Underwood School March 2019

March 2019 March 1 Wauwatosa Children’s Theatre "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs" 1:45 pm - Gym

March 6 Early Release 2:20 pm

March 7 1st Gr to Tosa Library

PTA Meeting 7:00 pm

March 8 Group & Club Pictures

March 10 DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGINS

March 12 District Choral Festival 7:00 pm

March 13 Early Release 2:20 pm

March 14 Yearbook Orders Due

March 15 Popcorn Friday

Report Cards sent Home

March 17 St Patrick’s Day

March 20 SK to Milwaukee Zoo

Early Release 2:20 pm

March 25 Spring Break Begins

March 29 Spring Break Ends

Looking Ahead…

April 1 Classes Resume (No Foolin’)

The Wauwatosa School District does not discriminate on the basis

of a person’s color, sex, race, religion, national origin, ancestry,

creed, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, or physical,

mental, emotional or learning disability, or any other characteristic

protected by state or federal law.

Dear Underwood Families,

As you know, our goal is to make sure all students graduate

from the Wauwatosa School District ready for the rest of

their lives. You probably also know that laws have been

passed to help schools like ours keep moving toward that

goal.

This school year, all public schools in the state of Wisconsin

received a new federal accountability report from the

Department of Public Instruction (DPI). The new report is

mandated by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The

federal accountability report is intended to identify schools

most in need of support and improvement. Our state’s long

term goal is to cut the achievement gap in half within six

years. Federal accountability reports will be released to

schools annually.

Here at Underwood we are using information in this report

to improve our school improvement plan. Specifically, we

plan to focus on improving overall student attendance on a

daily basis. I welcome your input on our areas of focus.

If you are interested in reviewing the new federal

accountability report, on March 5th you can access our

school’s report on the Department of Public Instruction

website: https://dpi.wi.gov/accountability/federal.

Please contact me if you have questions about our results.

Thank you for helping us to support students in their

learning!

Sincerely,

Jenny Keats

Principal

Our school wide character trait for

March is "Curiosity": I am eager to

explore new things. I take an active

interest in learning and ask questions

to learn more.

During classroom lessons with Mrs. Nolan, SK-4th grade

will complete our Bully Prevention Unit. Bullying is

someone being mean, on purpose, repeatedly and they

won't stop, it's one-sided and there's an imbalance of

power. Older grades will talk about the role of a

bystander and cyber bullying.

Attention 5th grade parents! Fifth graders have

been working the past several weeks on their

Academic and Career Portfolios (ACPs). Once our

portfolios are complete, we will be scheduling our 5th

grade "Moving Forward" conferences to

share our portfolios and discuss the BIG

transition to Middle School. We will also be

learning how to open a combination lock

(the #1 fear of going to middle school). Sign

ups for the Moving Forward conferences

will be done via "Sign-Up Genius."

Wauwatosa Children’s Theater

Presents

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"

March 1 ~ 1:45 pm

Underwood Gym

GROUP PICTURES will be taken on:

Friday, March 8 ~ 8:45 - 10:30 A.M.

Pictures to be taken are:

Choir, Band, Orchestra, Student Council, Safety Cadets

Girl Scouts & Boy Scouts

(Please wear your uniform) These photos will be included in the yearbook

Wauwatosa District Choral Festival

Tuesday March 12th ~ 7:00 pm

East High School

(Rehearsal: Monday March 11th - 6:15)

Please join us

for this all city choir performance

presented by

3rd-12th grade choir members