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Chinook News for Wk of 10/2-10/6
Your oh-FISH-al school newsletter!
COMING UP...
This Week: 10/2-10/6
10/2-10/6 - ART week
10/2-10/6 - PE: L. Saltzman OUT AND Straubinger INSIDE
- MON, 10/2 - After school soccer begins, permission required (more info below)
- WED, 10/4 - After school soccer, permission required
- THU, 10/5 - TX Roadhouse Dine to Donate (more info below)
- FRI, 10/6 - Chinook Spirit Day - wear logo wear or blue/red
Looking ahead...
- 10/9 - Indigenous Peoples Day / No Students or Staff
- 10/11 - After school soccer, permission required
- 10/14 - Chinook PTA Trunk or Treat (more info to come)
- 10/16 - After school soccer, permission required
- 10/18 - After school soccer, permission required
- 10/19 - School Picture Retakes
- 10/20 - End of 1st Quarter / Grading Day / No Students
- 10/23 - After school soccer, permission required
- 10/25 - Parent/Teacher Conferences / Early Release
- 10/26 - Parent/Teacher Conferences / Early Release
- 10/27 - Professional Development Day / No Students
🙌 Way to go, King Salmon (Our goal is 90%)!
Let's be prepared for outside play!
Your K-3 student's mClass results available in ParentConnect
Where do I access my child’s mClass results in ParentConnect?
mClass assessment results are located in the Assessment Results section of ParentConnect. Select the “+“ sign to expand the section.
What do my child’s mClass results mean?
mClass is one of the Anchorage School District’s benchmark assessments and is administered each Fall, Winter, and Spring to K-3 students. Students are assessed in several Early Literacy skill areas which produce an overall composite score as follows:
- Kindergarten – Letter Names, Phonemic Awareness, Decoding, Word Reading
- 1st Gr – Letter Names, Phonemic Awareness, Decoding, Word Reading, Oral Reading Fluency
- 2nd Gr – Decoding, Word Reading, Oral Reading Fluency
- 3rd Gr - Decoding, Word Reading, Oral Reading Fluency
- Kindergarten – n/a
- 1st Gr – n/a
- 2nd Gr – Comprehension, Vocabulary
- 3rd Gr – Comprehension, Vocabulary
Screening scores provide a data snapshot that is used to support identification of students who are at-risk and in need of interventions and/or enrichment or acceleration. The assessments measure early literacy skills in grades K-3. The results are used to measure learning status and growth within the school year.
The following sample report shows what mClass results look like in Parent Connect. The example is labeled with the letters, A through J. The letters correspond to specific information about mClass results, which is provided on the following pages. Please contact your child’s principal, teacher, or counselor for more support with mClass results.
A. Test: This is the assessment name, mClass.
B. Season: The Season is the time of year or the window when the assessment was taken. mClass Seasons (Windows) are Fall, Winter, and Spring.
C. Date Taken: This is the date a student takes the assessment during the fall, winter, or spring season or window.
D. Grade: This is the student’s grade level on test day.
E. Sub Test: This is the name of the measure. Measures are listed on page one by season and grade level.
F. Score: This is the student’s overall score on the assessment.
Composite Score (K-3 Early Literacy Screening)
G. Percentile: The student's percentile rank is the percentage of students who had a score less than or equal to this score as observed in the mClass norms study. This allows the student to be compared to similar students across the nation who took mClass during the same season or window.
H. Risk: Click here to read about Risk Levels
I. Semester Growth: The student’s growth from Fall to Winter will be displayed with the Winter results. Students must have a Fall and Winter score to generate this growth descriptor. Student growth from Winter to Spring will be displayed with the Spring results. Students must have a Winter and Spring score to generate this growth descriptor.
J. Year Growth: The student’s growth from Fall to Spring will be displayed with the Spring results. Students must have a Fall and Spring score to generate this growth descriptor.
We will be sending home the mClass Home Connect Report this week with students who identify as needing additional reading supports.
W.I.N. stands for What I Need
👇 YOU STILL HAVE TIME! DUE date extended till Tue, 10/3 👇
Who: 3rd-6th grade Boys/Girls
When: Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30 starting October 2nd
(10/2, 10/4, 10/11,10/16,10/18,10/23)
👇🍫 Help us get ready for our 10/14 TRUNK OR TREAT🍬👇
Join us for our annual Trunk or Treat on 10/14...
Use the QR Code or LINK here to pre purchase your wristbands, sign up to host a trunk, or volunteer via a survey monkey.
- $5 for one person
- $20 for the whole family
- Chinook front office will deliver pre purchased wristbands to students prior to the event.
- ** NOTE from PTA **, to use the giveback website, it makes you ask for a tip prior to checkout. We are unable to turn that feature off. Please click "custom tip" and enter "0" ZERO dollars.
Looking for pants donations in the front office...
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* REPEAT * We LOVE our Chinook Volunteers
Please visit https://www.asdk12.org/volunteer and fill out the online application and waiver. Every volunteer needs to be approved at the start of each school year. Please complete this process ASAP, as you do need to be approved prior to being able to help in our school. This process can take between 5-10 days.
* REPEAT * Come work with us!
- Do you want to join our Chinook team?
- Do you know of a strong educator that would be great on our Chinook team?
To best educate your students, our goal is to have ALL positions filled with high quality staff. Help us do that by getting the word out...
We are hiring for this year (23/24):
- Teacher Substitute (ongoing recruitment)
- Front office Secretary
- Preschool Paraprofessional
Chinook Snapshots...
Chinook Vision Statement
We, the staff and students at Chinook Elementary, commit ourselves to working together to provide a positive and safe school environment that strives to meet the needs of our diverse community of learners.
Email: rucksdashel_lori@asdk12.org
Website: https://www.asdk12.org/chinook
Location: 3101 W 88th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99502, USA
Phone: 907-742-6700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AKChinookElementary/