November Principal Newsletter

Dear Manzo Families,

We had an amazing turn-out at our Boo Bash, and Halloween parade. Thank you for partnering with us as we continue celebrating children. The Arizona Department of Education recently released Manzo's school letter grade. We are excited to announce that we moved up a letter grade and we are now a letter B. We are excited for all the learning that is happening at Manzo and we hope to continue fostering a love for learning for our Bobcats so we can continue seeing academic growth.

Sincerely,

Sra. Maytorena

Estimadas familias de Manzo,

Tuvimos una participación increíble en nuestros eventos Boo Bash y desfile de Halloween. Gracias por asociarse con nosotros mientras continuamos celebrando a los niños. El Departamento de Educación de Arizona publicó recientemente la calificación con letras de la escuela de Manzo. Estamos emocionados de anunciar que subimos una calificación de letra y ahora somos una letra B. Estamos emocionados por todo el aprendizaje que está sucediendo en Manzo y esperamos continuar fomentando el amor por el aprendizaje en nuestros Bobcats para que podamos seguir viendo crecimiento académico.

Atentamente,
Sra. Maytorena

What does each letter grade mean?

A (excellent): Distinguished performance on the statewide assessment, significant student growth, high four-year graduation rates, students on track to proficiency; overall performance is significantly higher than state average.

B (highly performing): High performance on statewide assessment and/or significant student growth and/or higher four-year graduation rates and/or moving students to proficiency at a higher rate than the state average.

C (performing): Adequate performance but needs improvement on some indicators, such as proficiency, growth or graduation rate.

D (minimally performing): Inadequate performance in proficiency, growth and/or four-year graduation rate relative to the state average.

F (failing): Systematic failures in proficiency, growth and graduation rates (below 67%); performance is in bottom 5% of the state.

What do the grades measure? Five quantifiable factors go into the grades.

● Student growth from year to year. Individual students are compared year to year, rather than comparing one class to the previous year’s class. For elementary schools, growth measured in grades 3-8 accounts for 50% of a school’s grade. For high schools, growth measured in grades 9-11 accounts for 20% of a school’s letter grade.

● Proficiency on the statewide assessment, AASA or ACT.

● English language proficiency and growth (as measured by AZELLA).

● Indicators measuring if an elementary student is ready for success in high school and high school students are ready for success in post-secondary settings.

● High school graduation rates.

Learn more about the Letter Grades.

We are looking for two volunteers to act as Interim President and Treasurer for our parent association. Please email me if you are interested and I will send you details.

Estamos en búsqueda de dos voluntarios para las posiciones provisionales de presidente y tesorero para la asociación de padres. Déjame saber si esta interesado por medio de este correo electrónico y le mandaré más información.

Gracias,

Sra. Maytorena

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We are excited to welcome our OMA (AIS) teacher to Manzo. Mr. Simpson will be working with our PK-5 students. We are thrilled he will be enriching our school with his musical talents.

Le damos la bienvenida a nuestro maestro de música de OMA. El Sr. Simpson estará trabajando con los alumnos de Pre-Escolar hasta Quinto grado. Estamos muy emocionados por la oportunidad de enriquecer nuestra escuela con música.

Social Emotional Lessons (SEL) are designed to give students another technique to deal with big feelings as they learn how to regulate themselves and their emotions.

The basic premise is that when something happens that makes us angry, our angry spot grows. To get our angry spot back to a manageable size and back to calm, we…

1. Tap our angry spots (our fingers, starting with our pinky) to our peaceful spot (our thumb)

2. Count as we go (“1,2,3,and 4”)

3. Then go back while saying “tap, tap, tap, and tap once more”.

4. Finally, we fill our lungs with peaceful air and blow out love and care.

This is often a first step for students to begin realizing they can regulate their own emotions. They begin to learn to recognize their anger and with practice, can provide themselves, or their friends and classmates, with reminders to calm their anger before acting. It takes practice and reinforcement! The goal is to have one more tool in our toolbox for helping kids realize they can learn to calm themselves down before choosing a course of action.

Mrs. Cannon, Counselor

Las lecciones socioemocionales son diseñadas para brindarles a los estudiantes otra técnica para lidiar con los grandes sentimientos mientras aprenden a regularse a sí mismos y a sus emociones.

La premisa básica es que cuando sucede algo que nos enoja, nuestro punto de enojo crece. Para que nuestro punto de enojo vuelva a un tamaño manejable y vuelva a la calma, nosotros...

1. Toca nuestros puntos de enojo (nuestros dedos, comenzando con el meñique) hasta nuestro lugar de paz (nuestro pulgar).
2. Cuente sobre la marcha (“1,2,3 y 4”)
3. Luego regrese mientras dice "toque, toque, toque y toque una vez más".
4. Finalmente, llenamos nuestros pulmones de aire pacífico y exhalamos amor y cuidado.

Esto suele ser un primer paso para que los estudiantes comiencen a darse cuenta de que pueden regular sus propias emociones. Comienzan a aprender a reconocer su enojo y, con la práctica, pueden proporcionarse a sí mismos, o a sus amigos y compañeros de clase, recordatorios para calmar su enojo antes de actuar. ¡Se necesita práctica y refuerzo! El objetivo es tener una herramienta más en nuestra caja de herramientas para ayudar a los niños a darse cuenta de que pueden aprender a calmarse antes de elegir un curso de acción.
Sra. Cannon, Consejera

November

4: OMA Music Classes begin this week in all PK-5 classrooms.

11: Veteran's Day: No School

14: Ruby Bridges Walk: 2:00 pm

28: Thanksgiving Day: No school

29: No school

Noviembre

4: Las clases de musica OMA comienzan esta semana en todos los salones PK-5

11: Dia de celebracion a Veteranos: No habra clases

14: Caminata de Ruby Bridges: 2:00 pm

28: Accion de Gracias:No habra clases

29: No habra clases