1. Welcome To the Fabulous Fourth Grade!!
This year we are working towards becoming the Best-Version-of- Ourselves
-Matthew Kelly, modern Catholic Apologist-
During Religion class, students set goals to empower themselves to always do their Personal Best.

2. 4A: Mrs. Bigney Also teaches Social Studies 4B: Mrs
4A: Mrs. Bigney Also teaches Social Studies 4B: Mrs. Campagna Also teaches English 4C: Mrs. Casner Also teaches 4A Math and Science 4D Mrs. Cooper Also teaches 4B Math and Science
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3. Please help your students by setting up a place they can file their papers at home. Students (You’re welcome to help at first, but please don’t do this FOR them!) should remove work that is no longer current, and file it. We’ve been working on writing info correctly in planners. Please check your student’s planner and homework in RenWeb, and sign their planner every day.
Study Skills

4. We will be using S.T.A.R. reading results to set point goals for the students per quarter. A grade will be given based on the percentage of point goal completed. This will be a major grade. (Equivalent to a test.) Students are expected to read 20 min. per day. AR

5. Students have homework every night, except on weekends
Students have homework every night, except on weekends. (Most homework in fourth grade is started in the classroom, and completed at home.) Homework should not take more than an hour of active engagement. Please us and let us know if your student is frequently needing more than an hour.
Homework

6. Tutoring is available Tuesday through Thursday at 7:20 in all 4 classrooms. Students must sign in at the front desk.
Morning Tutoring

7. Best Field Trip Ever!!! Date: April 24 Actually it’s WAY more than a field trip…it’s the culmination of a month’s worth of cross curricular learning. We will need four to five parent volunteers from each class. You’ll have a wonderful time, but also work all day! (And not in the same business as your student)
Enterprise City

8. Students will not be having snacks at school
Students will not be having snacks at school. Please encourage them to eat a healthy breakfast before school. They’re encouraged to bring water (ONLY water, please!) bottles.
Snacks…

9. Home/School Communication:
RenWeb: Homework is posted every day by 4:30, and grades are posted promptly. Homeroom Moodle pages Follow us on Best way to contact us: We check and respond daily. (Students are asked not to .) In case of emergency or late notice, call or Mrs. Luckey. (cc us!)
Home/School Communication:

10. Late Work Points are deducted for late work.
1 school days late: Work is accepted, 5 points deducted
2 school days late: Work is accepted, 10 points deducted
3 school days late: Work is accepted, 15 points deducted
Work more than 3 school days late will result in a grade no higher than a 50%. Students will still need to complete it, however.
All late work must be turned in one week prior to the end of the quarter.
Late Work

11. Absent? We’ll miss them…
We are happy to write down your student’s missed assignments. If you would like to pick up their assignments that day, please call the office and the homeroom teacher in the morning. We will have them on the table inside the front door at the end of the school day. They have as many days as they were absent to complete and turn in work. Homework that was due the day they were absent is due the day they return. It is school policy to not give absent work in advance.
Absent? We’ll miss them…

12. On Fridays, a study hall will be provided for students who have incomplete/missing work For students who are current on all assignments, enrichment/extension activities will be offered.
TGIF!!

13. FA Parent Q: “How can we help?”
Attendance and punctuality! 7:55! Haircuts, uniforms! Make sure they know who they’re going home with, and whether or not they’re walking, before they come to school! Homework: check it if you need/want to, but please don’t DO it for them! Make sure absent work is completed on time.
FA Parent Q: “How can we help?”

14. Follow us on Twitter: @STA_2023 STEM/PBL activities incorporated throughout the year
This year…