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APRIL 2015

Ardmore Elementary School News

April 1 April Fool’s Day

April

6-10

No School

Spring Break

April 14 PTSA Board

Meeting 6-7PM

April 16 Family Fun Skate

Night @ Skate

King 6– 8pm

April 23 Parent University

5:30- 7:30PM

April 24 Bellevue Schools

Foundation’s

Spring for

Schools Luncheon

11 AM - 1:15 PM

April 28 Eagle Chat

6-7:30 PM

4 Days

Only!

April 29

Through

May 2

Interlake HS

Spring Plant Sale

Wed.-Fri.

11 AM - 5 PM

Saturday

9 AM 4 PM

Ardmore Website http://www.bsd405.org/schools/elementary/ardmore.aspx

Ardmore PTSA Website http://www.ardmoreelementary.org/

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Eagle’s Eye View

Greetings Ardmore families, Ardmore students and staff have been humming along over the month of March, immersed in a wide-variety of authentic and relevant learning experiences. It has been truly wonder-ful to see all of our students growing academically, emotionally, and socially. Much of our academic focus continues to revolve around STEM. Specifically, Engineering Design Pro-cesses and supporting students’ development in thinking like scientists and engineers through Claim-Evidence-Reasoning scientific writing opportunities. It was great to see so many of you at Ardmore’s STEM Family Engineering Night on Tuesday, 3/31! Energy around STEM seems to be contagious! Staying committed to our STEM focus, most class-rooms are embarking on their second STEM teach-back events; be looking for information from your student’s classroom teacher regarding upcoming times/dates. Additionally, I’d like to remind you that we are holding Ardmore’s inaugural Parent University on Thursday, 4/23 from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. We hope to see you there! The months of April through June also signify that for 3rd through 5th grade students, state testing season has arrived. Third grade students completed the English-Language-Arts portion of the new state assessment over a three-day span during the last week of March. However, the bulk of our testing will take place during May and even into the first week of June. As educators and parents, we know that students perform better on assessments when they have a full night of sleep and eat a balanced breakfast the morning of assess-ments. We encourage parents to be mindful of these two factors during state testing sea-son. Also, I would be remiss if I didn’t thank Ardmore’s amazing PTSA for supplying snacks for all our 3rd through 5th grade students on their respective testing days. There have been many questions from both educators and parents alike regarding Wash-ington’s new Smarter Balanced Assessment. If you are curious about Smarter Balanced, and would like to know more about Washington’s grade-level standards (Common Core State Standards), please consider reviewing two terrific resources below: http://yourchildsprogress.com/ http://wa.portal.airast.org/ Thank you so very much for all of your support in helping our students continue to grow and flourish. Sincerely, Chas Miller –Ardmore Principal Chris Jones - Ardmore Assistant Principal

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Ardmore’s Smarter Balanced Assessment Schedule

For those students in grades 3-5, the assessment schedule is shown below for the remainder of the school year. Please consider these dates to avoid scheduling appointments and/or traveling. Remember, students perform better on assessments when they have a full night of sleep and eat a balanced breakfast the morning of the assessment.

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Eagle’s Eye View

"Kaboom!"

Congratulations to the team of Abdul H., Abdul M, Aidan, Colin, Ian, and Riley (the "Kaboom Boys") for an amazing job in the Global Reading Challenge. It was the first time a team from Ardmore has made it to the city finals! The boys first won the East Bellevue compe-tition (on home turf!), then performed great representing Ardmore at the city finals. What is the Global Reading Challenge? Each year, King County Li-brary System (KCLS) and local public school districts encourage 4th and 5th grade students of all reading levels to engage in teamwork while reading some of the best in children's literature during the Glob-al Reading Challenge. KCLS children's librarians choose 6 titles suit-ed to young readers' interests. Teams of 4th and 5th graders across the county challenge other schools to answer questions about the selected books. Some of the objectives of the challenge are to:

• Promote the love of reading and have fun

• Foster teamwork among students with diverse reading skills

• Promote the use of public libraries as neighborhood and community resource centers

Introduce children to a wide variety of literature and multicultural reading materials

Parents: SAVE THE DATE!

Ardmore's annual FIELD DAY will be held on Friday, June 12th.

JOIN YOUR STUDENT(S) for lunch and then stay on for Field Day. More details to follow. To help plan the afternoon please contact Liz Mereckis at: elyeatts@aim.com.

Get ready to have fun with your

family and friends at

Ardmore’s Family Fun Skate

Night!

Thursday April 16th

Bellevue Skate King

2301-140th Ave. NE, Bellevue

6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Admission is $5.00 and includes skates (in-line skate rental is extra, and non-skaters are admitted free of charge)

Join us for a fun evening for the entire family. The kids look

forward to skating with their friends and family, and the more

people who attend, the better the event!

