In June of 2021, our third and fourth grade students will take the PSSA exams. Third and fourth grade students take the ELA and Math exams. The fourth graders also take the Science exams. The PSSA exams must be administered at school. Instead of the traditional “paper and pencil” tests, we will implement the online version of the PSSA exams, which is the testing format we implemented successfully at Hoover in 2019. Students will use their Chromebooks to take these exams. All D-1 students will take the exams in their regularly scheduled homeroom classes at Hoover. The desks in our third and fourth grade classrooms are spaced three feet apart. By using the cafeteria to help our students spread out, we ensure that all third and fourth grade students eat lunch six feet away from their peers.
The testing schedule is as follows:
June 2, 3, 4 – ELA PSSA for Third Grade – 9:30 am – 11:00 am
June 2, 3, 4 – ELA PSSA for Fourth Grade – 9:30 am – 11:30 am
June 7 and 8 – Math PSSA for Third Grade – 9:30 am – 11:00 am
June 7 and 8 – Math PSSA for Fourth Grade – 9:30 am – 11:30 am
June 9 and 10 – Science PSSA for Fourth Grade – 9:30 am – 10:30 am
In order to ensure that our students can take the PSSA exams in the morning, we will modify our Master Schedule during the PSSA testing days.
June 2, 3, 4 – Third Grade students will have Math instruction from 2:10 pm to 3:10 pm (Sforza will have Math from 1:10 to 2:10).
June 2, 3, 4 – Third Grade students will have Lunch, Recess, and Specials at their regularly scheduled times.
June 7 and 8 – Third Grade students will have Lunch, Recess, and Specials at their regularly scheduled times.
June 2, 3, 4 – Fourth Grade students will have Math instruction from 1:35 pm to 2:35 pm.
June 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 – Fourth Grade students will have Lunch and Recess at their regularly scheduled times.
June 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 – Fourth Grade students will have Specials from 2:45 pm to 3:25 pm.
June 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 – Maguire, Krantz, Rafferty, and Rihl will have specials from 9:15 am to 9:55 am.
If your child is currently in our D-1 (virtual program) or in the Neshaminy School District Virtual Academy, you can bring your child to school during the testing times. You can then pick your child up when the testing has been completed, if you would like to do that. If you send your child to school on the bus, your child can then go home on the bus at the regularly scheduled time, or you can pick up your child at the end of the testing period.
If you have any questions regarding the PSSA test administration at Hoover, please do not hesitate to call me at (215) 809-6340 or email me at dglennon@neshaminy.org .
