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THIS WEEK: STAR
testing — through May 4
Monday, April 24
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Tuesday, April 25
• 3:15pm | Hall Mathletes
• 3:30pm | District Technology Committee meeting, District Office
Wednesday, April 26
• Walk/Roll-to-School Day
• 12:34pm | Hall Bridge Club
• 3:00pm | Hall Weekly Bulletin deadline:
— submit item online
• 7:00pm | School Board meeting, Hall Library; Closed session starts at
6:00pm
— see agenda
Thursday, April 27
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Friday, April 28
• lunch | Hall Academic Ice Cream Social
NEXT WEEK: STAR testing — through
May 4
Monday, May 1
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Tuesday, May 2
•
Hall Staff Appreciation Luncheon
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3:15pm | Hall Mathletes
Wednesday, May 3
• Walk/Roll-to-School Day
• 12:34pm | Hall Bridge Club
• 3:00pm | Hall Weekly Bulletin deadline:
— submit item online
• 7:30pm | Corte Madera Larkspur Schools Foundation meeting, NC Conf
Room
Thursday,May 4
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Friday, May
5
• --
Saturday, May 6
• 10:00am | Hall Campus Improvement
• NERO e BIANCO: Corte Madera Larkspur Schools Foundation benefit auction/dinner/dance
OTHER CALENDARS —
2005-06 District & School Calendar -
monthly
2005-06 District Calendar -
year view (pdf)
2006-07 District Calendar - year
view (pdf)
ADDITIONAL NEWS—
— on the Hall PTA pages
— on the Hall Weekly
Bulletin (full online version; password required)
— at the Corte Madera Larkspur
(CML) Schools Foundation website
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PRINCIPAL’S
MESSAGE: Apr. 24, 2006 |
STAR Testing Begins Today
Students will begin taking the annual
state testing known as STAR today. STAR stands for Standardized
Testing and Reporting Program and is administered to public school
students from second to eleventh grade every year. California content
standards tests cover language arts and mathematics for all students,
and science and social studies for eighth graders. Seventh grade
students also take nationally norm-referenced tests. The tests
yield individual, grade and school-level results. This summer you
will receive individual results for your child. The grade and school-level
results are analyzed every year by the staff. The data help us
to identify areas of strength and areas of need for departments
and grade levels, as well as providing critical individual student
data.
Students will test in the morning with their homerooms, and then
will attend all six classes each day. A copy of the testing
schedule is included in today’s Backpack
Mail. Make-up testing will be available at the end of each week
for students who miss any tests. [GET testing
schedule]
Help your children to perform their best by making sure they are
well rested and have a healthy breakfast each morning. Please do
not hesitate to call me if you have any questions about STAR testing
this year at Hall.
Parent Orientation
Last week we held parent orientation nights
for the incoming fifth and sixth grade parents. Both events were
well attended. If you could not make the meeting and you would
like the information that was presented, please go to our website.
There you will find links to a FAQ for each of the two grade levels,
as well as many of the handouts. [SEE handouts]
Honor Roll and Principal’s List
The third quarter has come
to an end and we are closing in on the end of the year. The following
students deserve special recognition for their outstanding academic
achievement during the quarter, earning either Honor Roll or Principal’s
List. Congratulations on a remarkable performance! [SEE full lists
in PDF version of this week’s Bulletin]
— Daniel
Norbutas
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