Panther Pride
Principal Newsletter
June 4th, 2010
Greetings,
Wow, the end of the school year already! I want to thank you for your support during testing time. In all the years I have been a principal, I have never seen a group of students work so hard and intensely on the April state assessments! Our kids put out their best effort and I am proud of them. The entire school enjoyed a pizza party a week after completion.
I also want to thank you for your support with reading and math goals we had set at the beginning of January. Our goal as a school was to read 25,000 books and play 50,000 math games from January 1st to April 10th. We read just over 38,000 books and played just over 50,000 math games! We saw some major growth with our students during this time. It goes to show that if you have a supportive community that will work with their children, students can achieve at high levels.
I also ask that you pay close attention to your child’s attendance next year. We had more than 20 students over the 20 day limit. We want to limit this number as much as possible. Not only do we have the district policy on retention, but No Child Left Behind Act requires that we stay above a 94% cut off with attendance. We were very close to going under this cut off last year, which means we could end up in school improvement based on our attendance. Again, we are seeing a lot of absences and tardies, so we ask that you have your child in school on time unless they are sick or unable to attend for an acceptable reason. Next year is a fresh start, so we hope to improve in this area.
Thanks again for the support you provide for our school. Together we can provide the children of South Park a quality education. Have a great summer!
This newsletter is also available on our school website which can be found at: www.rcas.org/sp/index.html
Sincerely,
Mr. Haugen
South Park Principal
South Park target parent goals:
Read at least 15 minutes nightly with your child.
Play up to 10 math games or more weekly.