Hello!

After a chilly start to the week, I am looking forward to some sunshine later this week! During our end to the first semester and our start up for second semester, I'd like to welcome our new students. I hope your beginning time is going well! As always for all of our families, please remember to give yourself grace and patience as we finish up work for the first half of the school year.

The iReady district assessment is now open (January 6 - February 7) for students to complete for the winter assessment. Please finish this assessment at home.

NO IN PERSON CLASS at BGVA on January 21. Due to high school end of semester testing needs, we need to cancel our in person K-8 classes on January 21. All students should attend the virtual homeroom class on Thursday, January 23.

BG DISTRICT MATH CHALLENGE, Saturday, March 22, 9:00am - 1:00pm. 4th and 5th graders are invited to participate! Please let me know if you would like more information about joining a Math Challenge team. We need four students total and I would practice with them both in person and through Google Meet. Here is the Math Challenge website, in case you want to look it over before committing. https://sites.google.com/a/battlegroundps.org/sw-wa-math-challenge/home

• January 6 - February 7: iReady assessments for students in grades 3-8. This will mostly be taken at home.
• Tuesday, January 21, 2025: No in person Trekker Time for grades K-8 due to high school testing in all areas of campus. All students should join the virtual homeroom on Thursday from 9:00 - 10:00 for this week.
• January 21: workbooks are ready to be picked up during this week! Here is the process: I will plan an open drop in time on Wednesday, January 22 from 11:00-12:00 or 1:00-3:00. I will send workbooks home with our in person students. If you need to pick up workbooks and novel study books at another time, please email so we are available.

• January 21 - January 28: workbooks are ready to be picked up during this week! Here is the process: I will plan an open drop in time on Wednesday, January 22 from 11:00-12:00 or 1:00-3:00.

• I will send workbooks home with our in person students (on January 28). If you need to pick up workbooks and novel study books at another time, please email so we are available.

• Tuesday, January 21, 2025: No in person Trekker Time for grades K-8 due to high school testing in all areas of campus. All students should join the virtual homeroom on Thursday, January 23, from 9:00 - 10:00 for this week’s required weekly contact.

• January 23, 2025: Please have all work in Accelerate Education completed. End of Semester 1.

• Tuesday, January 28, 2025: In person Trekker Time will meet back on the BGVA campus at the normal time, 10:00 - 12:00.

The following information was copied from the weekly BGVA newsletter.

Recently, we informed you through our weekly newsletter and a specific dedicated email of our new School Data platform. The new School Data platform is a robust tool that parents can use to stay fully connected with their students' academic progress. Check your email for a short video demonstrating the process of creating your account and getting connected with your students' learning.

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Comprehensive Sexual Health (CSH) curriculum: In the BG school district, students in grade 5 have some lessons as part of the CSH. Usually, at BGVA, this comes in the form of parents receiving ten magazines from the Great Body Shop curriculum with lots of health topics. I have the magazines in the classroom if you want to look through them. I don't give kids access to them, though. Parents can opt their students out of instruction. They do this by going into Skyward and filling out the form. The instructions for how to do this are listed here: How to Opt Out of Comp Sex Ed - parent hand out

4th Grade Novel Study. During second semester, 4th graders will have a novel study to complete which is very similar to the novel study during first semester. They will start reading their book at the beginning of Module 19. The Study Guide will be due at the end of Module 27. The book choices are:

Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli

Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

If you wish to choose a different novel, please let me know.

5th Grade Novel Study. 5th graders will also read a novel, which will be incorporated into their Module 9 second semester work. Their choices are:

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell,

The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

Finally, please return the Semester 1 book if you borrowed one when you pick up your second semester workbooks.

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