7:00AM to 3:15PM

780 Wheelock Pkwy

St.Paul, MN 55117

Enter through Door #6 and come to room 1001.

It is critical that all families complete an Application for Education Benefits each school year. These applications determine how much funding your child’s school receives for educational programs and supports. Additionally, eligible families can qualify for other benefits. Paper applications are available at school or can be completed online at schoolcafe.com/spps.

Dear OES Parents,

CogAT-7 testing is coming in October.

Dates: October 7–November 7, 2024

CogAT-7 Screening: Kindergarten

CogAT-7: Second Grade

Grades 1, 3, 4, and 5: Teachers/parents nominate students who have not been identified yet.

Important Information about CogAT-7:

• CogAT is being used to identify students who are accelerated learners: Gifted & Talented (GT)

• It evaluates the level and pattern of verbal, quantitative, and spatial (nonverbal) reasoning abilities for students from kindergarten through grade 12.

• These abilities reflect the overall efficiency of cognitive processes and strategies that enable individuals to learn new tasks and solve problems.

• CogAT7 has three batteries: Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal.

• The abilities evaluated are those that enable students to acquire, organize, store in memory, and recall information; to make inferences; to detect relationships; to comprehend and analyze problem situations; to form concepts; to discover and remember sequences; to recognize patterns; to classify or categorize objects, events, and concepts; to infer rules and principles; and to relate and use previous experience to accomplish new learning tasks or solve novel problems.

More information will be shared with parents, via Blackboard Connect Messages, next week.

Sincerely,

John Osorio

Assistant Principal

651-744-6368 / john.osorio@spps.org

We've received several requests from families interested in forming social play groups. To better understand the level of interest in this activity, we would like to conduct a survey. You only need to complete the survey if you are interested. Please note that these play groups will not be school-sponsored, but rather hosted by families within our OES community.

Once we gather a list of interested families, an OES parent will provide further details about the locations and times of the events, which will take place outside of school hours.

It is important for your child to show up to class on time everyday. If your child will be absent from class please contact Belinda Vang via phone or email at your earliest convenience.

Attendance Line: 651-774-4707

Attendance Email: oes.attendance@spps.org

How to report an absence:

• Student Name

• Parent Name

• Student # or DOB

• Date(s) of Absence

• Reason for being absent

Last week, our OES average attendance was at 90.8%!

This week, classrooms will participate in the last week of the attendance contest to see if they can improve their overall class attendance. Take a sneak peak at the attendance video your students will see on Monday!

Attached is the Kindergarten Newsletter which shares our theme, the lessons and goals we have throughout the theme, and important dates. It also has links to the Big Skills Document, where you can see exactly what your child should have mastered at this time and a link to our Kindergarten Weekly Photo Drops. Please reach out with any questions, comments or concerns to 651-447-8866.

Click here for the Second Grade Running Newsletter.

Welcome to 3rd grade! I will be the substitute teacher while Ms. Moua is out. I look forward to learning with your students! You can email me at: lkoelfgen-faust.toc@spps.org

Welcome to Elementary Visual Art! I am Ms. Haug or you might know me as Ms. H. We have some amazing artists here at the Online School and I am so lucky to be with your students for a second year. You can find me teaching art with the Elementary and Middle School students. I teach K-8 at the Online School.

We have been getting to know one another these first weeks of art rotations. We are sharing noticings about lines and color schemes that artists use to communicate ideas.

Kindergarten artists have been learning about lines and they created Line Fish Art. The third grade artists have been looking at works of art from Mexico and Spain. They created their own Amate Paper inspired Folk art during our second week of school.

I am looking forward to another amazing year with your incredible students and I hope you will stay in touch with me. My school phone number is 612-568-5355 or you can email me at jenna.haug@stpaul.k12.mn.us

I’m Mr. Wiczek, the Physical Education Teacher. These first few weeks in Physical Education have been great! We have focused on getting to know each other, learning about the importance of physical activity, and we have been getting movement during class. My hope is to have as much movement as possible for the students during class time with the amount of time the students are sitting on an iPad. We are also learning skills and movement patterns to improve coordination, balance, and fitness levels. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at 651-603-4652 or shaw.wiczek@stpaul.k12.mn.us

2nd & 5th Graders are completing “Getting to Know You Activities.” They completed a Commonality Padlet to see what each of them had in common. We also had both grade levels combine their answers to compare their commonalities with both grade levels.

Our OES English Language Development (ELD) team, Ms. Claudia PerezInzunza (Ms. P.I) and Ms. Sherrri Silva will be contacting the families of English Learners (ELs) to introduce themselves, explain ELD Services offered in OES for their children and to schedule in person language assessments.

Additionally, we are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Did you know that Hispanic Heritage month starts mid-month on Sept. 15th to coincide with the days of independence of several Latin American countries?

