Week of February 27-March 3, 2023

 Happy Friday Trailblazer families,

It’s hard to believe that we will wrap up the month of February this week and along with our Second Trimester on Tuesday, February 28th!  Report cards will be coming home via email on March 10, 2023.  It’s time to celebrate the growth your child has made from the beginning of the year until now.  We are so proud of all of our Trailblazers and look forward to a great last trimester of our 2022-2023 school year!  

We have so many fun events planned in the next few weeks including Skate Night, this Wednesday, March 1st from 6-8 pm.  See the PTC EVENTS section for more information on upcoming events.  

STATE TESTING INFO-FOR PARENTS OF 3rd-5th GRADERS…

California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress

     English, Math, and Science Parent and Guardian Notification Letter 

Dear Parent/Guardian:

There are many ways to measure your child’s learning. Your child’s teacher uses report card grades, classroom work, teacher observations, and end-of-year statewide test results to get a complete picture of your child’s learning. Each year, students participate in the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). 

Your child will take the following tests, depending on their grade level or instructional program:

• Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English Language Arts and Math, required tests in grades 3–8 

• California Science Test (CAST), a required test in grades 5 and 8 

Pursuant to California Education Code Section 60615, parents/guardians may annually submit to the school a written request to excuse their child from any or all of the CAASPP assessments. This exemption does not exist for the ELPAC or Physical Fitness Test.

For more information on the assessments, please review this Statewide Testing Notification.

This year, Roseville City School District will give the summative assessments in-person.

The 2022-2023 testing schedule for the Roseville City School District is listed below:

April 24th - April 28th, 2023: California Science Test (CAST) for grades 5 and 8

May 1st - May 12th, 2023: Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments, ELA and Math

May 15th - May 19th, 2023: Makeup testing 

You are an important part of your child’s education. To make sure your child feels comfortable taking tests, you can:

• Explain to your child that these tests are tools to help them learn, and they should not be anxious or scared.

• Explore the practice tests with your child at caaspp.org/practice-and-training/index.html so they can become familiar with the platform and setup of the tests. 

• Remind your child that you and their teacher want them to try their best and are there to help, every step of the way.

You will receive your child’s results at or before the beginning of the next school year. The results will identify where your child is doing well or needs more help, so you can better support their learning at home and teachers can better support their learning in the classroom.

To learn more about these tests go to the Starting Smarter web page at ca.startingsmarter.org/, or review the Parent Guides to Understanding at cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/parentguidetounderstand.asp. 

If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. 

ANNUAL PARENT SURVEY-PLEASE COMPLETE BY 3/3/2023

It’s that time of year when our School Site Council would love your input to continue to improve our school’s effectiveness.  The survey will be available until Friday 3/3/23.  Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete it.  Please respond to each statement based on your overall experience with our school.  If you have more than one child at Diamond Creek and the answers to these questions would change based on each child, please feel free to complete multiple surveys.  A composite of this survey will be shared with the School Site Council, but individual responses will be kept confidential. Please complete this survey-LINK HERE

IT’S NOT TOO LATE-ENROLL NOW FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR!

Do you know of any neighbors with future 23-24 Diamond Creek Kindergarteners?  Please share with them that they can register their children right now for our next school year.

REGISTRATION BEGAN ON 1/23/23-All families must register each year 

Thank you to those families who have completed your registration for next year already.  If you haven’t registered, please make sure to complete your registration as soon as possible.  This timely information helps us best prepare to meet and accommodate all our students’ needs.

New and Returning Student Registration - Opened 1/23/23 7:00 AM

Every current student must complete the returning student registration to be placed in a class for next year.  This includes 5th graders moving to middle school. Please complete this as soon as possible. Registration 

If you know you are not returning to Diamond Creek next year, please contact the office.

Transfers - If you are currently on an inter-district transfer (living outside of RCSD) you need to do a new transfer annually.

If you are a 5th grader on an inter/intra transfer and you live outside of Cooley boundaries, you would need to complete a transfer to go to Cooley.

If you have a TK student on a current inter/intra transfer, you need to complete one for kindergarten to stay at Diamond Creek. Transfers

A MESSAGE ABOUT ATTENDANCE

Attendance is vital for every child every day as lifelong habits are established in the early school years and contribute to student success throughout their school career and beyond. The best way to keep up with your student's curriculum pacing is to ensure they are in class daily and engaging with peers and their teachers.

 

When students are absent, they miss participating in discovery, student discourse, and the friendships made inside and outside the classroom through play and collaborative learning. Knowledge and understanding are more than being able to complete a worksheet; it is connecting new knowledge with concepts known previously to construct new meaning and sharing explanations of what is learned. Our teachers want to celebrate students and peers attending school in person and gaining knowledge.

Please be reminded that our upcoming vacation days for the remainder of the year are the following:

• Monday, March 13, 2023 - Teacher Learning Day - No school for students

• Monday, April 3 - Monday, April 11, 2023 - Spring Break - (return on April 12, 2023)

• Monday, May 29, 2023 - Non-School Day/Holiday

• Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - Last Day of School (Summer Break: June 7, 2023 - August 9, 2023)

Please try and schedule appointments on non-school days and after school. If your child will be absent for an extended period (3 days or more), please visit our district website or contact the school's front office to set up a short-term independent study contract. We want to ensure that students can keep up with schoolwork as best as possible.

THIS WEEK’S DC NEWS 

Click HERE to see another fabulous edition of our DC News. Many thanks again to our student leaders and their advisors, Ms. Triplett and Mrs. Lopez for putting together such a wonderful broadcast!

TIME FOR A NEW ROUND OF YOUNG REMBRANDTS

PTC NEWS

PTC GENERAL MEETING:  All are welcome to attend March’s PTC meeting on Tuesday, March 7 @ 7:00pm in the Diamond Creek Staff Lounge located in the School Office.  Each member who attends the meeting will get a school movie night concession voucher.  Pizza and childcare will be provided by PTC in the library.  For the PTC have a good count for pizza, please RSVP for the meeting via QR code on attached flyer.

 

WALK TO SCHOOL DAY:  Thursday, March 9 – Bundle up, grab your friends and enjoy getting exercise on the walk to school by joining us for the winter walk to school day!

 

FUNDRAISER:  World’s Biggest Bounce Park is at the Galleria.  Have a great time with the kids while supporting Diamond Creek Elementary.  Reserve your time at FunBox.com, use PROMO CODE “DCES23” for $3.00 off plus 20% will be donated back to our school.

FIREWORKS:  Diamond Creek has the fireworks booth again this year.  The teachers and students greatly benefitted from last year’s sales and we hope that you can volunteer again this year.  Be on the lookout for signups coming out soon!

 

BIRTHDAY WISHES:  Does your child have a birthday between February and the end of the school year?  Now is a great time to submit a form to have their birthday on our marquee message board in front of the school to make their day extra special!  CLICK HERE for the form.  You can hand it in to the front office or email it to marquee@diamondcreekptc.com if paying with PayPal.  

 

SAFE ROUTES: Safe Routes weekly raffle prizes have been restocked!  If your student would like to participate in Safe Routes, meet us every Thursday mornings at either the front main gate or side gate to get a shoe tag or get scanned.  Don’t forget to go to Active4.me to register their tag so you can get notifications with your student on campus.  Each week, one student from each grade will win the weekly raffle and pick out a prize.

 

Have an amazing weekend! 

Warmest regards,

Mrs. Phillips