Pawnee School District RE-12

Student councils put on a wonderful Read-A-Thon for the elementary students on Thursday! It was themed after the Magic School Bus books. They had 4 areas: Ocean, Volcano, Dinosaurs and Bat Bus (Cave). Students got to rotate through all areas, read and learn about each one. For more pictures go to the student council page under my teacher page! I would like to thank all the student council members and elementary teachers for their help!

Our Rock Lab class wrote a couple great songs, and today they were submitted to the Little Kids Rock Songwriting Exhibition for the chance to win some sweet prizes! Click the links below to listen to or download their music: S.C.H.O.O.L.: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B_q3EjGztwU7bSkAGTeNchEszeuQ5Gyu/view?usp=sharing Where You're From: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oNIaN7JqDyN0xevzMdTYGuiIl4achzAd/view?usp=sharing

1st graders have been learning about animals and life cycles by incubating eggs! Their chicks started to hatch on April 21st and we currently have 2 chicks in the room! They have named them Honey and Coconut.

There will be no clay target team practice today 4/20 due to cold winds. thanks!

Barrett Burke and Maverik Jolly were our students of the week.

There will be no clay target practice this afternoon due to inclement weather. Thanks! Mr. Robinson

We practiced our spelling words with invisible ink this week!

4th grade super spellers! Great work, girls!

The students of the week for last week were Judah and Rachel.

Second grade played a game to learn more about place value.

Wish you could watch our Jr. High Volleyball Team play from home? Now you can! The link to the April 8th volleyball game livestream is https://fb.me/e/KGS14NRj.

This year's Preschool and Kindergarten Screening will be held on Monday, April 12th from 1:00-3:00p.m. at Pawnee School.

UPDATE: There will be no clay target team practice this evening due to high winds.

The preschoolers and kindergarteners had a great time looking for Easter eggs and enjoying a treat afterwards. We appreciate Mrs. Nussbaum and the 4th graders hiding eggs for us.

1st and 2nd grade Easter Egg Hunters. Thank you 5th and 6th and Mr. Lemaster for hiding our eggs!

2nd Grade reading groups read "How to Eat Fried Worms" and made jello worms for their classmates on April Fool's Day!

1st Graders made bunnies for Easter.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING STATE TESTING AND PARENT OPTING OUT/IN CHOICES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some of the concerns that have been expressed about the CMAS tests are the additional loss of instruction time after having already lost time due to COVID, testing stress on students, the time it takes to get CMAS results, the validity of the state testing results, and the disruption to learning during the school day. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please know that we continue to administer local standards-based tests three times a year. The test that we use is the Scantron Ed Performance Test for first through twelfth grades. Kindergarteners are assessed using School Readiness Gold Teaching Strategies. These tests are nationally normed, and we can receive the results of these tests immediately after the students have completed the test. Teachers use these results to plan instruction for each student. Additionally, we use other assessments through the year to evaluate our students’ achievement and growth. These include pre- and post-tests, chapter tests, and quizzes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In addition to CMAS, the school will also administer these tests: PSAT9 for freshmen, PSAT10 for sophomores, and SAT for juniors. The value of these tests is the preparation of students for college entry scores. The PSAT is a pre-test that prepares students for their junior year SAT test. The SAT is a college admission test which is given to our students in the spring of their junior year of high school. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As has always been the case for parents in Colorado, you can excuse your student from state testing. If this is your choice, please complete the Pawnee RE-12 District Parent Form to Excuse Student from State Testing that has been included in this newsletter. The form can also be accessed on the school’s website; you can find it under Parent Information – District Assessment Policy. Please have this form returned to us by April 5th, 2021 so that we can adequately plan for test administration. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your partnership in helping students succeed!

Just a quick reminder that the Spring Concert has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 31st at 6pm. The students are looking forward to showing you what they've been working on!

Due to the snow storm last week, the Spring Concert has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 31st at 6pm. Many students have been sent home with instruments to practice over break, so please check in with them about putting some time aside to practice their portion of the show! Have a safe and wonderful Spring Break; we can’t wait to (finally) show you what we’ve been working on!