February 27, 2009

Welcome to Our Tiger Talks

Do you remember this year’s three

CAIS School Goals?

Improve Literacy

Strengthen our Sense of Community

Celebrate our Progress Along the Way

Do you remember

your individual CMT goal?

Individual CMT Goals…Level 1→ Level 2

Level 2 → Level 3

Level 3 → Level 4

Level 4 → Level 5

Level 5 → Remain at Level 5 and improve your raw score

Let’s take a little “photo walk”, compliments of

our resident photographer, Mrs. Richters

Do you know what I see

when I look at these pictures?

I see students who know nothing is

impossible…

I see students who can do

anything they set their minds

to…

I see potential and hope…

I see heart, brains

and courage…

I see determination

and commitment…

I see talent and poise…

I see strength and

perseverance…

I see students who value their

education…

I see our future doctors, lawyers, teachers,

firefighters and soldiers…

I see students who want to do their

best…

I see students that have big

plans for the future…

I see students who know hard work pays off…

I see students that

I am proud to know…

I see beautiful young

people who deserve the

best…

I see “MY KIDS”…

I am so proud of what I see in and

around the Intermediate

School!

I am so proud of all of

you!

In fact, I want everyone to know

what’s happening here…

I want everyone to know

what “MY KIDS” can do…

I need your help

to get this wonderful message

out!

One way you can help me get this

message out is to reach your individual

CMT goals!

Remember your individual CMT goals…

Level 1→ Level 2

Level 2 → Level 3

Level 3 → Level 4

Level 4 → Level 5

Level 5 → Remain at Level 5 and improve your raw score

I want you to know…

…in the past our school has not scored very

well on the CMT.

Our CMT scores have been below the

state average.

This surprises me, because there is nothing below average about

“MY KIDS”

Some people even make excuses as to why our scores are below average.

None of the

excuses are good enough

for me!

None of the excuses

are good enough for “MY KIDS”!

Don’t let the excuses

be good enough for you!

Let’s show them what we’re truly

capable of…

Let’s reach our individual

CMT goals!

Levels 1, 2, 3 & 4 , you simply need to move to the

next level!

Level 5’s, You need to stay

at Level 5 and improve

your raw score

If every student in our school reaches their

individual CMT goal…

…we would post the highest

CMT scores in this school

in more than 10 years.

Could 2009 be the year that our CMT scores surprise

everyone?

Connecticut Mastery Tests

(CMT)

Monday, March 2nd-Friday, March

13th

8 Things That You Must

Do To Reach Your

CMT Goals…

#1 Get a good night’s sleep

Research says kids your age should

get 10-11 hours of

sleep each night

# 2 Eat a healthy breakfast

Eat lots of protein (meat and eggs).

Avoid eating food with lots

of sugar!

#3 Arrive to school on time (8:05AM)

You cannot test with your classmates

if you are late to school

# 4 Believe in Yourself…

Remember we all have

what we need, we

simply need to figure it

out!

#5 Stay relaxed and focused during the

test.

# 6 Read all test

directions carefully

#7 Try your best

from start to finish

# 8 If time permits, go back and check your work!

Important CMT Message

Cell phones and electronic devices are not permitted in the classrooms during testing!

Cell phones and electronic

devices need to be left at home or in

your locker!

Let’s show the state that the Intermediate School has

what it takes!

From the bottom of my heart, I believe in each and every

one of you!

In addition to believing in

you, I believe in your

teachers!

So, I truly believe we can improve our

CMT scores…

one amazing student at a time!

Do you believe in yourself?

Visualize what you will look like when you are taking the

CMT!

Think about how great you

will feel if you do your

best on the CMT!

Think about how you will feel

when your parents open up your

scores in September!

Visualize being recognized in front of your classmates for moving up one level on the CMT!

CAIS has a picnic planned for September 2, 2009.

All students who reach their CMT goal will

be recognized at this picnic!

Think about how your future can be

improved by having strong

reading, writing, mathand science skills!

Think about how the CMT is preparation

for Middle

School, High School and College.

Visualize how it will feel

to be a part of surprising those who have made excuses!

Visualize being on

our “winning

team”!

So, CAIS Students…

I think it’s time for some theme music and our

mascot…

Let’s show em’ just how well we

can“MOVE”

our CMT scores!

Good Luck on the CMT!

Love, Ms. Youngberg