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Becky Weber– Pr inc ipa l Trac ie Howes, Nico le Weber —Ass is tant Pr inc ipals APRIL 2019

Upcoming Events: September 4—Early Dismissal 12:35 p.m. September 7—Labor Day/No School September 8—Bully Free Kick-Off Event—6:30 p.m. September 15—Fall Pictures-School Uniform must be worn September 21—Children’s Hospital “Boo at the Zoo” Fundraiser begins

March has “roared” right out of 2019! We are definitely “Springing” into April. This is the time of the year we are spending and enjoying more outside activities. Please make sure your child is wearing closed-toe shoes and his/her clothes are fitting appropriately. If you have any unwanted school uniforms, please donate them to school. Eighty four percent of our parents attended conferences on March 21st and 22nd. With six weeks of school left, there is plenty enough time to help your child master the remaining grade level requirements. For those students still at risk of not meeting any grade level requirements, it is important that you discuss with your child’s teacher strategies and interventions that can be used at home. In order for your child to be suc-cessful, we need to all work together. Every instructional minute is important to academic learning so, please continue to have your child at school and arriving on time. Our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders are working hard every day and we are positive this will be evident in the 2018-2019 state assessment results. All students in grades 3 and 4 will take the LEAP 2025 on a paper based assessment from April 29 - May 3. All students in grade 5 will take the LEAP 2025 on computers

throughout the month of April. The Louisiana Department of Education released two new parent guides to help parents better understand what stu-dents should know and be able to do on the spring LEAP 2025 assessments. * Parent Guide to the LEAP 2025 Tests: guidance for par-ents on what tests their child will take, when and how they can support their preparation at home *Parent Guide to the LEAP 2025 Practice Tests: guidance for parents on how to access both online and paper practice tests

Translated versions of both documents are available in Span-ish, Arabic, and Vietnamese and can be found in the Family Support Toolbox.

Thank you to all parents who attended the LEAP 2025 Parent Breakfast.

I hope you and your family have a wonderful Easter holiday! Becky Weber, Principal

ELEMENTARYSCHOOL5THGRADECOMPUTER

BASEDTESTING(CBT)SCHEDULE

DATE TEST SESSIONS

Friday,4/5 ELA 1

Monday,4/8 ELA 2 ELA 3

Tuesday,4/9 Science 1 Science 2

Wednesday,4/10

Science 3 SS 1

Thursday,4/11

SS 2 SS 3

Friday,4/12 Makeup Testing

Tuesday,4/23 No Testing

Wednesday,4/24

Math 1

Thursday,4/25

Math 2 Math 3

Friday,4/26 Makeup Testing

Monday,4/29‐Friday,5/3

3rd-4th Grade PBT


Parents/Guardians/Visitors, Each time you enter the school, you will be asked to present a valid state-issued ID. Everyone needs to check in to the main office once you are on campus. At Car Rider pickup you will be asked for a picture ID as well.

All notes must be given in writing, brought in with the student or emailed to: [email protected] before 2:30 p.m. each day and by 11:30 a.m. on half days. All notes should be on a full sheet of paper, writ-ten with a dark color ink and include your child’s full name, the teacher’s name, and dates of the changes with clear instructions and your signature. If you email a dismissal change, please expect a confir-mation by email. A bus change form can be ob-tained from your child’s teacher, the office or can be downloaded from our website: (www.stcharles.k12.la.us/norco).

Attendance Requirements: ELEMENTARY students shall be in atten-dance a minimum of 167 days a school year. Students may only be absent 10 days. ELE-MENTARY students who accrue more than 10 absences will NOT be eligible for promotion. Extenuating circumstances may apply. For more information, please refer to the 2018-2019 Student Code of Conduct District Hand-book.

Please allow your child to show what they have learned on your home computer; this is a great way for them to practice their newly acquired keyboarding skills and build confidence. Students can access inter‐active learning activities from my web page.

In the URL bar type in St. Charles Parish Schools Go to Our Schools on the top left corner of the page Norco Elementary This will bring you to the School website Click on Faculty Look under S You are looking for Catherine’s Schexnayder’s site On the left side of the page click on Interesting Web Resources This will bring you to my webmix with Typing Activities Students will click on the http address https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/cschexnayder

You may monitor your child’s progress on a regular basis through PowerSchool. Please contact the office if you have not created an account. The portal is unavailable each Wednesday evening beginning at approximately 9:00 p.m. due to scheduled maintenance.

