Weekly Email
Mrs. Baggaley's Class
Dear Families,
It was so fun to see some familiar faces last night at our Back to School Party, and to meet several new students and families! Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate with us very well, but we still had fun connecting and eating pizza.
Can you believe school starts in just 2 days?! I'm so excited to begin this new school year. I can't wait to see all of you at either my Back to School Parent meeting on Thursday, or in the upcoming few weeks.
We have several fun activities coming up, so don't forget to check the RSVP site and fill out the form to any that you can attend.
Enjoy the last bit of summer!!
Happy Learning,
Julie
Emails
We have had trouble with our learning management system. If you didn't get last week's email, can be found HERE. Hopefully everyone gets this one!
Bright Thinker Online Access
Bright Thinker online materials will become visible on Thursday, Aug 13th, for the first day of school.
Your student's login will be in this format: firstname.lastname. So, for example, Harry Potter would be harry.potter for his username. Password is always utahonline.
If your name is hyphenated or common, there might be an exception. Reach out if you have trouble. You can try to log in now. It should let you in, but there won't be any courses.
Art Supplies
I have some fun art supplies for everyone. I handed out some at the pool party and I will bring more to Acadience testing. I hope to see everyone soon so I can give them all out!
Chromebook Request
Remember, every child can have a Chromebook to check out but you are responsible for it. You will need to fill out the contract at this link once for each child borrowing one.
Purchasing has been changed this year. We will now have a 5 year purchase structure instead of 3.
Important Dates
August:
10th - Back to School Swim Party and Chromebook pickup. THANK YOU to those who came.
13th: Back to School Parent Meeting in Zoom 9:00 AM
ATTENDANCE MANDATORY for all new families (or watch a recording and fill out a Google form afterwards).
13th - First Day of School!
19th - Imaginaria Back to School Bash (RSVP HERE)
27th - Reading Acadience Testing for grades K-5 (Please try to make this day work first.)
September:
2nd - Make-up Acadience Testing for grades K-5
Back to School Parent Meeting
Please note that the Back to School meeting will be held LIVE on the first day of school at 9:00am. Like last year, it will be a flipped meeting. Meaning, I will provide you with the information in advance in a Google Slide where you can click into what you need to learn. Then you will come to the LIVE meeting with any questions. If you are new to UOS, please plan to either attend the LIVE meeting or watch the recording after. Returning families can choose to attend, but at least fill out the form that you looked over anything marked with changes. You can access the flipped slides at the link in the button below. My ZOOM link is in my signature below. (It is included on all my emails in the signature.)
Acadience Testing
This is for grades K-5 and is required by Utah Law unless you opt out. Older grades, we'll do a different reading screener just to see how everyone is doing and if anyone needs support after I am done with all Acadience. There is no long a required Acadience Math test.
Please pick a slot at the link below. Remember to maintain student privacy, only put the parent name on this form.
If you wish to opt out of testing this year, please let me know right away and I will get you the link. You will use the same link to opt out of Acadience or RISE.