Dear Families,
What a beautiful week it has been! Our students loved spending time outside in the sunshine—although a few came in reporting it was too hot. As we head into spring break, we hope your family has a wonderful week filled with exactly what you need: rest, fun, and quality time together.
As a reminder, if your child ends break feeling sick, please keep them home. With a new variant of COVID circulating, we want to do our best to keep our students healthy, especially as it appears to spread quickly among children. Thank you for your care and attention to this.
It has been a big and exciting few weeks at Decatur! Our fifth graders attended camp, fourth graders traveled to Olympia, third graders are back to planning their Mount Rainier field trip, and our second graders are deep into their animal research projects. Decatur has been a very busy place!
When we return from break, we will have a couple of weeks before beginning our statewide Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) testing for students in grades 3–5. Our testing dates are:
- May 12
- May 14
- May 19
- May 21
Fifth graders will also take the Science SBA on April 28.
If your child has headphones, we ask that they bring them on May 12, as there are portions of the assessment that include audio. We do have some headphones available, but not enough for all students, so any assistance with this is greatly appreciated.
We are also excited to share that we will be welcoming over 60 new students to Decatur next year, increasing our enrollment by approximately 20 students! Classroom configurations are still to be determined as we wait for any staffing adjustments in June. We will keep you informed as soon as we have more information.
On behalf of the entire Decatur staff, we wish you a wonderful spring break. We look forward to welcoming our students back and hearing all about their adventures!
Principal Miller
