Celebrating Our Martin Mustangs with Perfect Attendance!
A BIG congratulations to all of the Martin Mustangs who achieved perfect attendance during the first trimester of the 2024-2025 school year! Your dedication to being present every day is truly commendable.
Attending school regularly is essential for success—it helps students stay on track academically, build strong routines, and fully engage with their peers and teachers. Thank you for making school a priority and setting such a great example for our community!
Let’s keep up the momentum as we move into the next trimester. Together, we can make every day count! A HUGE congratulations to.........
Ninioluwa Akinro, Toluwanimi Akinro, Makenzie Angio, Serena Angio, Akarios Baillie, Yarelly Barahona, Olivia Bardell, Amaia Blunte, Joseph Boulett, Cannon Brown, Penelope Brual, Aubree Cassidy, Kenia Cervantes Valdivia, Eric Chairez, Mackenzie Charlebois, Kinzie Cybul, Mateo Dawson, Hayden DeMarr-Perez, Ryan Denton, Bennett Doud, Laela Farley, Miranda Flores Vargas, Kenya Flores, Alaina Gallucci, Adaline Garcia, Michael Garcia, Keisy Huizar, Colton Kassebaum, Mason Kassebaum, Taylor Krohn, McKinley Krueger, Ryleigh Krumholz, Penelope LaFollette, Nathan Lawson, Luke Leicht, Lilliana Lempa, Noah Lopez, Alan Luzarowski, Spencer Martignetti, Isabella Martinez, Ricardo Martinez, Donovan Massey, Maren Mista, Joseph Mondragon, Dominic Moreno, Savannah Moreno, Alonzo Munoz, Isabel Osorio Lopez, Avery Owen, William Owen, Oliver Palacios, Sebastian Perez, Reagan Peterson, Olivia Prassel, Isla Quall, Scarlett Robello, Chloe Rodriguez, Cameron Ronney, Nadia Ruiz, Arantza Sanchez, Makayla Schultz, Carsen Sheppard, Alex Sim, Charlotte Tijerina, Sergio Toscano ll, Jared Toscano, Martynas Valickas, Mackenzi VanLake, and Katie Lynn Wright
A Heartfelt Thank You to Our PTO Volunteers and Families!
A huge thank you to all of our amazing PTO volunteers and the families who joined us for this week’s Book Fair! Your enthusiasm and support made the event a tremendous success.
We are thrilled to announce that, thanks to your participation, we raised money to support classroom libraries as well as the Martin School library (the detailed monetery amount coming soon!)! Your contributions are helping to foster a love of reading and learning within our community.
We couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you for making a difference for our students and school!
What is Imagine Illustrative Math?
Imagine IM is a problem-based core curriculum designed to address content and practice standards to foster learning for all. Students learn by doing math, solving problems in mathematical and real-world contexts, and constructing arguments using precise language. Teachers can shift their instruction and facilitate student learning with high-leverage routines to guide learners to understand and make connections between concepts and procedures.
Accessing the Family Support Hub:
Visit ilclassroom.com to access the Family Support Hub without logging in. Click the “Explore Curricula” button at the bottom of the screen and navigate to your student’s subject and grade!
Math Grading in the Upper Grades....How does it Work?
Hello 4th & 5th grade families.
We are reaching out to you to share additional information about how your child will be graded this year with our new math curriculum, Illustrative Mathematics (IM). As we previously shared at Curriculum Night, this program is aligned with Common Core State Standards-based grading (i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4), which is documented on the District #41 report cards. The IM instruction and design provides a coherent progression of learning within and across grade levels. Depending on the grade, unit, and lesson, students engage with the standards at various levels: explore, play, and discuss; deep dive; or synthesize and apply. Additionally, the lessons are prioritized (i.e., high, medium, and low). This approach aligns with reporting learning standards with an understanding that students are moving toward a progression of proficiency.
District 41 is in the process of moving toward a standards-based grading system that focuses on priority standards to support this type of learning. In the meantime, traditional achievement grades (e.g., A, B, C, etc.) will continue to be reported until this transition is completed. For this reason, as math teachers we have collaborated with an IM consultant to identify how we can report your child’s achievement grade, utilizing this standards-based program. Below is the breakdown and explanation for our process for this school year.
Practice (25% of overall achievement grade): This will be a completion credit grade for the lesson “Cool Down” activity, which is typically 1-3 points. Please understand that this achievement grade will not reflect achievement toward performance; credit will be given for work completed. Therefore, students should be receiving 100% credit in this category for the achievement grade.
Quizzes (35% of overall achievement grade): Within each unit of study, there are sections which include “Checkpoints.” These Checkpoints will be used for this achievement grade category. These Checkpoints typically contain 1-3 questions.
Tests (40% of overall achievement grade): Following each unit is an “End-of-Unit Assessment.” These assessments have more questions, however, typically fewer than 10. These will be used for this achievement grade category.
2024-2025 Parent/Student Handbook
Please be sure to review the handbook linked below AND sign and send back the Bus Riding Agreement to school which can be found on pages 88-89. Click here for a copy.
2024-2025 MUSIC CONCERTS-6:30 PM START TIME
Be sure to mark your calendars for the 2024-2025 school music concerts!!! We will also be LIVE-STREAMING each concert for family and friends unable to attend at Martin School (see QR code to the right). ALL Martin Concerts will start at 6:30 PM!
See dates below!
February 6th-Grade 3
March 13th-Grade 2
April 10th-Grade 1
May 8th-Kindergarten
Calendar of Upcoming Events
December 16- Board of Education Meeting 7 PM @ District Office
December 23-Winter Break Begins-No School
January 6-School Resumes 8:10 AM
January 8-31-NWEA Winter Window Grades K-5
January 13-Board of Education Meeting 7 PM @ District Office
January 20-Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-No School
January 27-Board of Education Meeting 7 PM @ District Office