Stellar Newsletter 🍎
May 4th - May 8th
Testing Continues this week for 3rd-5th grade
- 5th grade SCIENCE = Monday- Wednesday
- 3rd -5th grade READING = Tuesday - Friday (teachers can provide specific date for your student leader)
- Please support your student by:
- AFFIRMING and ENCOURAGING them
- ENSURING they arrive on time to school so they can test in their classrooms with their class
- ENSURING they receive a good night rest and meal, or arrive early for breakfast
School Safety
- Safety is our #1 priority. Please monitor what your students bring to school
- We are asking students to leave backpacks home, we are in testing season and there is no longer a need for large backpacks.
- Lunch bags are allowed
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
- THIS WEEK we will celebrate and honor our STELLAR, hard working Teachers and Staff
- See below for daily appreciation suggestions or ideas
- If you're busy or unable to show daily appreciation, you can also donate to our PTA using the link below. PTA will be showing appreciation to ALL teachers every day this week.
- Your donations will make a difference!
THANK YOU! 💗 From Principal McBride
- THANK YOU for all of your notes, cards, emails and expressions of appreciation. Being a principal is both rewarding and challenging work. Reading every card and note was another reminder of WHY I love this work!! THANK YOU for trusting me and BELA staff with your student leaders. I LOVE my Biscayne Families!
STATE TESTING RESOURCES for 3rd-5th grade
- Access link for sample items in preparation for FINAL Assessment
- NO log in needed. CONTINUE AS A GUEST
FREE TUTORING!
Varsity Tutors offers DCPS students personalized learning support when they need it. Students across the district will receive unlimited live support from highly qualified tutors in all core subject areas. They can also attend interactive extracurricular classes and clubs i.e. coding and financial literacy via enrichment classes. Additionally, they can receive essay review and writing support.
How do students access the platform?
Students click on Blended Learning, then the Varsity Tutors icon, and log in with Clever.
Parents can visit https://www.varsitytutors.com/school-solutions/duval for support for their students. There are also a document attached below for parents to get more information about this opportunity.
PARENT-TEACHER COMMUNICATION
per DCPS : ALL parent-teacher communication should be via Rooms in Duval Schools App
Please ensure you have downloaded the DUVAL Schools APP, once connected you will have access to:
- Communicate with your childs' teacher via classROOMS
- Receive all school and district communications, texts, and emails, and alerts
FOCUS - PARENT ACCOUNT
See below to link Parent Account to Student Account
- Parent Account needed to view students grades
- View and print progress reports and report cards
- Update Contact information
- Register for school bus
- Complete School Choice applications