NEWS FROM THE NEST

Gabriella Gonzalez, 5th grader, has been casted for the pro-duction of Tales of Amelia Bede-lia. NES has a STAR!

Police Unity Tour Dress Down Day

Thank you to all who participated in our

blue dress down day in support of our police officers.

As a school we raised $550.00.


NEWS FROM THE NEST

April 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser Ends *Lego League

4 5 5th Grade State Testing

6 United Bridge Run

7 8 5th Grade State Testing

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10 *Playgroup 10a *Lego League *Friendship Club

11 *4-H Cookie Bake Off *Kindergarten Easter Egg Hunt

12 *Make ups for 5th Grade State Testing *Early Dismissal 12:35p *4th Qtr. Peaceful School Bus Morning Meeting

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15 Easter Holidays

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21 22 Easter Holiday 4th Qtr. Progress reports sent home this week

23 *Classes Resume *April SOM Breakfast (Invite only)

24 *5th Grade State Testing *K Field Trip *Lego League Meeting

25 *5th Grade State Testing *PK Field Trip

26 *Make ups for 5th Grade State Testing *PTO Concessions *4th Gr. Field trip

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29 *2nd Grade LEAP Testing 3rd & 4th State Testing *Volunteer Day

30 *2nd Grade LEAP Testing 3rd /4th State Testing *YA Celebra-tion 5:30p

On the last Friday of each month, we will have a Space shirt and jean day. Students may wear any type of space themed shirt with jeans or our designated Spirit shirt with jeans on this day.

1st Grade Zoo Field Trip


NEWS FROM THE NEST

HELP YOUR CHILD AVOID TEST ANXIETY When well‐meaning parents focus too much on test results, they put undue pressure on young children. For kids who

struggle with attention or memorization tasks, testing can be extremely stressful because it requires students to draw

entirely on these skills, and it can cause test anxiety.

Test anxiety is worrying too much about doing well on a test. Students with test anxiety can worry about success in

school and about their future success. They can become very self‐critical and lose confidence in their abilities. Instead

of feeling challenged by the prospect of success, they become afraid of failure. If your child worries too much about

taking tests, you can help to reduce the anxiety by encouraging the child to do the following things:

Read the directions carefully before beginning the test.

Ask the teacher to explain something he doesn't understand.

Look quickly at the entire text to see what types of questions are on it so that he can decide how much time to

spend on each question.

Mark questions that he doesn't know the answer to, skip them, and go on. Tell him if he has time at the end of the

test, to return to it and try again.

Don't get upset because of a single test score

AYUDE A SU HIJO A EVITAR LA ANSIEDAD POR CAUSA DE LOS EXAMINES

Cuando los padres, pese a las buenas intenciones, prestan demasiada atención a los resultados de las pruebas, les ponen presión innecesaria a los hijos pequeños. Para los hijos con problemas de atención o dificultad para memori‐zar, las pruebas pueden resultar muy estresantes porque les exige usar estas destrezas en particular, y causar an‐siedad de examen. "Ansiedad de examen" significa preocuparse demasiado sobre cómo va a salir en el examen. Los alumnos con este tipo de desorden se pueden preocupar de más sobre su éxito en la escuela y en la vida. Pueden criticarse a sí mismos de más y perder la seguridad en sí mismos y en sus habilidades. En vez de sentirse desafiados por la promesa del éxito obtenido, pueden volverse temerosos del fracaso. Si su hijo se preocupa demasiado al tomar exámenes, usted le puede ayudar a minimizar la ansiedad al darle los siguientes consejos:

*Cuando obtengas el examen, lee las instrucciones con mucho cuidado antes de comenzar tu trabajo. *Si hay algo que no entiendes, pídele al maestro que te lo explique. *Revisa el examen rápidamente para ver qué tipos de preguntas incluye. Esto te ayudará a determinar cuánto

tiempo debes tardar en cada sección. *Si no te sabes una respuesta, déjala y sigue con el examen. No desperdicies tiempo preocupándote demasiado

con una sola pregunta. Márcala y si tienes tiempo al final del examen, regresa e intenta responder de nuevo.