On September 15th Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua celebrate their independence from Spain. Additionally, Mexico celebrates their independence September 16th, Chile celebrates September 18th and Belize celebrates their independence on September 21st!

Hispanic Heritage Month is an annual celebration in the United States that recognizes and honors the history, culture and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans. We would like to acknowledge and celebrate the invaluable contributions of our Latino staff and students at Saint Paul Public Schools. Your dedication, expertise and efforts significantly enhance our district, which educates over 5,000 Hispanic/Latino students.

Please click on the flier below to learn more about HHM at SPPS.

Hispanic Heritage Month

To honor and recognize the diverse cultures in our OES school community, SPPS OES students and staff will be thinking and learning about the heritages, countries and cultures represented in our school throughout the school year. We will begin with Hispanic Heritage Month then continue with a focus on Indigenous, Black, Women’s, Arab, Asian, and other heritages represented.

We are planning seesaw lessons, activities, and assemblies focused on sharing how we can build connections in different ways through our cultures by teaching and celebrating with others our languages, leaders, food, music, art, traditions, and other cultural practices. We will observe, discuss, educate, and celebrate how these similarities and differences unite us. The cultural and linguistic richness of our communities can not be overstated! If you would like to be part of the fun and learning, please fill out the Family Culture Survey above.

Finally, here is a link to an informational bulletin from the district’s Office of Multilingual Learning (OMLL) about the Latino Consent Decree (LCD) Information for Latino Families:

LCD FLYER

_Boletín para Familias LCD SEPTEMBER.docx (1)

Click here for the class newsletter for September: Zallaps' Class Newsletter

Hello everyone! I’m Ms. Steph and I support families that work with Ms. Zallaps and Ms. Deacon. Please call, text or email me with any questions: stephanie.abbas@spps.org or ‪(612) 548-1841‬

SIPPS (Systematic Instruction in Phonological Awareness, Phonics and Sight Words) small groups will start after FAST testing is completed for grades 3rd-5th. Molly Brown will contact families of students that will be part of the groups. Ms. Brown’s contact information is: molly.brown@spps.org or 612-568-4212 (call or text).

Please contact Kim Stout for support around family, community, or school stressors. kim.stout@spps.org or (651)401-5595

Welcome to a new year! I'm Maki Love, the school counselor. I will visit your student in their classroom every week to teach lessons on social emotional learning, bully prevention, career development, and personal safety!

Throughout the year we will run counseling groups and meet with students one-on-one!

Topics might include: friendship skills, mindfulness, family change, and much more.

Have a question or need support?

Email: maki.love@spps.org

Google Voice Text or Call: 612-405-8056

I’m Ms.McConnell, I’m the Navigation Specialist in the Online Elementary school. I support your students and their teachers when they aren’t able to stop a lesson to reach you. If you have needs, and may not be sure where to go, contact me at 6126994177 or at Kiowona.mcconnell@stpaul.k12.mn.us.

I’m Ms. Shanaz, the onboarding specialist. I help new students and families from Kindergarten through 12th grade become familiar with the online school and the online platforms. If you have questions, please call or text me at (612)568-6624.

Check out this link for a list of family resources.

Live in Ramsey County and in need of therapeutic support for you and/or loved ones? https://www.rccmhc.org/referral

NOW is the time to sign up for energy assistance. Funding runs out so don’t wait.

https://mn.gov/commerce/energy/consumer-assistance/energy-assistance-program/

Drive thru, multiple locations

English Flier / Hmong Flier / Karen Flier / Spanish Flier

From July to October, you are welcome to come pick up a variety of free fruits and vegetables for you and your household. Events are open to all and first come first served.

Check out the English Flier, Spanish Flier, or Hmong Flier for more information about locations.

If any additional needs, please reach out to Kim Stout our school social worker (651)401-5595 or kim.stout@spps.org

For quick at home fixes, call

Joshua Thao, iPad Manager: ‪

612-699-4161 / joshua2.thao@spps.org

For in person appointments to change out or fix technology, make an appointment below. ‬

Dear Parents,

It is our desire to provide parents with the resources and documents they need in their native languages. We want to offer parents the possibility of requesting any school communication or educational documents they consider important or necessary for their knowledge or understanding.

Please let us know what information is required by completing the following form:

Requesting Translation of School and Academic Documents

Title I Resources and Important Links for Parents:

• Title I

• Family Engagement Plan 2024/25

• K-12 School Compacts 2024/25

• Parents Right to Know

• Online School SCIP Plan

• Needing Docs Translated?

• Resources for Parents

• Parent Volunteer Request

• MDE OES School Report Cards

Feel free to contact John Osorio at john.osorio@spps.org with any questions about Title I or any of these documents and services.

October 3 - No School (Staff Professional Development)

October 17 - No School (MEA Break)

October 18 - No School (MEA Break)

October 25 - No School (Staff Conference Prep)

9/15/24

9/8/24