Solon Intermediate School

Good Morning SIS families,

We are nearly there. Only three weeks left and we will be halfway through our year! It has absolutely flown by and we are so grateful for all of the support the last five months. The opening of this new building has been successful because of the collaboration, building structures, parent support, and resources we have in Solon! As stated before with our plan on a page, we have 5 goals for our building as seen below:

1. By June 2019, 90% of 4th and 5th grade students will meet grade level benchmarks according to Benchmark Assessments.

2. By June 2019, 100% of all 4th and 5th grade teachers will administer and analyze Reading Records to drive instructional decisions.

3. By June 2019, 100% of 5th grade teachers will be implementing all four units of study.

4. By June 2019, 100% of 4th grade teachers will be creating if/then units for implementation as a response to student need.

5. By June 2019, 100% of 4th and 5th grade students will know each other's names.

We support these goals and priorities with the following:

-Weekly Collaborative Learning Time (Thursday early release)

-Instructional coaching cycles to improve student learning

-Collaborative classroom teachers who open up their rooms

-Use of Grantwood AEA consultants

-Building leadership teams

-Intervention teams (academic, behavioral, and social-emotional)

-Comprehensive Intervention Model (CIM) for reading

-TAG services

-Special education services

We are looking forward to December, and continuing the hard work ahead! Enjoy the holiday season!!

We are so blessed to have the parents we have in Solon! Having worked in other districts before moving here, I can say first-hand that we have many positive people who care in the right ways.

Thank you to those that gave food for our parent/teacher conferences. Those days are crazy for our teachers, and it was very nice to have the spread we did!

If you have any suggestions on ways to make your conference experience more enjoyable, please don't hesitate to let us know.

Our kids had a blast at the movie night a few weeks ago. Thanks to those parents that helped with the concession stand! Look for another one sometime in February...

The SIS Christmas Shoppe is looking for donations! The Christmas Shoppe is an event that gives all students the opportunity to pick out and wrap gifts for their families. We collect new and used items donated by our community members and will set up the Shoppe at SIS on December 18th. With a suggested donation of $1 per gift, all money raised is used to spread cheer to families in need. It is such a joyous event!

Donations can be left with Jamie in the office. We are looking for any items that could be used as a gift in the eyes of a child. Popular items are: Jewelry/accessories, small décor, koozies, golf balls, sports items, team gear, gadgets/tools, lotion, cologne, ties, toys, DVDs, etc. We also need tape, tissue paper, jewelry boxes, and gift bags!

Please consider donating items (a great excuse to clean house before the holidays)! The students have SO much fun shopping and wrapping, and the money raised provides much needed help to local families. 'Tis the Season!

Please direct questions to Mollie Kilburg molliekilburg@gmail.com

Thank you!

Every month our staff will select four Spartan Stars. Please help us in congratulating these 4 SIS students, as they consistently demonstrate the 3 R's (Brady Wick, Maddyn Gates, Ella Kock, Chase Messick.) They were selected because from day one they have demonstrated respectfulness, responsibility, and readiness in all areas of school life (the rubric we use to teach those expectations is below.)

We all know how calendars can get filled, so please add the following dates to your calendar! Reminder that every Thursday we dismiss at 1:32.

December 18th- SIS Christmas shoppe from 10-2.

December 20th- 5th Grade band concert located at the HS Center for the Arts starting at 6:30

December 21st- ALL school party from 12:15-1:32

January 2nd- Back to school

*PLEASE NOTE: Our non-attendance day in Feb. for teacher professional learning has been changed to Monday, Feb. 18th in accordance with President's Day. It had originally been schedule for Monday, Feb. 11th. This was approved at the November board meeting.

I am sure most of you have this already, but if not here you go!

http://www.solon.k12.ia.us/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/52c5c98465d8a/scsd_calendar_18_19.pdf

Please check this every week for updates. https://sites.google.com/a/solon.k12.ia.us/scsd-virtual-backpack/

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Email: zwigle@solon.k12.ia.us
Website: http://www.solon.k12.ia.us/vnews/display.v/SEC/Intermediate%20School%7CHome
Location: 200 West 5th Street, Solon, IA, USA
Phone: 319-624-2381
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SOLONINTERMEDIATESCHOOL/
Twitter: @wiglezac