M.A.P. Reading completed

The M.A.P. Reading testing was completed today by the fifth graders and parents will see these results at conferences next month. If your child was absent, he/she will be scheduled for make-up testing in a couple of weeks.

SJS assignment notebook

Students: You should complete your assignment notebook every day as instructed during the school day. You should take it home every day to share with your parent(s).
Parents: Please ask to see your child's assignment notebook every day. This helps you know what they are doing in school and what your child should have for homework. You may sign at the bottom of each day to help with communication from home to school. Thanks!

Access Jupiter Grades

If you have received an e-mail notification from Jupiter Grades and you want to know more information, please access the link at the bottom of the e-mail.
Create a password for your child's account information and use this password throughout the year!

Book order

The book order is due this Friday, Sept. 23rd. Thanks!

MAP dates

Our class will be doing the Reading MAP tests on Tuesday, Sept 27th and Thursday, Sept.29th from 1:00-2:30 p.m. We will be doing the Language Arts MAP tests on Thursday, Oct. 6th and Friday, Oct. 7th from 1:00-2:30 p.m. The final set of tests will be for Math and they are on Tuesday, Oct. 11th and Thursday, Oct. 13th from 1:00-2:30 p.m.
I am looking forward to sharing your child's MAP testing results with you at conferences. The parent-teacher conferences are Monday, Oct. 24th through Friday, Oct. 28th in the afternoon.

MAP testing around the corner!

SJS will be hosting the school-wide MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) testing soon. I will let you know the exact dates once the tests are scheduled. We will have three tests: Reading, Language Arts, and Mathematics. It is important that students get plenty of rest and a good breakfast and lunch on testing days so that they can do their very best.

Hot Lunch Starts Tomorrow

The SJS Hot Lunch program will begin tomorrow. Remember it is offered every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I will be asking the students to let me know if they have hot lunch and I will record this information and send this to the office in the morning. This is very different from the system we have used in the past so please be patient. If your child does not know if he/she has hot lunch but does not have a cold lunch, I will mark them down as receiving hot lunch. It will be the parent's responsibility to have the necessary funds in their child's hot lunch account. If you have any questions, please call the office. Thank you!

Internet Grading System-yipee!

I have started entering students' grades into the Jupiter Grades program. This is an internet based grading program that will alert the parent if and when their 5th grader has a missing assignment or their grade falls below a C. I am using the e-mail addresses that you put on your school registration forms so if this is inaccurate please let me know a.s.a.p.

Calling all 5th grade parents!

Members-Please spread the word to the other 5th grade parents to get on this blog for school updates and class information. Thank you!

First book order!

Our first book order of the year will go home on Tuesday and is due back to class on Friday. Book orders are really important because when you order books for your child the class receives bonus points. These bonus points are used to purchase books for the classroom library.

Throw a pie in a teacher's face!

Next Friday, Sept. 9th at the Fun Run rally students will have the opportunity to throw a whipped creme pie in a teacher's face. Each pie costs $1 and pie tickets can be purchased through your child's teacher. Let's show some SJS Fun Run spirit!