Team Louis (Cava's Christie Louis' Class): Important Items before break

Greetings CAVA Families!

Happy Wednesday to you all! Here are a few important reminders for you to take care of today and, if you choose, over the Winter Break.

Winter Break starts Thursday, December 20^th to Friday, January 4^th.

School resumes on Monday, January 7^th.

Attendance: Attendance Report

Thank you for having attendance updated yesterday and to continue to do so today. To check if your student is missing any attendance days, log on the OLS, then click on the “Attendance” tab. In the upper left-hand corner of the screen, you will see “Days of Missing Attendance”. If the number shows anything other than “0”, please click on the “Enter attendance now” link. You can then click on “View” next to “Missing Days” toward the right. Next, use the calendar to go to the days that are missing. You can then manually enter the minutes in each subject.

Please do NOT log attendance on weekends or school holidays. Students can work on weekends or holidays but cannot “attend” school (as mandated by state laws). If they work on nonschool days, such as over winter break, please add the hours spent on schoolwork to the next school day’s attendance log.

OLS Progress:

Students should complete 2 ½ -3% of each course weekly. If you started the school year with us on or around 8/16, you should be at 45% progress by the end of the day Wednesday, December 19th. To determine your progress if you did not start on the first day of school, multiply .03 times number of weeks in school.

If you are behind in core subjects (math, LA, Science, history) please consider working over winter break. There is an AVERAGE expectation of progress of 2 ½ -3% in the core subject areas. As always, I encourage you to go to the student account and view progress. Here you can look at the alerts, shown with an exclamation, or you can view the snapshot. Both of these are helpful to ensure you are on track. Keep in mind Math and Language Arts (all components) are the core curriculum and should be considered when choosing which course to work on over break. Please log only completed lessons NOT attendance over winter break. Reread attendance policy above.

Remember: Since mastery and building good study habits are key, students who complete more than 7% progress within a course over the winter break should plan to submit work to demonstrate their mastery following the winter break (worksheets, offline work, essays/short answers, math problems/work shown, etc.) Please see Monday’s Weekly Newsletter for more information.

Quarter 2 Work Samples/Additional Assignments: Please be sure that all work samples and any outstanding additional assignments (see assignment sheet for due dates) are turned in by January 17^th. Remember, I have scheduled in-person appointments so that you can turn in ALL of these required assignments at one time. Please confirm your meeting time by email or phone. If you are mailing them to me due to not being able to make an appointment, please mail them to 2104 Gaslight Dr. Modesto, Ca 95355.

Semester 2 Spring ISMAs: Please be sure that you have signed your Semester 2 Spring ISMA before the winter break. These were all sent out last night (12/18). The link was sent to your email. If you are unable to find this, please check your junk mail.

Study Island:

Students have a great opportunity to catch up on their blue ribbons on Study Island over the break. Study Island provides a fantastic way for students to review and practice grade level concepts. As a reminder, Middle School students are assigned blue ribbon topics on their Semester 1 assignment sheet and are required to earn those blue ribbons in order to earn A’s and B’s on their Semester 1 report card.

P.E. Logs Quarter 2-Update Today

Please be sure you have gone to Cavaparent.org and updated your P.E. logs for the Quarter 2 period. Log onto www.cavaparent.org> Select “Physical Education” – “Logs” >Choose Quarter 2>Click “Add New”>Select the two week period>

10/23-11/2 Weeks 1 & 2, 9/days- 180min (3 hours)

11/5-11/16 Weeks 3 & 4, 9/days- 180min (3 hours)

11/26-12/7 Weeks 5 & 6, 10/days- 200min(3.5 hours)

12/10-12/19 Weeks 7 & 8, 8/days- 160min (3 hours)

1/7- 1/17 Weeks 9 & 10, 9/days- 180min (3 hours)

Again I thank you for all your time and efforts! I appreciate all of those that have completed all of the above and are caught up on a daily basis. KUDOS to those with perfect attendance and who have been making great progress!

Happy Holidays! See you in 2013!!