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Principal's Message: 4/12/21

Dear OHS families,

 

I hope you are enjoying the start of the break.  A few important items to share with you.

 

Wednesdays – 90 minute late starts after the break

Last week, the superintendent sent out news that each Wednesday starting on April 21st and continuing for the remainder of the year would start with a 90-minute delayed opening.  Our arrival time for Wednesdays will shift to 10:15-10:30 am.  The lunch times are not impacted by the delay. We did have to make changes to special times and the district adjusted the duration of specials on these days in order to fit them all into the day.  Art will be 40 minutes for everyone, all kindergarten specials will be 40 minutes, Spanish will be 20 minutes, and LLC/PE/Music for grade 1-5 will be 30 minutes. 

 

April Break Week Travel Reminder

Please be sure to consult the suggestions in the travel advisory to help plan your child(ren)'s return to school.  

Keep in mind that we need one school day’s notice to shift a student to livestreaming. At this point, if you plan to have your child(ren) livestream when we come back, the soonest they would be able to start livestreaming would be Tuesday, 4/20. 

 Again, thank you for your continued efforts to keep our community safe.

 

Smarter Balanced Assessments Begin next Week

We will have the Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBA) starting after the April break for grades 3, 4, and 5.  These are the state-mandated standardized assessments.  We had a break from them last year, so this will be the first year our third graders and fourth graders will be taking them.  Each grade level will have a week focused on English Language Arts (ELA) and a week focused on Math.  Typically, the assessments run across 3-4 testing sessions for the week.  If a student is absent for any of the testing sessions, we will make it up once they return.  Please see below for the testing weeks for each grade level.  We encourage good nights of sleep and solid breakfasts during the testing weeks.

 

 Testing Weeks for Grade Levels

  • 4/19-4/23: Gr 5 ELA SBA

  • 4/26-4/30: Gr 4 ELA SBA

  • 5/3-5/7: Gr 3 ELA SBA

  • 5/10-5/14: Gr 3 Math SBA

  • 5/17-5/21: Gr 4 Math SBA

  • 5/24-5/28: Gr 5 Math SBA and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Assessment

Have a wonderful break!

David