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. PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE Value of Goal Setting The following article, written by Stephen Voss, appeared in the Wall Street Journal a while back. I was particularly intrigued by the author’s commentary. I forwarded it to our staff as a way to guide students, particularly as we head into the third and final trimester of the year and also provide them some long-lasting skills. I know that a number of our teachers do regular goal setting with their students, and also encourage students to evaluate their progress toward their goals. I would encourage you to talk to your own child about this topic and also how you use goal setting within your own life. Thirteen-year-old Jackson Sikes has been struggling for years to raise his test scores in math. When he got a 33% last year on fractions, Jackson says, "I didn't know how I was ever going to learn them." Battling his homework just made him frustrated, says his mother Linda, of Gilmer, Texas. New research suggests the inability to set personal goals is a weak spot for U.S. children and hurting their academic achievement. Sue Shellenbarger explains. Jackson's teachers proposed a solution: They taught him to trim his goal into smaller steps and try improving his scores just a little from test to test. Gradually, he raised his results to 90%. "I'd take those little steps, then I'd just keep on stepping," Jackson says. A student's ability to set and achieve realistic goals is linked to higher grades, lower college-dropout rates and greater well-being in adulthood. In a recent study in the Journal of Applied Psychology, college students who completed an intensive written exercise identifying their goals and mapping out steps to reach them posted a significant increase in grades and credits earned, compared with other students. Yet a majority of U.S. students lack faith in their ability to reach their goals, according to a nationally representative survey of 642 students last year by Gallup Inc. Although children begin to form their ideas about what they can and can't achieve by age 7 or 8, only 42% of students ages 10 to 18 say they are energetically pursuing their goals, Gallup found. And only 35% strongly believe they can find ways around obstacles to their goals. The Gallup surveys are the first broad look at goal-setting at this age; students may struggle with this skill partly because schools tend to focus more on raising test scores or lowering dropout rates. However, as more states mandate career planning for all students, goal-setting is drawing increasing attention. At Bruce Junior High in East Texas where Jackson Sikes attends, test scores and state ratings have risen since administrators began a goal- setting program three years ago, says Principal Dawn Harris. Students at the beginning of the year use their own test scores to identify specific, measurable learning goals, such as achieving a certain grade, and set a target date for achieving it. They break big goals into smaller steps, write down the skills they will have to learn, and name specific strategies and resources they will use to overcome obstacles, such as more homework time. Teachers help them track their progress each quarter. The benefits spill outside the classroom. Ms. Sikes says that Jackson has started applying his goal- setting skills on the baseball diamond, East Ridge Elementary Home of the Suns! Paul Bodnar, Principal 22150 NE 156 th Place March 18 th , 2016 [email protected] Woodinville, WA 98077 Vol. 5, # 26 Rae Anne Jordan, Office Manager Office 425.408.4400 Rae Shepherd, Secretary www.nsd.org/eastridge Safe Arrival Line 425.408.4410
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PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE Value of Goal Setting
The following article, written by Stephen Voss, appeared in the Wall Street Journal a while back. I was particularly intrigued by the author’s commentary. I forwarded it to our staff as a way to guide students, particularly as we head into the third and final trimester of the year and also provide them some long-lasting skills. I know that a number of our teachers do regular goal setting with their students, and also encourage students to evaluate their progress toward their goals. I would encourage you to talk to your own child about this topic and also how you use goal setting within your own life.
Thirteen-year-old Jackson Sikes has been struggling for years to raise his test scores in math. When he got a 33% last year on fractions, Jackson says, "I didn't know how I was ever going to learn them." Battling his homework just made him frustrated, says his mother Linda, of Gilmer, Texas.
New research suggests the inability to set personal goals is a weak spot for U.S. children and hurting their academic achievement. Sue Shellenbarger explains.
Jackson's teachers proposed a solution: They taught him to trim his goal into smaller steps and try improving his scores just a little from test to test. Gradually, he raised his results to 90%. "I'd take those little steps, then I'd just keep on stepping," Jackson says.