Norco Elementary Family Center Together We Can Make a Difference Cynthia Bullock [email protected] Phone: 985 764-8933 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Hours: 8:3am – 3:30pm

April


NEWS FROM THE NEST

Students were chosen for the month of March for showing the character trait of “Effort”.

Front Row: Olivia Pisciotti, Katelyn Roper, Drake Cambre, Alyssa Benoit, Allie Loosemore, Emorie Cyrier, Mackenzie Breaux, Maci Allday, Cooper Pilie’ 2nd Row: Matthew Bagwell, Lilly Sander Haylee DeGruy, Addison Lowry, Audrey Allen, Troy Salisbury, Cadence Reeves 3rd Row: Sarah Glore, Terrell Noel, Abigail Jacob, Reece Surmik, Sadie McNulty Back Row: Eli Naquin, Sergie Williams, Leeah King, Lily Jorgensen-Loper, Kalleigh Jones, Julian Guidry, Jackie Mena Not Pictured: Jacob Bourg

Kindergarten—Justin Martin, Brayden Bailey, Addilyn Duhe, Collin Armand 1st Grade—Bryson Koerber, Carson Vicknair, Eli Wright, Tylas Bailey, Brennan Eddings 2nd Grade—Braiden Phillips, Annabell Moheng, Jonah Corbray, Connor Stoltz, Piper Brady 3rd Grade—Leelan Moore, Evelyn Glore, Juliana Doster, K’von Bailey 4th Grade—Harley Landry, Paige Massengale, Colin LaRosa, Heidi Paliaro, Sergie Williams 5th Grade—Eli Naquin, Madison Troxler, Jace Morris, Abigail Acosta


NEWS FROM THE NEST

HEADS UP ON CONCUSSIONS

A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury caused by a bump or blow to the head. Even a mild blow can sometimes be serious. Signs and symptoms of a concussion can show up immediately following the injury or may not appear or be noticed until days or weeks after the injury. If your child exhibits any signs of a concus‐sion or you suspect any symptoms, seek medical attention right away.

SIGNS SYMPTOMS

How can you help your child prevent a concussion or other serious brain injury? • Ensure that they follow their coach’s rules for safety during sports. • Make sure they wear the right protective equipment for their activity and that the equipment fits properly. • Wearing a helmet should be a priority to reduce the risk of a serious brain injury; however, helmets are not designed to prevent concussions. What should you do if you think your child has a concussion? SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION RIGHT AWAY. If injury occurs during sports, take your child out of the game right away. KEEP YOUR CHILD OUT OF PLAY. Don’t let your child return to play the day of the injury and not until a health care professional says it’s OK. Children who return to play too soon before the brain is com pletely healed risk a greater chance of having a repeat concussion which can be very serious. TELL YOUR CHILD’S COACH ABOUT ANY PREVIOUS CONCUSSION. Coaches should always be aware if your child has had a previous concussion. Nicole Schulin, RN, School Nurse Information gathered from http://www.cdc.gov/headsup/

Headache or “pressure” in head Nausea or vomiting Dizziness Double or blurry vision Sensitivity to light or noise Feeling sluggish, foggy, or groggy Concentration or memory problems Confusion Just “not feeling right”

Appears dazed or stunned Is confused about assignment or position Forgets an instruction Moves clumsily Answers questions slowly Loses consciousness (even briefly) Shows mood, behavior, or personality changes


NEWS FROM THE NEST

Our kindergarten students are busy preparing to be first graders. Kindergartners will be expected to read more complex decodable texts fluently to be promoted to the next grade. You can help your child build reading fluency at home by having your child read daily. Kindergarteners should practice sight words to ensure they know the words from memory. As authors, kindergartners will build upon their knowledge of nonfiction text and write facts to teach their readers through their informative writings. Students will use the different mechanics of writing to help them develop their factual stories. In math, kindergartners will begin to learn about place value with tens and ones. Students use this knowledge to compose and decompose teen numbers. Mark your calendars for our end of year kindergarten celebration. It will be held on Friday, May 17th, 2019. More information will be sent home as the event ap-proaches. We look forward to seeing you at this special event!

