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2.2013 Parent Corner Martin Luther King Celebration: International Day: Border Patrol Robot Winter Violin Concert Superintendent's Message: Getting to Know You Parent Corner: Parents the STAAR TEST is fast approaching. The writing STAAR will be held on Tuesday April 2nd and Wednesday April 3rd.  The Reading STAAR (for both 3rd and 4th grade) will be held on Tuesday April 23rd and the Math STAAR will take place the following day, Wednesday April 24th.  We are preparing the students for success on the test. Thank you for your support by sending your children to tutoring after school and on Saturdays. We appreciate your help! Below you can download the list of test taking strategies here.  Martin Luther King Celebration: Martin Luther King Celebration was held on January 14th through the 18th.   Students selected their heroes and discussed the importance and contributions made by these individuals. International Day: Because of our enrollment growth, our International fair was held on December 17th through December 20th.   Each grade level chose a country and presented different aspects of the country (food, customs, money, costumes, traditions). The kindergarten classes chose Japan. The First Grade classes selected Italy. Third grade selected France.

Border Patrol Robot In December, Vista Del Futuro had several special events for our parents and students. On December 7th the Border Patrol Robot came to visit our school. Students learned about the dangers of drugs and strangers. Winter Violin Concert On December 17th and 18th  the Winter Violin Concert was held. What a great performance by our students. Thank you Ms. Portillo! Superintendent's Message: Getting to Know You Anna, the famous teacher in Rogers & Hammerstein's Broadway musical The King & I, sings to her new students the well known refrain, "Getting to know you, getting to know all about you...." At this time, becoming acquainted with your children has been our teachers' primary objective. They have been observing youngsters' social and academic skills and abilities, and now they are prepared to benchmark their understanding in reading and math, so individual progress plans can be developed in order to help each child achieve grade level mastery and beyond. To reach this goal, they will be testing the children using Release TAKS tests and other measurements. Once they develop a profile for each student, they will share the results with you. In some cases children will need to concentrate on specific skills that were already taught to the entire class. In those instances, teachers will offer tutoring and also send home packets of practice work for you to help your child reinforce his/her learning. Through close communication and partnerships between our teachers and you, our parents, we will help our students have a successful school year. And, as the second verse of Anna's song states, "Getting to like you, Getting to hope you like me..." Of course, that has already happened! Iris B. Burnham Superintendent

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