Parents need to be with their chil-

dren for duration of the event.

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After School Classes at Ardmore - Spring Session Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Mad Science DramaKids Junior Engineering Club K/1 Smart with Art

2:40-3:40pm 2:40-3:40pm 2:35-3:20pm (45 min) 2:35-3:50pm

4/13 - 6/8 (no 5/25) $112

Currently in session- please call to register

5/14-6/18 $115 4/17-6/12 $116

6 weeks 8 weeks

8 weeks

Basketball (K-2 grades)

Basketball (3-5grades) Hip Hop Dance

2:35-3:35pm 2:35-3:35pm 2:35-3:35pm

9 weeks 9 weeks 8 weeks

4/14 - 6/9 $120 4/16 - 6/11 $120 4/17-6/12 (no 5/22) $110

Websites to register:

Mad Science 425-556-0800 www.madscienceregistration.com

Soccer and Hip Hop 206-715-3443

http://seattle-washington.1on1basketball.com/programs-listing/after-school

Drama Kids 425-286-6722 www.dramakids.com/wa1

Chess4Life 425-283-0549 https://chess4life.com

Engineering for Kids 425-679-9284 www.engineeringforkids.com/kingcounty

Smart with Art 425-420-2677 www.smartwithart.net/register

Ardmore After School programs for Spring have sprung! PTSA has arranged probably the widest variety of options ever, and to help you sort through the options and scheduling, here is a weekly schedule by day plus handy website links and phone number for you to register your student(s):

Free or reduced tuition is available to PTSA parent who can be in attendance at each class. Con-

tact nicoleorswell@gmail.com for more information.

Please be aware of the following notes:

Each company offering classes is an outside company and payment must be made directly to

them. You must register online or by calling them directly before the first day of class.

Transportation will not be provided by BSD bus. You must pick up your child after class ends (see

website for class times). Classes are held on site at Ardmore Elementary.

Notify your child’s teacher that your child will be going to an after school activity so that they can

help direct your child after school. If you have questions, please contact Nicole Orswell at nicoleorswell@gmail.com.

Ardmore PTSA

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Eagle’s Eye View

Art News During the last couple weeks, stu-dents have been finishing up their painting projects that they started in February. During the end of the month and start of April, students will be moving on to a new topic- print-making.

Printmaking is an exciting art-making technique, and students will be learn-ing about the variety of printmaking processes that artists use. For their own printmaking project, students will be exploring some different printmak-ing processes. Kindergartners will be making collagraphs using cardboard and foam. 1st and 2nd graders will be creating their images with glue draw-ings. 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be using foam sheets to draw their imag-es. They will be focusing on the ele-

ment of texture, and including differ-ent kinds of texture in their drawings. All grade levels will learn about the process of printing their image and make their own edition of their image. Students will be able to print their im-age multiple times using different col-ors, which is one of the great things about printmaking!

In addition to printmak-ing, 3rd graders will be learning about the pro-cess of making glass art. In April they will be visiting the Museum of Glass on a field trip and will also have a Museum educator visit the school to teach them about this fasci-nating art medium!

If you would like any more information on what your child is

learning in Art Class and their pro-gress, please feel free to visit the Art Room or send an email to Ms. Eggink at egginka@bsd405.org.

New Artwork of the month for April:

Albrecht Durer, Rhinoceros, 1515

(block print)

Bellevue Schools Foundation’s Spring for

Schools Luncheon

Friday, April 24th,

Showcase – 11AM - 12 PM

Luncheon – 12 PM – 1:15 PM

Hyatt Regency Bellevue

Hear inspirational stories of success and learn how Bellevue Schools Foundation donors make an incredible impact in every one of Bellevue's public schools at the Foundation’s largest fundraising event, the Spring for

Schools luncheon! More than 1,100 parents, school principals, district administrators, legislators, and community members will gather in support of Bellevue’s public schools.

RSVP online now . On the form, to select that you want to sit at the Ardmore table, choose table cap-tain, Nicholle Mineiro. If you need help registering, contact Nicholle Mineiro at nsmineiro@gmail.com

This event is the major fundraising event for the year for the BSF. The BSF has sponsored so many field trips and resources for Ardmore this year, including the aawesome STEM program, so your contribu-tion directly benefits our school. If you can't attend this event, consider donating on their website, every little bit helps.

The Northwest Opera In the Schools, Etc. (N.O.I.S.E.) performed at

Ardmore Elementary for all kindergar-ten through fifth grade students on

March 17.

They performed a shortened version of the opera “Daughter of the Regi-ment.” Students had preview and

follow-up lessons during music clas-ses. Performers answered questions afterwards and students showed their appreciation with thoughtful questions

and enthusiastic applause.

What a great experience for our Ardmore students!