A student's ability to set and achieve realistic goals is linked to higher grades, lower college-dropout rates and greater well-being in adulthood. In a recent study in the Journal of Applied Psychology, college students who completed an intensive written exercise identifying their goals and mapping out steps to reach them posted a significant increase in grades and credits earned, compared with other students.
Yet a majority of U.S. students lack faith in their ability to reach their goals, according to a nationally representative survey of 642 students last year by Gallup Inc. Although children begin to form their ideas about what they can and can't achieve by age 7 or 8, only 42% of students ages 10 to 18 say they are energetically pursuing their goals, Gallup found. And only 35% strongly believe they can find ways around obstacles to their goals.
The Gallup surveys are the first broad look at goal-setting at this age; students may struggle with this skill partly because schools tend to focus more on raising test scores or lowering dropout rates. However, as more states mandate career planning for all students, goal-setting is drawing increasing attention.
At Bruce Junior High in East Texas where Jackson Sikes attends, test scores and state ratings have risen since administrators began a goal-setting program three years ago, says Principal Dawn Harris.
Students at the beginning of the year use their own test scores to identify specific, measurable learning goals, such as achieving a certain grade, and set a target date for achieving it. They break big goals into smaller steps, write down the skills they will have to learn, and name specific strategies and resources they will use to overcome obstacles, such as more homework time. Teachers help them track their progress each quarter.
The benefits spill outside the classroom. Ms. Sikes says that Jackson has started applying his goal- setting skills on the baseball diamond,
East Ridge Elementary Home of the Suns!
Paul Bodnar, Principal 22150 NE 156th Place March 18th, 2016 [email protected] Woodinville, WA 98077 Vol. 5, # 26 Rae Anne Jordan, Office Manager Office 425.408.4400 Rae Shepherd, Secretary www.nsd.org/eastridge Safe Arrival Line 425.408.4410
drawing praise from his coach. The approach "taught me to out-do other people," Jackson says. "Even though they might be better physically, I think I might be a little better mentally."
A goal-setting pilot program in Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia has been so well received that administrators plan to make it available in all 196 schools.
To help students remember the steps to effectively setting goals, schools often use an acronym "Smart:" setting Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Reasonable, and Time Orientated goals with clear results in a set time frame.
Spend today…
Focusing On what’s right in your life and what’s working
Instead of what’s wrong and what isn’t working.
Notice how your day unfolds….
beautifully!
You may decide to do it every day!
April 2016 Smarter Balanced Testing Schedule
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1
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6th Grade ELA CAT
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6th Grade ELA Performance
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6th Grade ELA Performance
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5th Grade ELA CAT
4th Grade ELA CAT
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3rd Grade ELA CAT
4th Grade ELA Performance
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4th Grade ELA Performance
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3rd Grade ELA Performance
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3rd Grade ELA Performance
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IMPORTANT DATES: Waivers: Early Transfer Waiver Requests Now Open
Grades 1 – 12 – Now Open Out of District Grades 1 – 12, 4/1 Kindergarten – 8/15
SBA Testing – Grades 3rd – 6th, 4/4 – 5/31
Super Spellers!
May 2016 Smarter Balanced Testing Schedule
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2 3 4 5 6
5th Grade ELA Performance
5th Grade ELA Performance Part 2
4th Grade Math CAT
4th Grade Math Performance
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6th Grade Math CAT
6th Grade Math Performance
3rd Grade Math CAT
3rd Grade Math Performance
16 17 18 19 20 5th Grade
Math CAT 5th Grade
Math Performance
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Science Tutorials
30 31 5th Grade
Science MSP
SCHOOL NEWS
NEMO Competition Congratulations to the East Ridge 6th Grade and 5th Grade Math teams! On Saturday, March 12th, each team participated in the Northshore Elementary Math Olympiad (NEMO) at Woodmoor Elementary. They were among over four hundred 5th and 6th grade students from across the Northshore School District who tested their math skills in number sense, algebraic sense, geometry, probability, and statistics. Bravo to all the students for their good effort and hard work!
5th Grade Math Team at NEMO 6th Grade Math Team at NEMO
Pioneer Day Celebration You're invited to our East Ridge Fourth Grade Pioneer Day Celebration Friday, April 1st, from 2:15-3:00 pm. Come join us in the gym for some fiddle playing, folk song singing and lots of fun! Bring your cameras!
