Bridge Bulletin

Fall break starts next week. I hope you have some plans - even if it is just a drive to the mountains to see the fall colors. This year the colors have been spectacular!

Below you will learn about another one of the important pieces of our personalized learning model - computer aided instruction (CAIS).

FAMILY SURVEY TIME - Please check your emails for links to the grade level family surveys. These surveys are essential for us to know how we are doing in key areas so we know how we need to improve. We review all of the data, reflect on the information and either celebrate the successes or make decisions on how to make improvements. The data is shared across grades so if one grade has super high scores in a specific area other teachers can observe and ask questions to determine what that grade may be doing differently. For this reason, it is SUPER important that everyone complete the survey. The more information we have the better informed we are with how the grade levels and the school is performing. The data is also shared with our Board of Directors and the overall data is shared in a subsequent newsletter.

AT HOME VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

We have TONS of packages of construction paper that need to be opened and sorted into like colors. This would be a FABULOUS at home volunteer opportunity for the WHOLE family. You can take the time you spend and multiply it by the number of helpers and in no time you would reach or exceed the suggested 30 volunteer hours per family. Check in with the front office if you would like to help.

UNEXCUSED ABSENCES

Students with excessive unexcused absences are sent an email explaining the law regarding unexcused absences. All absences MUST be excused within 24 hours. You can find more information regarding HOW to excuse an absence at the bottom of this newsletter. If you receive an email, please respond immediately and let the office know WHY the child was absent. For the next couple of weeks we will retroactively EXCUSE absences. However, after the middle of October we will no longer retroactive the absences - they must be excused within 24 hours of the child's absence.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

NO SCHOOL

• October 9 - 13 (Fall Break)
• November 20 - 24 (Thanksgiving Break)
• December 18 - Jan. 1 (Christmas Break)

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Fall Shirt Order opens October 6 and closes October 15
• October 18 and 25 - 1st & 2nd Grade BASE Championship Martial Arts Visit
• October 20 - Makeup Picture Day (must wear school uniform) - Link on Webpage at https://www.bridgecharter.org/school-events
• October 28 - Harvest Fest sponsored by CWC
• October 31 - $5 Halloween Costume Dress Down Donation (no masks)
• November 1 and 8 - 3rd & 4th Grade BASE Championship Martial Arts Visit
• November 15 and 29 - 5th and 6th Grade BASE Championship Martial Arts Visit

Please keep reading for more information about this past week and events for the upcoming weeks.

As always, thank you for CHOOSING Bridge and sharing your kids with us! We know you have lots of options in education and we are honored that you have made the choice to have your students attend our awesome school!

Lani Rounds

Principal

Students at Bridge participate in Imagine Learning for literacy and math during computer aided instruction (CAIS) each day. Typically this include two 30 minute blocks - one block for math and one for literacy.

Imagine Learning is an adaptive instructional program that assesses the student, identifies learning gaps, and delivers instruction by filling in the gaps and addressing the core concepts for their grade level. Students in grade 3+ also have access to a live teacher during Imagine Learning math to help them with concepts in which they may be struggling. Imagine Learning is a powerful piece of our personalized learning model.

Imagine Learning is a program highly recommended by the Utah State Board of Education and one of the few CAIS programs the Utah State Legislature allows us to use our funding to pay for as an educational supplement for literacy and math. The state funds part of the program through two different grants - Early Intervention Reading Software Program and the K-12 Math Personalized Learning Software Grant. The remaining funds are paid by Bridge.

By using grants we are required to meet certain levels of fidelity - number of lessons passed, usage each week, and lesson pass rate. This is monitored weekly by grade level and reported to teachers. Additionally, teachers monitor this per student to ensure the student is also meeting the required goals. By meeting the fidelity requirements the research shows a student will gain one year's academic growth.

Imagine Learning is not just an instructional tool for students, it is a cornerstone of teacher's data analysis. Imagine Learning is able to do the "heavy lifting" and gather essential data for teachers to analyze to determine where students are succeeding and where they need additional support. In Imagine Literacy teachers can listen to student's recordings of their reading and read their writing assignments and provide feedback. Teachers can alter a student's Imagine Learning lesson pathway to support instruction, create activities for small group instruction aligned with Imagine Learning data, and create activities for station time to further support the student's Imagine Learning activities or address any learning gaps identified.

