Principal's Blog 3-14-19

3/15/19


Legacy Point Community, 

I hope you all had a wonderful couple of snow days.  It is always nice to get that unexpected gift of time.  My daughter was home from college so for me, it was priceless. 

Reading Goal
We are on the downhill slide for this school year, if you can believe it.  I believe you have received information from teachers about your child's reading level.  Now is the time for all of us to dig in together to make a minimum of one year's growth in reading.  If you don't remember receiving this data, or don't know what you can do to help your child make this school goal growth, please contact your child's teacher.  As a school 84% of our students have made their benchmark or more toward reaching one full year's worth of growth. 

Security Presentation
On March 26th Legacy Point has the distinct pleasure to host Rich Payne, Director of Security for DCSD.  He will be giving a short 30 minute presentation regarding what security measures are in place for our school and our district, as well as what the future may hold.   This will be followed by a question/answer session.  Child care will be provided so please join us! 

Testing

It's testing time again!  Students in grades 3 through 5 will be taking the Colorado Measure of Academic Skills (CMAS) assessments in early April. We ask that you refrain from scheduling appointments or trips for students during the testing window. The testing schedule is linked HERE and is also on the "State Mandated Assessment" tab on the Legacy Point website. 

The Colorado Department of Education requires a 95% participation rate for schools taking the assessments. For a school of our size, as few as 9 students opting out of CMAS testing will drop our overall performance one full level. Schools are rated by CDE in four categories: Performance, Low Performance, Priority Improvement, and Turnaround. Student scores could fall in the Performance range, however, due to low participation, the overall school rating would be considered Low Performance. We wanted to share the impact that opting out has on our building as this question comes up frequently. If you have any questions about CMAS testing, the testing schedule, or any other items related to these assessments, please contact Amy Corr, School Assessment Coordinator, at: amy.corr@dcsdk12.org

Parents, please support your son/daughter with their reading goals by having them practice sight words, read for fluency, or read for higher levels of comprehension.  We can't do this alone and appreciate your partnership.  Have a wonderful spring break, Explorers!

Kristin Drury