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Lambs Ledger
September 2022
Message from the Principal, Jamie McCarthy
Upcoming Dates to Remember
September 5th Labor Day, No School
September 9th Last Call Summer Work Prize Cart
September 15th 4:30 School Improvement Council Meeting (SIC)
5:00-7:00 Back to School Night: PTA & State of School Address
September 16th Kona Ice
School Spirit Friday Jean Day!
September 19th PTA CiCi's Pizza Night
September 23rd Early Release 12:25pm
September 29th September Birthday Lunch
September 30th Dress Out of Uniform Day
Assessment Changes for this School Year
Students in grades 1-5 will no longer take the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment. The district has moved to using iReady Reading and Math, the platform we currently use for our adaptive digital content. Feel free to check out the iReady Family Center linked here for a wealth of information about this assessment. I have also included some basic information from this site below. Please reach out to your child’s teacher directly if you have questions as students are beginning to take the fall diagnostic now. Score reports will be shared with you during data conferences at the end of the first quarter.
What is i-Ready?
i-Ready is an online program for reading and/or mathematics that will help your student’s teacher(s) determine your student’s needs, personalize their learning, and monitor progress throughout the school year.
i-Ready allows your teacher(s) to meet your student exactly where they are and provides data to increase your student’s learning gains. i-Ready consists of two parts: Diagnostic and Personalized Instruction.
The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your student’s needs. Each item a student sees is individualized based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier questions.
i-Ready Personalized Instruction provides students with lessons based on their individual skill level and needs, so your student can learn at a pace that is just right for them. These lessons are fun and interactive to keep your student engaged as they learn.
PTA Corner
We are so excited about the new year! We are planned and ready to get started! We are looking for more parents to join our team.
Upcoming PTA Events.
Cici's night Sept. 19th 4-9
T-shirts for sale (we have ordered more extra small and small shirts) $12 for 1 or $20 for 2.
Stay tuned for the fall fundraiser information.
Thank you to everyone who had become a member so far. You can still join the PTA for 5$.
Join the School Improvement Council
The SIC is comprised of teachers, community members, and parents with the goal of creating a partnership to achieve results that better the education and educational environment provided by their school. At Lambs Elementary we are looking for parents to join our team and someone who is willing to be our chair member. If you are interested, please email Mrs. McCarthy at jamie_mccarthy@charleston.k12.sc.us. We meet approximately 5 times a year.
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