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Sheridan Hill Shines
April 2024 Updates
Important April Dates
March 29 – April 8 – Spring Recess, NO School
April 11-19 – Heavenly Hats Collection
April 12 – Grade 2 Field Trip to the Power Vista
April 15 – PTO After School Program begins (pre-registration required)
April 15-29 – Kindergarten Round Up at SH
April 16 – SH PTO Meeting in Library, 6:30 PM
April 16 – BOE Meeting at CMS Auditorium, 6 PM
April 16-17 – NYS ELA assessment
April 19 – Dress Down Day for Heavenly Hats Parade (student only event)
April 22-May 3 – SH PTO Flower Sale
April 26 – PTO Spring Art Show 5:30-7 PM
April 30-May 1 – NYS Math assessment
Solar Eclipse Glasses
NYS ELA and Math Assessments
Below are this year’s upcoming New York State Testing dates. As always, it is helpful if your child has breakfast and arrives well rested and on time for school.
- ELA: Grades 3, 4, 5: Tuesday, April 16 & Wednesday, April 17
- All tests are computer-based
- Mathematics: Grades 3, 4, 5: Tuesday, April 30 & Wednesday, May 1
- All tests are computer-based
As always, we appreciate all you do to support us in educating the children of Sheridan Hill. Please contact me should you have any questions about state testing.
Placement Input Survey
The Sheridan Hill Elementary School faculty regards the placement of students into classroom groups to be a very important professional responsibility. Our goal is to make the best possible decision, not only for an individual child but also for groups of children. We are committed to developing classroom combinations that are balanced with regard to strengths and needs. We strongly believe that all classes should reflect this balance. It is our belief that such classes maximize learning opportunities and are in the best interests of children and teachers. We are professionally committed to creating heterogeneous classes for each grade level.
The faculty at Sheridan Hill Elementary will work together to make the best possible educational decision about each child’s placement for the 2024-2025 school year. We thoroughly consider the following variables to arrive at a decision for individual children and to achieve a balanced grouping for each classroom:
★ Academic Achievement ★ Teaching styles ★ Work Habits and Study Skills ★ Gender ★ Learning styles ★ Time-Intensive Needs ★ Behavior ★ Placement history ★ Social/Emotional Needs
While we encourage parental input about each of the above variables, parent requests for specific teachers can be problematic. Do not request a teacher by name. The best information you can provide to assist in our placement of students is a description of your child, rather than a focus on the teacher. Please remember that we value your input, and it will be carefully considered in class placement; however, we do have an obligation to create educationally balanced classes based on the above criteria.
If you would like to provide some input about your child for consideration as teachers build classes for next year, please complete the Google Form below, Student Placement Survey, and submit no later than Friday, April 26, 2024. All surveys received by April 26th will be given serious consideration when based on the above guidelines. If you need assistance filling out this form, please contact your child’s teacher.
Kindergarten Registration
A friendly reminder that we are hosting Sheridan Hill Kindergarten registration round-up in the month of April. If you have an incoming kindergarten student, or know someone who may need a reminder, be sure you call to make an appointment!
Dress Code
As we continue the school year, I want to remind families of the Clarence District Dress Code. We have had some students inquiring about wearing hats (other than on designated days) and other attire. Thank you for your support.
All students are expected to give proper attention to personal cleanliness and to dress
appropriately for school and school functions. Students and their parents have the primary
responsibility for acceptable student dress and appearance. Teachers and all other district
personnel should exemplify and reinforce acceptable student dress and help students develop
an understanding of appropriate appearance in the school setting.
A student’s dress, grooming, and appearance, including hair style/color, jewelry, make-up, and
nails, shall:
1. Be safe, appropriate and not disrupt or interfere with the educational process.
2. Recognize that extremely brief garments such as short skirts and shorts, tube tops,
net tops, halter tops, spaghetti straps, plunging necklines (front and/or back), and
see-through garments may not be appropriate.
3. Ensure that underwear is completely covered with outer clothing.
4. Include footwear at all times. Footwear that is a safety hazard will not be allowed.
5. Not include the wearing of hats or headwear in the classroom except for a medical
or religious purpose.
6. Not include items that are vulgar, obscene, libelous, or denigrate others on account
of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or
disability.
7. Not promote and/or endorse the use of alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs and/or
encourage other illegal or violent activities.
- DO NOT drop your child off before 7:30 when an attendant is not there to greet them.
- Students need to be dropped off by 8:00am to start their school day.
- Students are marked tardy at 8:05am and will need to sign in to the main office
- When dropping your child(ren) off, they should exit the side closest to the sidewalk
- Please be mindful of other vehicles moving in the circle
If your child is going to be absent from school or will be tardy, it is important that you contact the attendance clerk, Mrs. Hacker to report the absence. You can reach her at 407-9270 or at mhacker@clarenceschools.org.
- Starting in Kindergarten, too many absences can cause children to fall behind in school.
- Missing 10% can make it harder to learn to read.
- Students can still fall behind if they miss just a day or two every few weeks.
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