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!! With the arrival of April we benefit from beautiful weather and extended daylight hours, and Spring Fever. While we encourage everyone to spend quality time as a family enjoying the beautiful spring weather and extra daylight, we would also like to remind everyone to remain diligent with home-work. Upon returning from Spring Break we will continue with teaching and learning. We will continue with our Guidebooks Unit “The Ox-Cart Man” focusing on how life has changed over time. Second grade stu-dents should be reading a variety of text daily. Throughout the remainder of the nine weeks, we will be writing informational/explanatory text. Students should be able to gather information about a topic or take the information that they have learned and explain what they have learned in writing. With the conclusion of Module 7, students will have a better un-derstanding of graphs and money, as most importantly reading, understanding, and solving word problems. This is key for suc-cess in third grade. Module 8 will focus on time and fractions. In Science, we are learning about glaciers and how they demon-strate the states of matter. As always, thank you for your support and cooperation. If you have any questions, feel free to contact your child’s teacher.

Is my child ready for Kindergarten? If you would like answers to this question, check out the link below: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/early-childhood/brochure---kindergarten-readiness-definition-(english).pdf?sfvrsn=5 http://www.leapfrog.com/en-us/learning-path/articles/kindergarten-skills-checklist.html Each give specific examples of what children should be exposed to in order to be “Kindergarten Ready.” You can also take advantage of the Pre-Kindergarten Fair offered by St. Charles Parish at the following locations and dates: New Sarpy Elementary School - April 6, 2019 any-time between 9:00 – 11:00. R.K. Smith Elementary School – May 4, 2019 any-

time between 9:00- 11:00.

Can you believe that Spring has arrived already? As always, our busy first graders continue to work so hard. For our final quarter we will be working on writing our opinions. Students will need to tell their opinion, give a reason for their opinion and provide a sense of closure. Students will also be working on writing informative stories. In math, we will be focusing on place value, comparing numbers and word problems up to 100. We will continue to use the RDW (Read, Draw, Write) strategy. Remind your students to read the problem and think about what they know. They then need to draw and label the picture as well as write a num-ber sentence and statement to prove their answer. In read-ing we will continue to read grade appropriate texts and identify the main idea and key details in the story. Practice at home by reading any book with your child and having them identify the important parts of the story. Thank you so much for continuing to be such wonderful partners in our students’ education and keep working hard!


NEWS FROM THE NEST

In ELA we are continuing in our Guidebook Unit revolving around the American Revolution. We will continue reading a variety of texts to help us better understand this time in history and the two sides of the conflict. In Social Studies, we will be entering our final unit of study, Unit 6: Impact of Technol-ogy. Our Mathematicians have been working hard in our Module 6 unit. We have taken our knowledge of fractions and applying it to decimals. We have converted fractions to decimals, placing decimals in order from least to greatest, comparing decimals, as well as adding decimals greater than one. We are wrapping up our unit in decimals this week and will begin to focus on Module 7. Continue to en-courage our students to review their notes and study their multiplication facts. Last but not least, our Scientists have been focusing on our newest phenomena and exploring how developing coun-tries now have more cell phone users than the world’s richer countries. The students are conduct-ing experiments to help them learn how electricity, energy, and light all contribute to this amazing phe-nomena! We are also looking forward to our two upcoming field trips.

During the month of April, your fifth grader will be focusing most of their time on the LEAP 2025 as-sessment. Please encourage your student to do their best and finish 5th grade strong. We will con-tinue to review/prepare for LEAP throughout the month. Students have finished their DARE Program. Those that completed their essay will be invited to attend the DARE field trip to a BabyCakes baseball game in May. More information about this and DARE graduation coming soon! You will also be getting information from Hurst Middle School to help students prepare for next year.

Woo hoo! The 4th quarter has arrived! Third grade students are wrapping up their unit on Be-cause of Winn-Dixie. Students are preparing for the Culminating Writing Task, which will be turned

in for a summative grade. Readers will then begin a novel study. The book we will read is The Lemonade War. As a class, we will have literature circles to discuss the chapters in depth.

