Upcoming Events
Monday, 2/3
Tuesday, 2/4 District Spelling Bee; NTB Reading Day
Wednesday, 2/5 School Tour, 9:00 am
Thursday, 2/6 Student Coalition Meeting, 11:15 am
Friday, 2/7 PTO Meeting, 8:10 am
February 10-14 Peace Week
February 11-14 5th Grade Camp
Monday, 2/10 NTB Competetive Team Qualifier Test, 7:25 am; Peace Rally, 2:30 pm
Tuesday, 2/11 Progress Reports Go Home
Wednesday, 2/12
Thursday, 2/13
Friday, 2/14 Class Valentine Parties
Wednesday, 2/19 Early Dismissal Day (Professional Development), 12:30 pm
Kinder Stanford (SAT-10) Scores
Kindergarten parents will be receiving score reports from the December administration. This administration is considered a baseline score for your child, and is not used for promotion decisions at the end of the year. The SAT-10 gives us a comparative look at your child’s academic performance level and that of other children across the nation in the same grade level. The SAT-10 is designed with stretch, meaning the test includes prerequisite skills for Kindergarten, as well as items that test skills more traditionally taught in the grade level above. The letter included with your score report will give you information on how to read the report, but a good place to start is by looking at the column labeled PR-S. This column will tell you your child’s percentile rank and stanine. A percentile rank of 50 is considered average, or typical for this test. You may use the stanine to help you determine performance in broader bands. Stanines 1, 2 and 3 represent performance that is below average. Stanines 4, 5 and 6 are in the average range. Stanines 7, 8 and 9 are above average performance. Be cautious about using the GE (grade equivalence). This information is often misunderstood. A kindergarten student with a grade equivalence of 3.2 on the reading subtest, does not suggest the student is performing at the 3rd grade 2nd month level, but instead suggests the student made the same score as a 3rd grader would on the kindergarten reading test.
Magnet Enrichment
5th Grade Musical: Aladdin
Session III: March 4-May 22
5th graders will receive information this week about participating in our 5th grade musical this spring. Students will be able to choose their level of participation. Students interested and able to stay after school will be able to choose from being part of dance, cast or stage crew. Those who are not able to stay after school will be part of the chorus and will learn the music during their music ancillary class.
There is no fee for participating in the Magnet Enrichment after school, but students must be committed to the work. Students who chose to take on a role as cast, dancer or stage crew are expected to attend all after school enrichment classes, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5:30.
Inclement Weather Make-Up Days
from www.houstonisd.org
Science Night
UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Saturday, February 15th, 3:00-6:00 pm
Roberts families have been invited to Science Night, hosted by UT GSBS and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Find more information in your Tuesday folder.
Pershing MS Accelerated Math and Science Placement Test
Many of our 5th graders will be attending Pershing in the Fall. You can ensure your child is placed in the appropriate level math and science class by taking the placement tests scheduled for Saturday, 2/22 or Saturday, 3/1. You will receive more information in this week's Tuesday folder.
Monday, 2/3
Tuesday, 2/4 District Spelling Bee; NTB Reading Day
Wednesday, 2/5 School Tour, 9:00 am
Thursday, 2/6 Student Coalition Meeting, 11:15 am
Friday, 2/7 PTO Meeting, 8:10 am
February 10-14 Peace Week
February 11-14 5th Grade Camp
Monday, 2/10 NTB Competetive Team Qualifier Test, 7:25 am; Peace Rally, 2:30 pm
Tuesday, 2/11 Progress Reports Go Home
Wednesday, 2/12
Thursday, 2/13
Friday, 2/14 Class Valentine Parties
Wednesday, 2/19 Early Dismissal Day (Professional Development), 12:30 pm
Kinder Stanford (SAT-10) Scores
Kindergarten parents will be receiving score reports from the December administration. This administration is considered a baseline score for your child, and is not used for promotion decisions at the end of the year. The SAT-10 gives us a comparative look at your child’s academic performance level and that of other children across the nation in the same grade level. The SAT-10 is designed with stretch, meaning the test includes prerequisite skills for Kindergarten, as well as items that test skills more traditionally taught in the grade level above. The letter included with your score report will give you information on how to read the report, but a good place to start is by looking at the column labeled PR-S. This column will tell you your child’s percentile rank and stanine. A percentile rank of 50 is considered average, or typical for this test. You may use the stanine to help you determine performance in broader bands. Stanines 1, 2 and 3 represent performance that is below average. Stanines 4, 5 and 6 are in the average range. Stanines 7, 8 and 9 are above average performance. Be cautious about using the GE (grade equivalence). This information is often misunderstood. A kindergarten student with a grade equivalence of 3.2 on the reading subtest, does not suggest the student is performing at the 3rd grade 2nd month level, but instead suggests the student made the same score as a 3rd grader would on the kindergarten reading test.
Magnet Enrichment
5th Grade Musical: Aladdin
Session III: March 4-May 22
5th graders will receive information this week about participating in our 5th grade musical this spring. Students will be able to choose their level of participation. Students interested and able to stay after school will be able to choose from being part of dance, cast or stage crew. Those who are not able to stay after school will be part of the chorus and will learn the music during their music ancillary class.
There is no fee for participating in the Magnet Enrichment after school, but students must be committed to the work. Students who chose to take on a role as cast, dancer or stage crew are expected to attend all after school enrichment classes, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5:30.
Inclement Weather Make-Up Days
from www.houstonisd.org
HISD schools will now be open April 18 and May 26 for students, faculty and support staff to make up the days lost to wintry weather last Friday and this Tuesday. The decision, made Thursday, adheres to the district’s 2013-2014 calendar adopted by the HISD Board of Education, which designated the Spring Holiday and Memorial Day as makeup days.
The Texas Education Agency mandates procedures for setting calendars and for designating and publicizing makeup days, and the public has an extended opportunity in advance of adoption of the calendar to comment on those days. The calendar, as well as the 2014-2015 calendar, are posted on this website, as well.
For FAQs on makeup days, go to http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2014/01/27/your-make-up-day-questions-answered/.
Science Night
UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Saturday, February 15th, 3:00-6:00 pm
Roberts families have been invited to Science Night, hosted by UT GSBS and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Find more information in your Tuesday folder.
Pershing MS Accelerated Math and Science Placement Test
Many of our 5th graders will be attending Pershing in the Fall. You can ensure your child is placed in the appropriate level math and science class by taking the placement tests scheduled for Saturday, 2/22 or Saturday, 3/1. You will receive more information in this week's Tuesday folder.
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