Sandhill E-News

Week of 9/16/2024

A Message from Mr. Johnson:

Hello Sandhill Families,

We’ve wrapped up another great week at Sandhill, and I want to thank all of our students for their patience and participation during our first fire drill of the year. Safety is a top priority, and our students did a wonderful job.

This week, we also completed benchmark/screening testing for our 2nd-5th grade students. Next, we will begin diagnostics for students who met the thresholds in those grades. Following that, we’ll start benchmarking/screening for 1st graders and Kindergarteners later in the week, likely starting Tuesday. This process is similar to what we’ve done in the past, but we are also practicing using many of the new tools and processes that will soon be required by Wisconsin's Act 20.

What is Act 20?
Act 20 is new legislation in Wisconsin that requires schools to implement specific academic screening and intervention practices to help ensure all students receive the support they need to succeed. As we implement these changes, we’re working hard to align our practices with the new guidelines.

Thank you for your continued support and for helping make this school year a success!

Bob/Mr. Johnson

School District Updates

Spring 2024 Forward Individual Student Report (ISR) Sent via USPS

In the near future, you will receive a paper copy of your student’s Individual Student Report (ISR) mailed to your residence via the United States Postal Service. The ISR provides information about your child’s performance on the Wisconsin Forward Exam. The Forward Exam was administered during the spring of 2024 in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics for students in grades 3-8, science for grades 4 and 8, and social studies for grades 4, 8, and 10. As part of the Wisconsin Student Assessment System, the Forward Exam is a large-scale, standardized achievement test designed to assess what students know in relation to the Wisconsin Academic Standards.

Please remember that the ISR is just one of many indicators of your child’s academic performance. To obtain a more complete picture of your student’s areas of strength and growth, it is important to consider information from a wide variety of sources.

For more information on ISRs, or your student’s learning experience and performance, please contact your student’s classroom teacher or your school principal.

Interesting in Subbing at SASD?

If you’ve ever considered making extra money by helping as a substitute in the school, Lauren at ESS would love to share some information with you!

ESS is hiring for several substitute positions in SASD. To learn more about these opportunities or the steps needed to start your sub career, you can email Lauren at lamburn@ess.com or give her a call at 608.607.7326.

ESS partners with SASD to provide substitute teachers, aides, and more. You can find them on Facebook at ESS WI. From now through September 13th, please like/follow ESS WI for an entry to win a $50 Amazon gift card! For an extra entry, please like and comment on a post (one additional entry for every new post you like and comment on). For another additional entry, share one of our posts! (one additional entry per share).

Our winner* will be announced on Monday, September 16th!

*additional winners may be chosen based on the total number of entries

School Reminders

Annual Permission Form

Please follow this link to give your permission for your child to accompany their class on any field trips off campus that may occur during the 24-25 school year. Only about 17% of Sandhill families have completed this form so far.

On this form you will also be asked if you approve that your child's finger be scanned in order for them to purchase school lunch from Taher.

Permission Form

School Pictures/Picture Make Up Day:

If your child got their picture taken on August 29th at Back to School Conferences you can order pictures by following this link. The code to order a picture package online is: EVT4N3ZHJ

If your child did not get the chance to take their photo, or it didn't turn out quite how you expected it to, our picture retake day is October 8, 2024.

WFK Updates

Hello Sandhill Families & Friends!

We hope everyone had a really great start to the school year! For WFK, the fall is a super busy time of year as we have a lot of things that we are getting ready for. Please take a look and see if there is anything you are interested in helping out with!

Next WFK Meeting - TONIGHT, October 14th @ 6:30pm!

We will be meeting in the library @ 6:30pm. Free childcare is provided in the PRIDE Room #102. Agenda items include upcoming events, staff appreciation, and fundraising goals.

Throughout the school year, we are super busy supporting our students and staff and planning events, and it takes a lot of volunteer time to make it all happen. If you are interested in helping out in any way, please let us know! It could be volunteering with a single event, helping with staff appreciation, or taking on a leadership role within the group. WFK meetings are the second Monday of every month, and all are welcome!!

VOLUNTEER FOR LUNCH DUTY!

If you are looking for an easy way to help out at school and spend some time with our students, consider volunteering during lunch and/or recess duty!

Sign up for September Lunch/Recess Duty

FRIDAY STAFF SNACKS - Volunteers Needed!

We REALLY appreciate all our amazing staff! They show up every day for our kids and go above and beyond for them. As a token of our appreciation, we provide yummy snacks in the TEAM Room on the first Friday of every month. Please take a look at the sign up if you would like to help out with Staff Snacks!

Sign Up for Staff Snacks - October/November

If you are interested in helping, but would rather not bring in items, please consider donating through our PayPal account and use an emoji or leave a comment to indicate your donation is to be used for Staff Appreciation. Donate to Sandhill Elementary Working For Kids

ON-GOING FUNDRAISERS

Mabel's Labels

Help prevent your kid's belongings from ending up in the Lost & Found while also supporting Working For Kids! Check out great options for labeling your kiddos water bottles, school supplies, extra clothing, etc!

Go to https://mabelslabels.com/en_US/fundraising/support and search for Sandhill Working For Kids!

Box Tops

The Box Tops program is all digital and is a fast and easy way to support Sandhill! Please consider using the Box Tops app on your phone and select Sandhill School as your school! All you have to do is take a picture of your receipt and Box Tops automatically credits Sandhill for qualifying items purchased! https://www.boxtops4education.com/

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK

Did you know we're on Facebook? We post information about upcoming events and other information about what's going on at Sandhill. You can find us @sandhillwfk. Tell your friends and family too!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Tonight, September 9 / WFK Monthly Meeting

October 4 / Staff Snacks

October 7-17 / Read-a-Thon

October 9 / National Walk or Bike To School Day

October 14 / WFK Monthly Meeting

October 18 / Fall Festival

October 19 / Trunk or Treat

October 21-24 / Fall Scholastic Book Fair

October 23-24 / Parent-Teacher Conferences

Thank you!

Your Sandhill WFK Board