Munhall Bulletin
December 3, 2021
Munhall Elementary School
Email: heather.miller@d303.org
Website: http://munhall.d303.org/
Location: 1400 South 13th Avenue
Phone: 331-228-2600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Munhall-Elementary-1459358344296891/
Twitter: @MunhallD303
Principal Note
Empower
During the end of November and the month of December, students in Empower will be experiencing new modules! The fifth graders will get an introduction to World Languages with our FLEX module, and our K-4 students will address a need in their community with our Make a Difference Module.
For more information about the current Empower module, please access the links below:
i-Reading—Winter Diagnostic Assessment
Dear Parents and Guardians,
The second i-Ready diagnostic assessment is scheduled for students to take between November 29th and December 10th for middle school students, and December 6th and the 17th for elementary school students. This is a mid-year check on how students are progressing towards their growth goal. Your school will provide you with more specific days as to when your child will take their assessments. After the diagnostic assessments, your child will receive an update to their lessons assigned under the personalized pathway (MyPath).
What should I know and expect as a parent/guardian?
Computer adaptive assessments are designed to determine what standards students know and don’t know yet.
Remind your child they will see questions they might not know the answer to and some easier questions. We need to know what they do know and do not know yet. This is expected.
The purpose of the i-Ready diagnostic is not to give your child a score or grade, but to determine how to best support their learning.
Thank you for your continued support and for being a partner in your child’s learning. We look forward to sharing information with you throughout the year. If you have any questions about i-Ready, please do not hesitate to contact me, your principal, or your child’s teachers. You can also learn more about i-Ready by visiting https://sites.google.com/d303.org/i-readyresources/home .
Sincerely,
David Chiszar
Executive Director of Assessment and Accountability
Winter Celebrations
Friday, December 17th, our students will engage in Winter Celebrations/Class Parties. K-4th grade students will have their celebrations the last hour of the day, while 5th grade will conduct their celebrations earlier in the day due to specials and lunch/recess scheduling.
The parties will run very similarly to the Fall Parties. Classrooms will be limited to two parent volunteers and all volunteers must provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test within 72 hours of the date/time of the party.
In addition, food is not allowed at classroom parties. This includes goodie bags intended to be eaten at a later time. Therefore, food in any form is not permitted in our classrooms for parties/celebrations.
CogAT Results
In November our 3rd and 5th grade students took part in the CogAT assessment, which is a cognitive abilities assessment that targets three areas of reasoning: verbal, nonverbal, and quantitative.
Students will have a sealed envelope, containing their CogAT student report, placed in their backpacks at the end of the day on December 17th.
Preparing for the Winter—How D303 will handle Snow Days
As we prepare for the winter months, I want to communicate our district’s plan should we encounter the need to use an Emergency Day (Snow Day, etc.). The first three emergency days of the year will be a traditional emergency day. This means, students will have the day off of school, and it will be made up at the end of the school year. Using three emergency days will still allow our year to conclude before Memorial Day weekend. We will re-evaluate after the first three emergency days to determine if and when we need to utilize the remote learning plan. If there is an extended time off, such as the cold week we had a few years ago, we could possibly do a combination of old-fashioned emergency days and remote learning days. If this situation should arise, a plan will be communicated in a timely manner.
Have an amazing weekend!
Jarrod Buxton, Principal