Lakeview News Friday, May 8, 2015
Welcome to the new lakeview news
We hope this new format will help us convey the joy, the learning, and the story of Lakeview Elementary. If you have photos that tell an important story or capture an important moment at Lakeview please send them with student names to sthatcher@lwsd.org.
Incredible classrooms
The rubber meets the road in the classroom, and as principal my goal is to be in classrooms as much as possible every week, in fact my entire calendar is centered around protecting my time in classrooms. To help maintain the classroom priority, I am reporting out my time spent in classrooms to the staff and community to keep myself accountable (5.5 hours in classrooms last week, 6.5 hours this week).
Lakeview's New front Office Staff
We are delighted to welcome Debus Frey as our new office manager and Kristin Crane as our new secretary! As difficult as it was to say goodbye to Mandi and Kim as they moved on to new adventures, Debus and Kristin have stepped in without missing a beat. Debus joins us from Eastlake High School where she worked as the attendance secretary and Kristin was an instructional assistant at Lakeview. Please make sure to introduce yourself and give them a warm welcome next time you are in the main office.
Lakeview Carnival - May 15
Carnival is just around the corner on May 15th from 6:30-8:30pm. We hope that all Lakeview families are able to attend: there will be games, an inflatable obstacles course, a tasty cupcake Cakewalk, along with pizza and other concessions.
Upcoming SBA Testing and scores
Next week we begin the first of three weeks of SBA math testing (3rd grade - May 12/13; 5th grade - May 19/20; 4th grade - May 28/29), so please encourage your students to get enough rest and know that they just need to do their best and not be nervous.
Also, test scores will begin to trickle in before the end of the school year. It is very important to understand the SBA is an entirely new assessment measuring the more rigorous and recently adopted common core state standards. The new SBA test represents a new target. For years our teachers and students have practiced the MSP and the state standards the the MSP was assessing. It was like climbing all 14,000 ft. of Mt. Rainer. The SBA is like now having our teachers and students climb Mt. McKinley instead: many of the same skills and knowledge used to climb Mt. Rainer (MSP) will serve them well on Mt. McKinley (SBA). But the rigor has increased, and we expect the scores to paint a picture of many successes and some new challenges for us to overcome. I know our Lakeview staff and students are up for the challenge!
Playground reminder
Please remind you kiddos that sidewalk chalk is allowed on the uncovered blacktop only so that the rain can wash it away.