May 7 through 11 NJASK Week

Bacon Bears, 

This is the week that we put our pencils to the test! We are only asking ONE thing from each of those who are taking the NJASK: Try Your Best. Want some test taking strategies from our teachers? Watch this video by Mrs. DeVita! 

Here is an overview of the NJASK Testing Week: 

Monday - Full Day of School - NJASK will begin promptly at 9:25 AM. No students will be permitted into the testing rooms after 9:25 AM. Regular Lunch Schedule.  

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday - Early Dismissal- NJASK will begin promptly at 9:25 AM. No students will be permitted into the testing rooms after 9:25 AM. Students will be dismissed at 1:45 AM. Lunches will be in the classroom.  

Friday- Full Day of School - NJASK will begin promptly at 9:25 AM. No students will be permitted into the testing rooms after 9:25 AM. Regular Lunch Schedule.

Teachers - Please refer to your post NJASK schedule for lunch times, prep periods, etc. Here is the PD schedule for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday:

Music and Art Staff will meet at Silver Run all three days.

Physical Education Staff and Librarians will meet at Holly Heights all three days.

Word Language Staff will follow the Day one schedule in their buildings.  They will meet at Rieck Avenue on day two and three.

All remaining staff members, including full-time aides will follow the schedule below:

Tuesday, May 8^th- View two webinars in our building.  The links for those webinars are:

1http://www.njpsa.org/commoncorevideo.aspx - We are only viewing the first 28 minutes of this webinar. 

2 Using Student Growth Percentiles -We will view this entire webinar.  It is approx. 20 minutes.

Wednesday, May 9^th – Sharing of mathematics best practices.

Silver Run, Holly Heights, and R. M. Bacon staff will meet at Silver Run.

Rieck Avenue and Mt. Pleasant staff will meet at Rieck Avenue.

Thursday, May 10- RM Bacon Staff will work on PBIS for the 12-13 school year.

ALL sessions will be held from 2:30pm to 3:55pm.  This allows for 30 minutes lunch and 15 travel time.  Please keep in mind that teachers’ regular dismissal is 3:55pm.

Weekly Overview

Monday - NJASK grades 3-5, Full day of school, Regular lunch schedule

Tuesday - NJASK grades 3-5, NJPASS grade 2, Early dismissal (1:45 PM) Lunches in classroom; Teacher PD at 2:30 PM in RM Bacon (unless otherwise noted)

Wednesday - NJASK grades 3-5, NJPASS grade 2, Early Dismissal (1:45 PM) Lunches in classroom; Teacher PD at 2:30 PM at Silver Run (unless otherwise noted)

Thursday - NJASK grades 3-5, NJPASS grade 2, Early Dismissal (1:45 PM) Lunches in classroom; Teacher PD at RM Bacon (unless otherwise noted)

Friday - NJASK grade 4, and make-ups,  Full day of school, Regular lunch schedule