PE Family Nights Come join the fun! Join your friend and family and come to the East Ridge gym to enjoy a healthy, active evening full of fun activities. Wear your comfy clothes and shoes that you can be active in. The fun starts at 6:00 pm and lasts 45 minutes. The schedule is as follows: 2nd Grade – March 22nd 1st Grade – March 29th Kindergarten – April 5th
Camp Cedar Springs Camp Cedar Springs is March 28th through March 30th. Please get your paperwork and payments in! Reminder: Friday, March 25th - luggage drop off before 9:00 am and medications are due. Parent pickup at East Ridge on Wednesday, March 30th, at 1:30 pm. Track and Field Track and field begins April 19th. Practices will be Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:15 – 4:30 pm. Information available at http://wwwnew.nsd.org/Page/6977. 6TH Grade Registration Online A print out of each student’s final course selections will be sent home on Tuesday, March 22, for parent review and approval signature. Three important forms need to be returned to the East Ridge office by Thursday, March 24, 2016. They are:
• Student Profile • Signed printout of student’s course selections • Heath Registration Form
6th Grade Math Acceleration For information and registration form for Math Acceleration for 6th Graders going into 7th, go to the District Website http://www.nsd.org/Page/29138.
PTA NEWS Teacher Appreciation Teacher Appreciation Week is May 5th-9th! The planning committee could use your help to plan the week and help spoil our teachers. Please contact Kristin Capps at [email protected].
March 3/20 Spring Begins! 3/21 PTA 3D Modeling/Printing, 3:20-4:20 pm 3/22 PTA Spanish 3:20-4:20 pm Beginning and Advanced Strings,
NPAC, 7:00 pm PE Night, 2nd Grade, 6:00 pm 3/23 Early Release Wednesday, 1:40 pm Half-Day Kindergarten, 10:45 am Math Team 1:45 – 3:15 pm 3/24 6th Grade Registration paperwork due 3/25 Camp Cedar Springs Luggage due to
East Ridge by 9:00 am CCS Medications due to East Ridge 3/28-3/30 Camp Cedar Springs – 5th Grade 3/28 Online payment for Track begins PTA Spelling Bee – 3rd &4th Grades,
library, 3:30 pm 3/29 PE Night, 1st Grade, 6:00 pm 3/30 Camp Cedar Springs Camper
Pickup 1:30 pm Early Release Wednesday, 1:40 pm Half-Day Kindergarten, 10:45 am Math Team 1:45 – 3:15 pm 4/1 Quarter Ends 4th Grade Pioneer Day Celebration,
2:15 pm in the gym 3rd Grade African Cultural Day Peep Projects Due to the Library 4/4-4/8 Cosmic Bowling 4/4 Emergency Practice Drill, 10:50 pm PTA 3D Modeling/Printing make up class,
3:20-4:20 pm 4/5 5th Grade Wax Museum PTA Board Meeting PE Night, Kindergarten, 6:00 pm 2nd Grade American Symbols
Murphy: 6:00 – 7:00 pm Oliver: 6:30-7:30 pm 4/6 Early Release Wednesday, 1:40 pm Half-Day Kindergarten, 10:45 am Math Team 1:45 – 3:15 pm Science to Go, 5th Grade 4/7 3-6 Grade Author Visit, Steve Cotler 4/8 Science to Go, 3rd Grade Nature Vision, 1st Grade
Spelling Bee Registration for the PTA 1st – 4th grade spelling bee has begun! All bees will be held in the East Ridge Library beginning at 3:30 pm. All spellers must be present in the hallway outside the library at 3:30. There is a study list posted at the www.erpta.org website under the Spelling Bee tab. Volunteers are needed! Please contact Chairperson Donna Wagner at [email protected] with questions or to volunteer. Forms available in the office. Please send a note with your child informing the school of their after school plan. 1st/2nd Grade ---Monday, March 21st 3rd/4th Grade---Monday, March 28th Earth Club: Jessi Bloom is in serious need of parent volunteers. The wishing tree was a lot of fun! Thank you, Jessi, for putting that together and making our school beautiful! But Jessi can’t do it alone. If you are interested in donating a little or a lot of time to keeping our school neat and pesticide/chemical free, contact Jessi at [email protected] Spirit Wear Did you miss the deadline to order spirit wear? We have available all sizes of youth and adult T-shirts, and most sizes of sweatshirts. These will be available for purchase on a first come, first serve basis. Please email [email protected] to coordinate your order. New After School Classes Beginning in April
