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Robles Junction Newsletter December 2009

Students get a Report Card Do schools get a report card?

As a matter of fact we do.

Goals for Altar Valley School District Goals are based on state levels for meeting annual measurable objectives (AMO).

By the year 2013, the goal is that 100% of all students will meet or exceed. Reading

3rd Grade Reading

4th Grade Reading

5th Grade Reading

6th Grade Reading

7th Grade Reading

8th Grade

Last Year % of students who met or exceeded on AIMS

56% 55% 55% 55% 48% 73%

Goal % of students who will meet or exceeded on AIMS in 2010

63% 60% 66% 67% 60% 77%

Math 3rd Grade

Math 4th Grade

Math 5th Grade

Math 6th Grade

Math 7th Grade

Math 8th Grade

Last Year % of students who met or exceeded on AIMS

51% 53% 53% 57% 52% 75%

Goal % of students who will meet or exceeded on AIMS in 2010

60% 63% 60% 66% 62% 80%

Helping our children learn and succeed is a partnership between school and home. Here are some fun things you can do at home that will help your child succeed with school:

When our students take the AIMS test their scores are computed and matched against the scores of other schools. The Arizona Department of Education can see how well each school is doing and which school needs to improve. Our schools at one time were in need of improvement. Over the last several years we have made great strides, but more im-provement is still needed. When our teachers look at the AIMS scores they are able to identify which individual students and which groups of stu-dents need more help. Right now we know that almost half of our students are struggling to meet the requirements that the State has outlined for students to be successful at each grade level. The Altar Valley Schools have developed new strategies and brand new curriculums to help students improve in reading and math. Today we wanted to share our goals with you by grade level. You can see by the chart below where we stand.

Set aside a designated time to read (about 10 minutes per grade level) every day before watching TV or playing video games. Discuss what was read with your child. Read interesting books out loud with your child Have your child (especially elementary) read to you a little everyday – even labels on boxes, road signs, etc. Have your child cook and read the recipes, count change

Play board games with your child – Board Games improve problem solving skills Read an article in the paper or magazine with your child and discuss it. Have your child estimate how much you will spend when you go to the grocery store.


Volunteer In Our Schools We

Need You!

Volunteers are needed in both Robles & AVMS

At Robles we need: Folks to dedicate 1 morning a week to help with stu-

dent readers. 1 person for 1 morning a week for 9 weeks to quiz 3rd

grade students on sight words. We have a school store and need help having it open for

students Tuesday morning, Thursday morning or Wednesday lunch. You can choose the day that works for you.

Classroom help, especially Kindergarten. At AVMS we need: Classroom help Lunch detention help School Store help

If you have filled out a Volunteer Form and I have not called you, please let me know you are available

You may have filled out a Volunteer form and said you

were only interested in After School or field trips with your child’s class. I have not called because you were not available, that may have changed.

You may not have signed the form and therefore we could not process it.

If you are not a parent and need fingerprint clearance to volunteer come talk to me, we can get this done for you.

There are many opportunities to help and your help will be greatly appreciated. Please call:

Trish Sargent, Parent Involvement Coordinator

Altar Valley Schools Cell Phone # 520-247-8222

Check out the Altar Valley School Website

http://altarvalleyschools.org/

Calendar Events - School Menus Sports calendar - Photos

HOLIDAY CLOTHING DRIVE

STUDENTS AT THE ALTAR VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL BE COLLECTING CLEAN, USED CLOTHING, CANNED GOODS, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, AND CLEAN/REPAIRED TOYS from De-cember 1st through December 12.th All donated items will be made available to the public on Monday, Decem-ber 14th from 10 a.m. to noon at the VFW POST 10254 at 10211 S. Sasabe Road The “Holiday Clothing Drive” is a traditional event that originated with the Altar Valley CHAMPS group as a local service activity and it has been supported by the VFW since it began over ten years ago. The community is invited to contribute items to the drive as well as participate in the distribution of items on the 14th . Donations can be dropped off at the Altar Valley Middle School office, 16350 W. Ajo before Fri-day, December 14th. If you have students (neighbors, relatives) who attend AVMS you might indicate the teacher’s name of the student on your donation. These items are collected so that Three Points residents can stop by the VFW and select items that will help them during this holiday season

CUB SCOUT WEB SITE

Bill Gates announces that Troop 364 has a webpage dedicated to the cub scouts. The scouts are now holding their weekly meetings at VFW 10254 Auxiliary building and they are excited about using it as their new troop home. Visit www.fudgieguys.com/vfw10254/vfw.html for more information.

