It is quite unbelievable the weather we have had in the past week. With uncertainty of the weather right now, it is important to be aware of late starts, early outs and when school is cancelled due to weather. Text messages, emails and phone calls are sent out through Infinite Campus. You can also see the announcement on KTIV 4 as well as the Elementary Facebook page. We do have winter gear available for students so if your child needs anything, please let their teacher or Mrs. Lindberg know.
Students do not go outside for recess in these dangerously cold temperatures. We watch the temperature as well as the wind chill when determining indoor and outdoor recess. As a guide we use the Child Care Weather Watch chart from Iowa Child Care Resource and Referral.
Report cards will come home with students on Thursday. Please check their orange takehome folder or backpack for an envelope with the report card.
We NEED wrapping paper! On Thursday, January 18, we will be having an activity to continue building community throughout the elementary school. For this activity we need your help! We will be using wrapping paper so if you have any old, partially used, ugly, or just want to get rid of wrapping paper lying around your house, we will take it off your hands. Please drop off at the office or send to school with your child by Thursday. Watch Facebook following the 18th to see the activity that we did!!
The fifth grade students will have thier music program this Friday at 2:00 in the Elementary School gym. The 5th grade band will perform first followed by the music program. Doors will open at 1:30.
Third and fourth grade students will see the program on Friday morning and will not be dismissed for the 2:00 performance. They can leave with you following the program. Stop in the office when you arrive to put their name on the call out list and they will be called out and meet you in the lunchroom following the concert.
Fifth grade students may leave with their parents following the program. They will be in the lunchroom at their lunch table. Be sure to check with out with their teacher.
Did You Know?
Three times a year students are assessed on their reading fluency, reading comprehension and math skills? FastBridge is the benchmark assessment program SB-L uses and it is administered each fall, winter, and spring. Screening scores provide a data snapshot that is used to support identification of students who are at-risk and in need of intervetions and/or enrichment during WIN time. The results are used to measure learning status and growth within the school year. Students will be taking the winter assessments this Thursday, January 18.
Assessments:
- aReading is a computer-administered adaptive screener that measures broad reading ability and predicts overall reading achievement. Items target concepts of print, phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary and comprehension.
- AUTOreading is a computer-administered screener that assess accuracy and automaticity with phonics, spelling and vocabulary skills.
- CBMreading is an assessment where students read aloud to an adult for one minute on three different passages. CBMreading measures a student's proficiency in print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition and fluency.
- aMath is a computer-administered adaptive screener that measures borad math abilities and predicts overall math achievement in counting, and cardinality; operations and algebraic thinking; number and operations in Base Ten; number and operations in fractions; measurement and data; and geometry.
(These may look familiar as they are the same standards students are measured on for math and appear on their report card and grade report.)
- CBMmath Automaticity measures a student's fluency with arithmetic facts, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Weekly Snapshot - Specials Days in (4/5th Grade) & (3rd Grade):
Monday 1/15 (4/5th Day 3) & (3rd Day 3)
Tuesday, 1/16 (4/5th Day 4) & (3rd Day 4)
Wednesday, 1/17 (4/5th Day 5) & (3rd Day 5)
Wednesday Dismissal
Bus - 2:15
Everybody Else - 2:20
Thursday, 1/18 (4/5th Day 1) & (3rd Day 6)
Report Cards will come home in backpacks
Winter Benchmark Assessments Administered
Wrapping Paper Challenge
Friday, 1/19 (4/5th Day 2) & (3rd Day 1)
5th Grade Band Program @ 2:00 - ES Gym
Weekly Reminders:
1. Please notify the office if your student will be late or absent, by 8:45am. If we do not receive a call, voicemail or email, then Mrs. Kloostra will call you. We must account for all students absent from school. Contact the office by email kloossus@sblschools.com or phone 712-943-5563 option 2.
2. If your child is leaving early from school, they will not be called to the office until you arrive. This way we keep them in class as long as possible in the event you are running late to pick them up. Advance notice to the office will help us locate your student more quickly. Coming 5 minutes early will also help get your child out the door on time when leaving early.
3. If your child goes to The Warrior Y Club after school and will not be going on a given day, please call and let them know. A reminder the Warrior Y Club will be closed on late start and early out days.
4. At times seconds may be served during lunch. Seconds and extra milk or milk with cold lunch is not covered under the free or reduced lunch program. Students must have money in their accounts for those extra items.
5. Breakfast is served from 7:45-8:10. The bell rings at 8:10 and school begins at 8:15. Students are counted tardy if they are not in their classroom at 8:15.
6. Winter is here so it is time to start sending a coat, hat and gloves to school daily with your child as the temperatures fluctate from morning to afternoon and day to day. When there is snow on the ground students will also need boots and snowpants. If you need assistance getting any of these items for your child, please contact Mrs. Lindberg at lindbshe@sblschools.com.
7. TeamMates Mentoring Program is open to students in grades 3-12. Mentors are always needed to help make this program a success. If you or somebody you know is interested in being a mentor sign up here. If you would like to sign up your child to have a mentor contact Mrs. Lindberg.
Times to Note:
7:30 - Front Doors Open
7:50-8:10 - Breakfast
8:10 - Bell Rings
8:15 - School Begins (Tardy at 8:15)
11:15 - 5th Lunch
11:50 - 4th Lunch
12:30 - 3rd Lunch
3:15 - Bus Dismissal
3:25 - Dismissal
2:15 - Wednesday Bus Dismissal
2:20 - Wednesday Dismissal
Upcoming Events:
January 19 - 5th Grade Music and Band Concert - 2:00 - ES Gym
No School Days:
February 19 - No School
March 25-April 2 - No School - Spring Break
Music Programs (2:00 in Elementary Gym):
5th Grade - January 19 4th Grade - February 9 3rd Grade - March 1 2nd Grade - March 15 1st Grade - April 12 Kindergarten - May 3
Important Links:
Lunch Menu w/ Specials Days (on website)
January Lunch Calendar (printable)
- 3rd Grade Specials Designated in Purple
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Elementary Facebook
Specials Schedule (updated with new 3rd grade specials schedule)
Purchase Varsity Athletic Tickets (Go Bound)
Don't forget we collect these items:
- Box Tops
- Download the Box Tops App to earn money for our school!
- Pop Tabs
for Ronald McDonald House - will be picked up monthly by National Honor Society Students
- Hy-Vee Receipts
- Casey's Rewards
- Cash for Classrooms - Download the App to earn money for our school!
These items can be sent to school anytime with your child and put in the appropriate collection drawers by the office.
The Warrior Way Pledge:
Our Learning Community will be
Respectful
Responsible
and Safe
It's the Warrior Way!
Go Warriors!
Dr. McCrory
When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or math snow angels. ~Author Unknown