Additionally, your student can always work on Imagine Learning at home and on breaks. You can access Imagine Learning from our school's website at:

https://www.bridgecharter.org/curriculum

Your student should know their login and password. If they do not know their login and password, please reach out to your child's teacher. The school's site code is on the website - it is: 4900202

Our fall shirt order is now open. It closes on Sunday, October 15. There will be NO extensions to this deadline. The plan is to have shirts delivered to the school right before Thanksgiving break and distributed the week we return from Thanksgiving. Our next order will be about February with delivery in March.

PLEASE READ - Youth sizes are preceded by a "Y" and adult sizes are not. For example, a youth small is "YS" and an adult small is "S". We do NOT have shirts at the school to exchange when you order the wrong size.

Custom Ink does their best to have all the shirts in all the sizes; however, they have a ton of customers across the country so the availability fluctuates in real time.

This is the link to order:

https://www.customink.com/g/erz0-00ct-62e1

Power Chess is a private program that rents space at Bridge Elementary on Fridays after school. On October 6 they will complete the beginner chess program. Sign up for the tournament chess program, which is an intermediate program, is open now. You can find the sign up on our Community Events Page on the website. This program is open to all community members, not just Bridge students: https://www.bridgecharter.org/community-events

We are SO excited to launch our HOP (Help On Progress) math intervention program after Fall Break. This program is similar to our P90 reading program which we currently implement for all students in grades 1 - 3 and selected students in 4th grade. However, our HOP Math program will provide targeted math intervention in the classroom for students in grades 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 for 30 minutes, three days each week. This is in addition to the personalized instruction and any additional intervention teachers already provide. This program will help students work on specific skills based on data from the Acadience math progress monitoring assessments. Groups are fluid meaning once a student has mastered a specific skill he or she may be moved from the group to make room for another student.

BASE is our optional after school program. As an optional after school program there are specific rules that apply to allow students to remain in the program. There are behavior expectations for students to be part of our BASE program. These expectations can be found on our website and in our Parent Handbook.

BASE Information on website: https://www.bridgecharter.org/b-a-s-e

Parent handbook on website: https://www.bridgecharter.org/policies-procedures

EXPECTATIONS FOR BASE

Attending BASE is a privilege. Students who behave inappropriately and create an unsafe place for others will be removed from BASE and will remain in a chair in the front office until a parent or guardian picks them up. If there is a second behavioral infraction, the student will not be allowed to remain after school for BASE for the remainder of the week will be on “warning” status. A student who is on warning status and is removed from another BASE class for unsafe behavior will lose the privilege of attending after-school programs for the remainder of the month and must be picked up from school after 3:30 dismissal. With a fourth, unsafe, behavioral infraction, a student will lose the privilege of attending after-school programs for the remainder of the year.

Students MUST be picked up directly after BASE ends at 4:30 pm. Our BASE supervisor’s shift ends at 4:45 pm. Please be respectful of their time and arrive at school timely to pick up your students.

This week's fresh fruit and vegetable program brought our students Kiwi Berries, Colored Cauliflower, Watermelon Radishes, Johnthan Apples, and White Flesh Peaches. Kiwi berries are small, grape-sized fruits that taste like a kiwi fruit. Watermelon radishes are not sweet and flavorful like watermelon - instead they have a slightly peppery taste and the inside is pink or red with green on the outside so they look more like a watermelon. The day we had cauliflower was NOT the favorite snack of the week! Ask your kiddo which snack was their favorite this week!

Each week students attend a Visible Learning class where they learn about traits of a good learner. When we return from fall break students will review the six Visible Learning traits:

• Flexibility
• Reflection
• Initiative
• Enthusiasm
• Thoroughness
• Determination

By using these visible learning traits each day students will become lifelong learners who are set up for success. Please use this same verbiage at home and recognize when your student is using this trait.

