April is a very busy time of year!

It's time for us to be prepared to "show what we know" with state testing and end-of-year checks for understanding. I am proud of the work our students do each and every day, but we also must show this hard work as measured by formal assessments.

April is also a time where we show appreciation for so many fabulous people that create a quality school student experience. Check out our specific days of appreciation in our "calendar of events" in this newsletter.

Special thanks to our PTO for organizing our recent fundraiser Read-a-Thon and celebration of prizes recently. Collectively, we read over 12,000 minutes and I'm proud of all of our participants and grateful to dontaitions that will benefit our school. Keep reading!

Lineweaver continues our work using Character Strong resources to introduce and reinforce a character trait each month. Classroom lessons and discussions will be centered upon this month's trait and a student from each class will receive an award after the month of learning and reinforcing this trait. For the month of April, our Character Trait is COURAGE! Check out the document for more information.

Our Counseling Team, Ms. Addis & Ms. Riviotta, are excited to announce "Our Future is BRIGHT: College & Career Week" at Lineweaver April 28-May 2.

Among other activities, we will have guest presenters for 2nd-5th grade classrooms throughout April 28th 9am-1pm. WE NEED PRESENTERS! We would like a variety of professions to share, including vocational/trade jobs, college-required, military, etc! Parents and guardians are invited to participate and spread the word within our community. Please use the sign-up link below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054AA9A922A2F49-55865206-lwcollege

We are collecting interested guest presenters and you will be contacted prior to April 28th for details regarding the schedule of class presentations and preparations.

Thank you for helping to make this a great week!

Tax DAY is almost here and it's not too late to designate your tax credit to Lineweaver!!! Help our robust before and after school programs that are made possible by your TAX CREDIT dollars. Please give to Lineweaver. You can choose specific programs or give to our "undesignated" funds that will go toward the greatest need. You can make your designation for THIS tax year or NEXT!

Every April marks the required Arizona Academic Standards Assessments (AASA) for 3rd-5th graders. More details will come regarding the specific details, but information from Arizona Department of Education can be foung here https://www.azed.gov/assessment/aasa

Tuesday 4/1 is testing for 3rd grade Oral Reading Fluency

Thursday 4/3 is testing for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Writing

Monday 4/14 and Tuesday 4/15 is testing for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Reading and Math

These test results are availble over summer. Please help to ensure your child is prepared for a day of "showing what they know" by being well rested with a healthy breakfast.

Special SHOUT OUT to our fabulous testing coordinator: 5th grade GATE teacher, Samantha Lauderdale. She spent countless hours getting our school organized for state testing and her hard work is appreciated!

Please register your child(ren) ASAP to secure thier place at Lineweaver. We are a large, popular school and we need to get our class rosters set! Use this link to log in to Synergy. Please contact the front office for assistance. https://parent.tusd1.org/PXP2_Login_Parent.aspx?regenerateSessionId=true

We need YOU!! Our fabulous PTO meets monthly and plans for robust community events throughout the year. This group raises funds to support learning in school and outside of school fun! Each year the 5 board positions are open for parents/guardians to be nominated to take a leardership role. Check out the flyer for information on our current board and consider joining!! Please contact Principal Walls at emily.walls@tusd1.org or PTO at LineweaverPTO@gmail.com to nominate a parent/guardian who would be great for this volunteer work or to nominate yourself! You can also contact us for further information.

Apr 1 // 3rd grade Oral Reading Fluency State Testing

Apr 3 // 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Writing State Testing // Nat'l Parapro Appreciation Day

Apr 4 // Nat'l Librarian Appreciation Day

Apr 7--11 // DIBELS Reading Readiness and Fluency end of year Testing for grades K, 1, 2, 3 // Nat'l Assistant Principal Appreciation Week

Apr 8 // Solos under the Stars 6pm (intermediate grades, by invitation)

Apr 11 // Spring Student Photo Day (see flyer!)

Apr 14 and Apr 15 // 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Reading and Math State Testing

Apr 14 // 6pm PTO mtg zoom

Apr 15 // Site Council mtg 3:15pm in person & zoom

Apr 18 // NO SCHOOL, Spring Holiday

Apr 22 // Earth Day // Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast 8am

Apr 23 // Administrative Profressional Appreciation Day

Apr 28 // College & Career Presentations

Apr 29 // Nat'l Poem in your Pocket Day // 1st grade Opera Performances 5:30-7:30pm

Apr 30 // "Our Future is Bright" Wear Bright Colors Day