have added Mrs. Abel and Ms. Goins to our Kindergarten Team, Ms. Nikolaus to our 2 nd
Grade team and Mrs. Harvey and Ms. Downey to our Special Education team.
We are excited to have them at Augusta.
We have two teachers that moved grade levels this year, Mrs. Quick will be teaching 2 nd grade
and Ms. Krein will be teaching 5th grade.
We said goodbye to Mr. Barletta, Mrs. King, Ms. Cox, Ms. Janosik, Ms. Gorman and Mrs. Paez.
We wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors!
We are looking forward to a great year and we are all anxious to see our Augusta Ranch students
and listen to their summer stories!
Gilbert Public Schools Mission and Vision
Ensure exemplary education that inspires excellence
and success within every learner.
World-Class Teachers
World-Class Education
World-Class Graduates
IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING 3RD GRADE
STUDENTS:
ARS§15-701 Move on When Reading
Beginning in the school year 2013-2014,
Arizona will implement an innovative new
policy that will create multiple
opportunities for 3rd grade students to
master reading at the grade level.
Students who score Falls Far Below on the
AIMS reading test may be retained in the
3rd grade to meet the rigorous reading
standards set forth in the Arizona English
Language Arts Standards. The law does
provide for exemptions under certain
circumstances. Those include students
who have disabilities and did not take the
AIMS test; those who are English
Language Learners or Limited English
Proficient and have received less than two
years of English instruction; and cases in
which a district or charter governing board
approves a parent’s request. The law will
provide for extended time, intervention and
remedial strategies for students who are
not promoted. Those include providing
summer school reading instruction;
requiring the student to be assigned to a
different teacher for reading instruction;
online reading instruction; and intensive
reading instruction during the following
academic year either before, during or
after the regular school day.
Gilbert Public Schools wants you to know…
The Special Education Policies and Procedures
are available for review on the District Website
www.gilbertschools.net
Parking around Augusta Ranch neighborhoods…
We understand that parking is at a minimum especially when
dropping off and/or picking up students.
Please do not block someone’s driveway in our Augusta
Ranch neighborhoods. It is not only illegal to block an
exit but it is inconsiderate of the homeowner(s).
Thank you for your cooperation.
BAND & STRING INSTRUMENTS
Please help us by encouraging your students to be responsible
by remembering their own Band or String instruments.
It’s very important that you label the instrument case with your
student’s name.
A lot of unnecessary time is being taken away from class
instruction for students to call home or to come to the office to
pick them up.
Calls home will no longer be allowed and the office will not be
storing them for student pick up.
EARLY RELEASE DATES / TIMES
Release @ 2:40pm ADK - 6th Grade
August 14* August 21 * August 28
September 4 * September * 11 September 18 * September 25
October 23 * October 30
November 6 * November 13 * November 20 * November 27
December 4 * December 11
January 8 * January 15 * January 22 * January 29
February 5 * February 12 * February 19 * February 26
March 19 * March 26
April 2* April 9 * April 16 * April 23 * April 30
May 7 * May 14
Release @ 12:40pm
ADK - 6th Grade
October 4 October 17 & 18
December 20 March 7 May 22
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EXCITING UPCOMING EVENTS
September 16-20
Book Fair September 17 & 18
Fall Pictures (Retakes 10/23)
September 26 Reading Night 6:00-7:00pm
Sept 30-Oct 2 Science Camp
October 17-18 Parent/Teacher Conferences
October 23-31 Red Ribbon Week
October 24 Sock Hop 6:00pm-7:30pm
October 29 4th Gr. Recorder Concert 3:00pm
A Dose of News
from our Health Office
Maria Rivard, RN
Becky Sutton, Health Asst.
• We trust everyone is ready for a year of exceptional
education!
• Please take a moment to peruse the Health Services area of
the Gilbert Schools website found by going to
www.gilbertschools.net, Departments, Health Services. There
you will find district policy regarding medication
administration, screenings, immunization and illness.
• Please ensure your student is properly hydrated, (water
bottles are encouraged), and light colored clothing along with
sunscreen is recommended during the hot months.
• Flip-Flops!!! … We support sending an inexpensive, “just incase” set of flip-flops in your student’s backpack, they are
lightweight and will save busy parents a trip to school in the
unfortunate event of a broken shoe. In addition, the health
office accepts donations to our limited supply.
• Here’s to a year of health and safety for our lil’ Rattler’s!
As a side note, we will be starting our hearing and
vision screenings. All grades will be participating.
Please do not hesitate to contact the health office
if you have questions.
Augusta Ranch Elementary
PTSO 2013-2014
Welcome Back, Rattlers!
Visit the Augusta Ranch Elementary PTSO webpage:
http://www.augustaranchptso.com/