The calendar for the school year can be accessed on our website using the link below:

https://www.bridgecharter.org/2023-2024-calendar

We LOVE parent and grand parent volunteers at school! If you would like to volunteer, please check with your child's teachers. If you want to volunteer but aren't excited about coming into the school, we have LOTS of opportunity for outside volunteer work including:

• Cutting Watch Me Learn tickets (stop by the office).
• Pulling weeds in the rock areas and park strips (we have all the area in front of the school and up 4800 S along the school fence).
• Sorting construction paper into like colors (stop by the office).
• Using rakes and shovels to redistribute the gravel from the bottom of the retention area in front of the school to the top area to cover the black landscape screen.
• Parking lot duty before and after school (just check in at the office, put on a yellow vest and talk to Travis in the crosswalk for instructions).

Once your family has volunteered 30 hours they can stop by the front office and ask for a VOLUNTEER FROG. There is no formal tracking program - just track the hours yourself. Then, write your family's name on the frog and tape the frog on our volunteer pond in the front foyer.

If you want to volunteer but do not have the time, you can donate $90 to cover the 30 hours. If you choose to donate, complete the volunteer form. You can donate in the office or by using our DONATE icon on the home page of our website.

Volunteering or donating is OPTIONAL and is not required to be a student or a parent of a student at Bridge Elementary.

Absences MUST be excused within 24 hours of the absence. You can do this by leaving a message on the Attendance line at school (801)499-5180 or by using the Excuse Absence online form. You can find this on our website by clicking on the Excuse Absence icon or using the link below:

EXCUSE ABSENCE

Weber Human Services SMR is available for 24/7 crisis support and short-term stabilization. To request help or make a referral, dial 988. Weber Human Service's works with families to improve functioning, develop and maintain healthy communication, and enhance ability to cope with future crisis.

Bridge Elementary is committed to maintaining a school climate that is safe, welcoming, and free of harassment and discrimination. The School prohibits all forms of harassment, and it does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, creed, religion, age, marital status, or disability.

We encourage anyone who believes they (or someone else) have been subjected to harassment or discrimination at the School to file a complaint with the School’s Principal, Lani Rounds. The School will promptly investigate and resolve all such complaints in accordance with School policy.

If you would like to learn more about how the School handles complaints of harassment or discrimination, please review the School’s Notice of Nondiscrimination, Civil Rights Policy, and Bullying and Hazing Policy on the School’s website at https://www.bridgecharter.org/policies-procedures

Title I was initially passed in 1965 under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). It is the largest federal assistance program for public schools. These supplemental funds provide students the opportunity to receive a fair, equitable and high-quality education to help close achievement gaps.

Bridge Elementary receives our Title I funding based on the percentage of students that qualify for free or reduced lunch. For this reason we encourage ALL families to apply for Free/Reduced lunch through Aspire to ensure every single student receives the services needed, including access to free or reduced meals if appropriate.

Title I provides avenues for parent input and participation. We do this through our surveys and the link to the form on our website which allows parents to submit questions and suggestions.

You can find more information about Title I as well as a form to ask questions or provide suggestions regarding Title I, on our website at:

https://www.bridgecharter.org/school-events

Principal - Lani Rounds - Lani@BridgeCharter.org

Student Support - Stacey Archuleta - Stacey@BridgeCharter.org

• Morning Supervision and BASE
• Behavior Support and Bullying
• 504 Plans

Lead Secretary - Lalani Williams - Lwilliams@BridgeCharter.org

• Aspire
• Lottery
• Registration

Social Worker - Chelsea Silverwood - Chelsea@BridgeCharter.org

School Nurse - Vicki Ross - Vicki@bridgecharter.org

Special Education

Dianne Kelsey Lead SpED Teacher - Dianne.Kelsey@BridgeCharter.org

Nancy Fulmer - Part Time SpED Teacher - Nancy@BridgeCharter.org

Julie Christensen SpED Director - Julie@BridgeCharter.org

ELL Coordinator - Nichol Lloyd - Nichol@BridgeCharter.org

Meal Issues - Jodi Jensen - Jodi@BridgeCharter.org

Classroom Teachers - see website - https://www.bridgecharter.org/teachers

• Daily activities for your child
• Student progress
• Questions about student schedule

The mission of Bridge Elementary is to provide students with a personalized learning experience and empower them to take personal ownership and accountability for their own academic performance.

Email: info@bridgecharter.org
Website: bridgecharter.org
Location: 4824 Midland Drive, Roy, UT
Phone: (801)499-5180
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BridgeCharter