In Social Studies, students are in the midst of Unit Five: Louisiana’s Future. We are specifically focusing on how our economy is impacted by our geography, and the positive and negative impacts of Louisiana changing over time.

We have begun our last module in math. Students will solve problems using all four operations. Also, we will be com-paring and classifying quadrilaterals and other polygons. The end of the module will focus on reviewing area and learning how to calculate perimeter. Scientists can look forward to “digging into” fossils! Students will analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago.

We are also preparing to take the LEAP at the end of April by taking practice tests and reviewing test-taking strate-gies. Practice assessments will be coming home soon for you to review with your child.

Norco's Daisy Troop 20469 (5 girls attend NES), Brownie Troop 20104 (7 girls attend NES), and Junior Troop 20179 (2 girls at-tend NES) all participated in this years Girl Scout Cookie Sales. Altogether they sold 11,194 boxes of cookies and donated 694 boxes of cookies to our Military Troops deploying in April. We are excited to say that one of our own made the top 5 sellers for our The Girl Scout Louisiana East Coun-cil, Eva Braud was #2.


NEWS FROM THE NEST

Thank you to Electric Girls and our Partners-In-Education, Shell Manufacturing Complex, for another great after-school session. For the third after school session the girls were able to use circuits and other materials (popsicle sticks or construc-tion paper) to create their very own fans. The girls used wire cutters, batteries and other items in order to create the fans.

Pictured left and right are our 1st and 2nd grade LEGO league students with teachers O’Neal Richard and Gabrielle

Becnel.

Fifth grade students enjoying the beautiful weather outside during ELA classes.


NEWS FROM THE NEST

“The world's most famous and popular language is music.” ~Psy

People are always impressed with the ability of a successful child. Parents, the Three D’s of Success are a must; Desire, Discipline and Dedication.

April is the month for Jazz Appreciation as well as pranksters… yes, we still have to practice. Home practice must happen in preparation of our upcoming concerts in May. Also, take the opportunity to enjoy some Jazz; whether live or on the radio. Catch my band, The Bucktown All-Stars, Sunday, April 14th and many other bands at the French Quarter Festival April 11 – 14, 2019. Hope to see you there.

3rd Grade Principal’s List—Eva Braud, Gabrielle Monk, Reece Surmik, Conner Trosclair, Jacob Wagner Honor Roll—Joseph Banquer, Caleb Burst, NaJone Cammon, Aiden Chisholm, Lexi Gaubert, Cloe Grabert, Savannah Green, Shaylynn Green, Adalyn Guidry, Brayden Hebert, Raegan Hebert, Judah LeBlanc, Logan Mangano, Kai Martin, Sage Massengale, Hayden McNeese, Caden Orgeron, Lucas Ray, Brooklyn Robin, Deuce Ryder, Troy Salisbury, Brayden Sentilles, Morieon Smith, Sophia Ta-rullo, William Terrell, Sophia Thornton, Dominick Townsend, Kade Triche, Emma Vickers, Anthony Webster, Jase Yoes 4th Grade Principal’s List– Drake Jamieson, Shelby Labat, Jolie Lozano, Rylee Marcel, Reed Marse, Madison Sarro, Grant Williams Honor Roll– Anastasia Adewumi, Maddison Alexander, Landon Allen, Anthony Berg, Callie Bor-delon, Beau Brouillette, Kale Brown, Brody Evans, Julian Guidry, Peyton Howard, Ryan Krebs, Harley Landry, Lilly Lousteau, Maddox, Madere, Sadie McNulty, Mia Mena, Dalton Morris, Nathan Nesbit, Avram Palmore, Jeremiah Rushing, Logan Tregre, Carly Vicknair, Emmersyn Vicknair, Leanna Vick-nair, Ashtyn Weber 5th Grade Principal’s List–Hannah Burst, Addison Entremont Honor Roll—Lesley Armand, Vivien Brouillette, Kaleb Crawford, Braden Eddings, Jackson Fletcher, Sarah Glore, Sophia Krebs, Isabella Loupe, Brianna Meek, Jackson Moore, Dylan Smith, Ava Sutton, Coby Trosclair, Haniya White, Isabella Whitfield

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