2011 MS Newsletter JAN. 2012 - Main Street Elementary School ...

Principal’s Message
Attendance
Thank you to all the families that are getting your students to class on time each day, and attending school
regularly. As well as helping your student’s achievement by having him/her here each day for instruction, it
greatly helps the financial well being of the district! If you need to be out of school for five days or more, make
arrangements with the school office, and your child’s teacher, for an independent study contract. When a student
has an independent study contract, the district is able to receive attendance revenue for the days covered by the
independent study. A goal for the district is to improve overall student attendance, and every day a student is
present contributes to that goal. With regard to this, it is also helpful if families use student vacation time to go on
vacation. Thank you, again, for your continued attention to this matter.
Computer Lab
The computer lab will be undergoing some changes in the coming weeks, expanding from the present 20-­‐
workstation setup to 32 workstations. Our superintendent, Henry Castaniada was successful in writing a grant,
and the Santa Cruz County Office of Education is providing the funds. We are excited about increasing the capacity
of the computer lab, and are looking at ways of increasing the hours that the lab is available for students. We are
already using it for after school reading intervention, and we’ll be looking at ways of opening it before school as
well.
Reading Intervention
Former Main Street teacher Linda Pearson has begun a reading intervention program here at school. Data from
reading assessments was used to identify which students would benefit from intervention, and K-­‐2 students are
receiving these services during the school day, while students in 3-­‐5 th grade are attending intervention after
school. If your child was identified for intervention you will have received a permission slip that needs to be
returned to the office.
Thank you for your support,
Craig Broadhurst
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