The East Ridge PTA will be offering 3 new after school enrichment classes beginning in April. Grasshopper Enrichment’s Aspiring Authors (grade 2-‐5) on Wednesdays , Smart with Art Create with Clay (grades K-‐2nd) on Mondays and TechVenture’ Kids Learn to Code with Minecraft (grade 3-‐6) on Fridays. Registration is now open online @ http://www.erpta.org/enrichment-‐programs/
TechVenture Kids Learn to Code, working with ThoughtSTEM’s online environment, students will use visual coding blocks to MOD in Minecraft – building their ideas into their own Minecraft world. For advanced and beginner students. This program runs on Fridays after school for grades 3rd-6th from April 8th – June 3rd at 3:20 – 4:35 pm. No class April 15th.
Grasshopper Enrichment’s Aspiring Authors with Ms. Carmen on Wednesdays for grades 2nd- 5th. Students will be inspired to write, edit, illustrate, and “publish” their own book. This program runs April 6th – June 8th (no class 4/13 or 6/1) from 1:45-3:15 pm.
Smart with Art Create with Clay grades K – 2nd. Students will create ocean life inspired art using clay and glass, including projects such as lighthouse bookends, a wave inspired slab box, a tile with a sea creature, and a pinch pot big mouth fish. This program runs April 18th – May 23rd from 3:20 – 4:20 pm.This program runs April 18th – May 23rd, 3:20 – 4:20 pm.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Daddy Daughter Dance Grab your little princess and swim on down to an enchanted evening Under the Sea at the Daddy Daughter Dance on Friday, April 22nd from 6-8 pm. Hosted by Woodinville High School Class of 2017, you’ll enjoy music played by the WHS Jazz Band, fun crafts, games, and snacks like popcorn, gold fish and juice boxes! There will even be themed pictures. Ticket packages are available. Contact [email protected] for more information or go to the website.
You Are Invited to:
The 5th Annual
East Ridge Elementary Library
Literary Peeps Convention!
Who: All East Ridge Elementary readers—K-6th Grade—and their families. Form a team with a partner, a small group, or just you.
What: Create a fun and interesting “Peeps Themed” exhibit of one of your favorite scenes from one of your favorite BOOKS .
When: March 11th-April 4th to create and submit your display. Displays accepted in our Library as early as March 14th. The absolute latest you can turn in your display is April 4th. After a week of voting on our favorites, winners will be announced April 8th.
Why: To celebrate our READING and our FAVORITE BOOKS. And Our Imagination and Literary Cleverness! AND The Marshmallowy Goodness and Versatility of PEEPS as the main characters of your favorite
book! AND, AND, AND to win CASH and PRIZES, of course!!!!
Including an Ice Cream Party for all participants AND a $10 gift certificate for the STUDENT VOTE FAVORITE at each grade level & the overall TEACHER VOTE FAVORITES for K-2, 3-4 & 5-6.
How:
1. Pick a favorite scene from a favorite book you have read. 2. Change the title of the book to include the word “Peeps”.
For example: The Three Little Pigs = The Three Little Peeps 3. Use your imagination, plus any help you let your family give you, to create a dramatic
scene-in-a-box featuring PEEPS as main characters. 4. Make a PROMINENT, colorful sign that includes the title of your book (with the word
“PEEP” or “PEEPS”) & your name (& partners’ or family’s names.) 5. Include a copy of the real book your peeps book display is based on. 6. Write a short, clearly written sentence or paragraph explaining
the scene in your display, and why you chose it.
Questions? Contact Mr. Cissna: [email protected].
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