1/15 - ACE Day - students released at 2:10 pm

1/17 - Field trip to Pantages Theater

1/20 - Martin Luther King Jr Day - No School

1/21 - Purple Up!

1/24 - Half Day for Students - students released at 12:10 pm

On January 17, our 4th & 5th graders will be going on a field trip to the Pantages Theater in Tacoma to see The Pack Drumline. Your student's teacher sent out a ParentSquare post with the electronic permission slip and the link to Touchbase for the field trip payment. The permission slip can be found under the "Forms/Permissions" section in ParentSquare. If you are unable to find it, please reach out to your student's teacher. Click HERE to go to Touchbase to pay for the field trip.

Dear Saltar’s Point Families,

Report cards will be available through skyward on February 3rd and I wanted to take a moment to review our reporting system. For the past four years, our school has used a standards based report card. Standards based grading allows students to be more aware of what they are expected to do and their progress through the Washington State Standards.

Our school uses proficiency scores from 1 – 3. The proficiency scores are tied to the standards at each grade level. Our students are assessed against end of year standard proficiency. It is important that we as parents and teachers have honest, straight-forward conversations with our students about their learning and achievement and convey to our students that learning is a process. Some concepts and skills are more difficult than others to learn. A score of 1 or 2 while learning a new skill or concept is appropriate and not intended to be punitive. A score of 3 is the target showing end of year proficiency in a particular standard.

In this first reporting period, your student may receive a number of “NE” scores on their report card. This communicates that the standard has yet to be evaluated but will be before the end of the school year. It is appropriate for students at this time of year to receive a 1 or 2 as we have just begun to address end of year standards. If a student receives a 3 in any particular standard, it shows that they have demonstrated end of year mastery.

Our staff is always available to communicate progress with our families. Please feel free to contact your child’s teacher directly if you have any questions or concerns.

--

Alex Clauson

Principal

Saltar's Point Elementary

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If your student has a fine/fee or if you want to put money on their lunch account you can pay online through https://wa-steilacoom.intouchreceipting.com/signin.

If your student has a lost book(s), the fine can be removed either from payment, finding and returning the book(s), or replacing the book.

We would love to have you volunteer, if you are a new parent to the district please click on the link to get signed up to volunteer. If you are a current volunteer in the district please contact the volunteer coordinator to make sure that Saltar's Point is added to your profile.