Volume 1, Issue 1 CHURCHES St. Mary of the Desert Catholic Information: 822-9338 CCD: 822-2859 Baptisms: 822-2859 Youth Group: 822-1112 Confession: Saturday 5:00 pm Mass: Saturday 5:30 pm at Altar Valley Elementary School Gym. Faith Baptist Church 11080 S. Brandywine Lane (between Guy & Viking). Phone: 822-1057. Pastor: Stan Stringer Worship: Sunday, 11:00 am Prayer: Thursday, 6:30 pm Serenity Baptist Church 5501 W. Ajo Way Phone: 822-2026 Pastor: Dane Miller Worship: Sunday, 10:30 am Bible Study: Sunday, 9:30 am Youth Group & Children’s Program: Wednesday, 7:00 pm. Adult Bible Study: Wed. 7:15 pm Holy Way Presbyterian Church 4221 W. Ajo Way Phone: 888-9417 Pastor: Raymond S. Thomas Worship: Sunday 9:30 am Sunday School: Sunday 9:30 am Tuesday Bible Study: 9:00 am Tucson Mountain Baptist Church 5757 W. Ajo Way Phone: 883-1234 Pastor: Dr. Jay George Sunday School: Sunday, 9:30 am Worship: Traditional: Sunday 8:00 am Contemporary: Sunday 10:45 am Children’s Church: 10:45 am Evening Service: 6:00 pm Youth Live: Wednesday, 7:00 pm Mount Zion Lutheran Church 4520 W. Ajo Way Phone: 883-0627 Pastors: Dan Valasakos and Craig Larson Worship: Sunday 8:00 & 10:45 am Saturday, 5:00 pm Sunday School: 9:45 am — all ages Mission Park Baptist Church 2101 W. Ajo Way Phone: 883-386 Pastor: Tim George Worship: Sunday, 9:30 am Sunday School: Sunday 11:00 am Spanish Worship: Sunday 2:00 pm Kids Club: Wednesday 6:45 pm Spanish: Thursday, 7:00 pm

Robles Students go to

Bookman’s Earlier this school year Robles Elemen-tary teachers and staff partnered with Bookmans in order to jump start literacy among our students. Bookmans offered $10.00 in Bookmans cash to all students who read 10 books and wrote 10 book reports. We thought this would be a wonderful incentive for our students to read books of their choice. We also decided to reward those students who met the established goal with a field trip to Bookmans in or-der to tour the facility and learn about commerce as well as to spend their Book-mans gift certificate. We have been amazed at the response from our students as they have risen to our challenge to promote literacy. We took our 1st group of 30 students to Bookmans on November 17th and our 2nd bus is due to depart on December 3rd. Our 3rd bus is full but due to the holidays will have to wait until January and our 4th bus is just about full as well! All of us at Robles are proud of our students reading success; please join us in congratulating each and every one of

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On Tuesday November 17th, Robles Elemen-tary School honored their October Students of the Month. Some of the 21 Robles Elementary School Stu-dents who received this honor had lunch with the principal and received special gifts and ice cream from the PTA . Some of the students could not make the lunch because they had earned a field trip to Bookman's. The PTA made sure they received their special gifts. The students who received this honor had been selected by their teacher for always behaving above and beyond in class. They were kind, considerate, followed directions, were respon-sible and helped take care of others.

Robles Elementary School October Student of the Month

What’s with the new fence at the

Elementary School?

If you have been to the campus at the Robles Elemen-tary School, you would have noticed that we have put up a very large fence by the front office. We have also put a fence on the east side of the school. The reason is, our open campus allowed anyone to just walk into the school. Parents and guests are always welcome in our school, but we found that other people who did not have school business were walking the halls of the school. This was a great cause for concern. Therefore it was decided that for the continued safety of our students we needed to construct a fence to have the flow of visitors go through the front office. All parents, guests and visitors now must sign in at the front office and receive a pass to be on campus. Anyone who does not have the proper pass can be im-mediately identified. Another safety precaution implemented is at the end of the school day parents need to sign their child out of class before they are put on the bus. No one will be

allowed to remove a child from the school bus. Parents will sign their child out in the office and then be given a red tag. They will then be able to either get their child from class or wait for them in the Robles courtyard. The Middle School also had additional fencing installed for the safety of their students. There is now a gate limiting the ability to drive around to the back of the school. If you have any questions please give us a call. or go to our school website at http://altarvalleyschools.org/ from there you can e-mail your questions to us.


PPEP TEC News

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English Proficiency Services Special Education Services On-Site Counseling Services Fun Field Trips Exciting Extra-Curricular

Activities (Prom & Yearbook)

“All I really needed was a helping hand, and that is what PPEP TEC provided.”

They wouldn’t let me fail!” -G. Garcia PTHS class 2009

PPEP TEC HIGH SCHOOL For more information contact us at:

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Where Will you graduate?

Holiday Schedule for PPEP Tec High School

School will be out on December 18 School will begin again on January 3

Volume 1, Issue 1

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3-6 PM Community Food Bank

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1:00pm J.O.Y.

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PPEP TEC School begins again on Monday, January 4

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