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Welcome to Sassarini School

Committed to Building A Bigger and Better Community for Kids and Families.


Thank you to all the paretns who made our Cinco de mayo a huge success. We had lots and lots of food---and made the most money ever. SO many folks showed up with food! I still do not have everyone's name to thank them! Read the next Sentinel for all the news.......


TEACHERS MAKING IT BIG!
 
Many Sassarini teachers have completed computer classes to learn to use technology in the classroom for learning projects. Ms. Ramos and Ms. Perez, both kindergarten teachers, taught their students to create a book about their school responsibilities, school staff responsibilities, and a podcast.

You can see the project right here: Click Here to be wowed! Our kindergartners have interviewed many staff, asking, "What is your job? What are you responsible for?

 Click on this link---copy and paste if you have to ---- to hear the best podcast ever! http://66.118.157.69/*bullischarterschool.com/web_users/mslura/website/fellows_project/sassarini_podcast.mov

 

Parents: Please note our dress code policies. See the Parent Handbook, printed here on the website under the "Parents" tab.  The following have been of concern to staff lately:

NO BARE MIDRIFFS, OR BARE BACKS

NO WHEELIE SHOES (safety issue)

NO MOHAWKS, NO DYED HAIR (distracting to other students)

NO LARGE HOOP EARRINGS (safety issue)

NO OPEN TOED SHOES; NO SANDALS (safety)

 

School-wide dress code.

Student dress should be age-appropriate and not disruptive to the educational environment.

·         Heels and open-toed shoes and sandals are inappropriate for elementary school-aged children, because they are unsafe to run in, and physical education is a regular part of the daily program.

·         Written or symbolic messages on clothing are prohibited if they are ethnically or religiously offensive, sexually suggestive, or promote or advertise the use of drugs (including alcohol). 

·         Gang-affiliated clothing or markings are also prohibited, including wearing colors to promote a gang.

·         Clothing should be clean and without large holes. 

·         Hats are worn outdoors only.

·         Make up is not to be worn to school. 

·         "Spaghetti" straps and bare midriffs are not allowed.

We discourage hair-coloring and other haircuts and hairstyles that attract undue attention.

 

 

Also...Baskin Robbins donated proceeds from their sales on the third Thursday of the month. Thank you so much to the owner, Troy, who handed over a check to us last week, and $500 to Sassarini at their Grand Opening last month.

 

 

See the article in the Sonoma Sol about our STAR parties!

http://elsolsonoma.com/?p=542

STAR TESTING April 22-May 8

Sassarini School takes a positive approach towards STAR testing. I met with almost 100 students in grades 3-5 to talk about their test scores received last year. We have had students perform a skit and learn a new song, "the Big 5, " which is all about test taking strategies. About 100 adults attended our fabulous STAR Parent Parties and learned how to help their children perform their best and to SHOW WHAT THEY KNOW. Teachers are helping students to become familiar with the STAR test format and are giving students a "practice test" using the questions that were on old STAR tests. We will be serving special, healthy snacks and water to all students tested, every day.

The STAR test is given in every public school in California in grades 2 through 12. These tests are important to parents, to students, and to our school for different reasons:

FOR STUDENTS: They get to "SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW." Students' scores are mailed home in the summer, and tell whether they have learned what they should have for their grade. For fifth graders, individual's test scores are used by their sixth grade teachers to help determine whether he/she will have just one English and one math class on their class schedule; if they score below "Proficient", he/she may have to take an extra English and/or an extra math class.

FOR PARENTS: The STAR test score is one measure of how well your child is learning at his/her grade level. You can compare your child's scores year-to-year. You can also compare your child's performance to how well other students in the state are doing.
 
FOR TEACHERS: Teachers use the STAR scores to group students for Team Time, and in the classroom for language arts and math instruction.

FOR SCHOOLS: The STAR test scores for all students are boiled down to one number, an API. We also get APIs for each significant student sub-group: "English Learners" "Whites" "Socioeconomicallly Disadvantaged" and "Latinos". We use the subgroup APIs to measure our effectiveness in teaching different students. The community also looks at a school's API or APIs as quality indicators.

Is the STAR test High Stakes? You bet. Sassarini may end up In "Program Improvement", a program designated by the state, if we have failed to prepare our students to reach these goals:

  • At least 35% of all our student subgroups must perform "Proficient" or "Advanced" on the Language Arts tests.
  • 37% of all student subgroups must reach the "Proficient" or "Advanced" on the math tests.


To score at "Proficient" or "Advanced" levels roughly means a student must answer 60% of all questions correctly. And again, our subgroups are "Hispanic or Latino" "White" "Socioeconomically Disadvantaged" and "English Learners." In other words, more than a third of all students in each grouping must score Proficient or higher.

I know our students are smart! They can show this! We want our Sassarini students to perform their best, and YOU are so important in making that happen!

How can parents best prepare their students for state testing?

1.  Remind your child to Think Positively!  Your child's goal is to think and say, "I'm going to do the best I can," "I can do hard things!" rather than "I'll never make it through this test."

2.  Help your child be physically fit. To perform well on a test requires that your child be alert. Be sure your children, ages 5-8, are in bed by 8 PM, and ages 9-11 by 8:30 PM. Be sure your children eat a full breakfast, including protein and complex carbohydrates.

3.  Help you child know his/her personal "bug-a-boos" when taking a test. (A silly word, but have fun with this despite the seriousness of it all!) All students have weaknesses of one kind or another. For example, if your child's weakness is reading accurately, help your child read each word by pointing with his finger, and to be most careful when reading the questions and choices. Then teach him or her to look back at the passage for a very specific answer. (Ask your child's teacher for help with pinpointing the area%2





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