Homer Highlights

Welcome to November! It's hard to believe we are over a quarter of the way through the year already. It's been a wonderful fall with our students and we loved seeing many of you during conferences last month.

FALL TITLE I MEETING:

I would like to invite you to our annual fall Title I Meeting. Based on parent feedback from our in person meeting formats in the past, we are going to try to hold this meeting virtually this time around. Please see the information below.

Each year our school holds a meeting with families to let you know about our Title I Program. At this meeting parents also have the opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions on our program and our parental involvement plans. We will be holding that meeting virtually this year and will be providing a recorded video so that you can watch it at another time if you are unable to attend.

Please join us this year for our annual meeting on November 20th at 11:00 a.m. (link below) or watch this short video. This virtual meeting or video gives some background information on Title I and discusses important documents that we ask you to review.

Step 1:

Attend our virtual meeting (using meeting ID link below) or watch the short video using this link and sign in here (required for us to show participation)

VIRTUAL MEETING LINK: November 20th 11:00 a.m.

meet.google.com/uey-xnhc-esc

Phone Numbers (to dial in for audio only if needed)

(‪US‬)‪+1 385-404-5249‬

PIN: ‪505 267 596#‬

Step 2:

Review the following documents

• Our District and School Parental Involvement Policy

• Our Parent-School Compact

Step 3:

After watching the video/attending the virtual training and reviewing the documents above, please complete this brief survey to provide any feedback on the documents. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions about our Title I program.

Thank you for your participation in our Virtual Title I Meeting. This feedback is important to our school, and we appreciate your time.

Respectfully,

Mrs. Cahill, LFE Principal

Mr. Mulnix, HMS Principal

Mr. Sangers, HHS Principal

Mrs. Shepherd, Director of Instructional Services

Attendance URL: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_gnQcff4cb6ZUXWxruFyezMzCZGFQbzATPNxhOdxuAl76TQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Survey URL: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScL4VMMTxLskX-xOW7iXHcmNMDseKyzo0BKRTTX78jQWl-84A/viewform?usp=sf_link

FALL NWEA ASSESSMENTS:

Our Kindergarten through 10th grade students took our NWEA Map test this fall. This test will be given three times per year to help our students and teachers set goals and monitor progress. Last year our district goal was to improve the percentage of students who meet or exceeded their growth score (a growth score measures a year's worth of learning for a year's worth of time)by at least 5% and we not only met that, but beat it by far!! 🙂 Congratulations to to our students and staff for all their hard work on this accomplishment. In addition, we saw gains in achievement with more students approaching, exceeding or arriving on grade level. This year we will continue our goal with hopes of improving again by another 5% or more. To learn more check out the NWEA Family Toolkit at https://www.nwea.org/family-toolkit/.

ADDITIONAL STUDENT SUPPORT AND EXTENSIONS:

We are also excited about the many opportunities we have this year to help students reach and surpass these goals through our "WIN' and "Switch" times in which we meet students where they are for additional help or extension. We are blessed with amazing teachers and staff members who go above and beyond to provide these valuable experiences for our students.

We have many other things to share with you so see below for more Homer Highlights!

Be sure to also follow Homer Schools on Facebook (@hcstrojans) or check out the website (www.homerschools.net).

CALENDAR NOTE: Updated Sports Schedules can be found on the Homer Schools Athletic page.

With the award of an English Learner (EL) grant, we were able to create a new section of our library. To start, we focused on Spanish texts with titles based on feedback we received from EL students in the county. Special thanks to Andrea McCardell for her time to organize and get these books ready to go for our students. We hope to continue to build this overtime so that our EL students as well as our foreign exchange students can have the opportunity to read for enjoyment in their native language.

The District receives at risk funding from the state to support students who may need additional supports for academic and social emotional success. If you missed our Parent Title 1 and 31a Meeting, please use this link if you would like to access the meeting recording. Reach out to your building administrators with any questions or to get a copy of the Student Family Compact.

PowerSchool is now accessible for all parents and students to view attendance, announcements, account balances, and grades (for MS and HS students). To access PowerSchool, please go to: https://pshomer.vbisd.org

Student Login:

Students will login with their school username and password that was assigned to them.

Parent Login:

Parent access id/password are both the student's student ID number. This is your child's 2050 number. Your student should know this, or you can contact your student's building office.

Yellow school buses, football games, movie nights, and more. PAX has worked with over 70 countries since 1990, connecting willing host families with hopeful international teens to spend a year attending high school in the United States. Many students have completed the process and are now only waiting to meet their families for the upcoming school year. Will you join our PAX family and share your America? Start your application at https://pax.org/families

Email: homer@homerschools.net
Website: www.homerschools.net
Location: 403 South Hillsdale Street, Homer, MI, USA
Phone: 517-568-4463
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hcstrojans