October 2019 Galileo STEM Academy Newsletter Rob Lamb, Principal Upcoming Events 3 rd Grade Bike Rodeo Oct. 2 No School Collaboration Oct. 7 PTA Give Week Red Ribbon Week Oct. 14-18 Galileo Band Concert Oct. 15 7:00pm - Gym No School Kindergarten Only P/T Conferences Oct. 23 No School K-8 P/T Conferences Oct. 24 No School K-8 End of 1 st Quarter Oct. 25 Picture Retakes Nov. 7 Veterans Day Assembly Nov. 11 2:30pm Galileo Orchestra Concert Nov. 21 6:00pm No School Thanksgiving Holiday Break Nov. 25-29 From the Principal’s Desk October is here, and things are busy as ever at Galileo. Our PTA is conducting their annual fundraiser—Give Week— during the week of October 14-18. I encourage everyone to support our great PTA as their efforts directly impact the services and activities our teachers can provide your children. K-3 students recently completed the IRI test (ISIP) and if you haven’t received the results yet, teachers should provide them at the upcoming parent and teacher conferences which will occur the evening of October 23 and all day on October 24. Elementary teachers should be scheduling these soon, and middle level conferences will be from 5:00pm-8:00pm on Wednesday and 8:00am-12:00pm and 4:00pm-8:00pm on Thursday. The weather has turned and we have had our first indoor recess because of rain. Please be sure your children are dressed appropriately for whatever weather we may see, as we will try to provide outside recess as much as possible. As you can see—there is a lot going on at Galileo. Even through this busy time, I continue to be impressed that our teachers put the education of their students, your children, ahead of all else. If you ever have a concern regarding your child, please don’t hesitate to contact me. ORDER YOUR ALL-COLOR YEARBOOK TODAY! Order online with a debit/credit card http://www.jostensyearbooks.com.
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October 2019
Galileo STEM Academy Newsletter
Rob Lamb, Principal
Upcoming Events
3rd Grade Bike Rodeo Oct. 2
No School Collaboration Oct. 7
PTA Give Week Red Ribbon Week Oct. 14-18
Galileo Band Concert Oct. 15 7:00pm - Gym
No School Kindergarten Only P/T Conferences Oct. 23
No School K-8 P/T Conferences Oct. 24
No School K-8 End of 1st Quarter Oct. 25
Picture Retakes Nov. 7
Veterans Day Assembly Nov. 11 2:30pm
Galileo Orchestra Concert Nov. 21 6:00pm
No School Thanksgiving Holiday Break Nov. 25-29
From the Principal’s Desk
October is here, and things are busy as ever at Galileo. Our
PTA is conducting their annual fundraiser—Give Week—
during the week of October 14-18. I encourage everyone to
support our great PTA as their efforts directly impact the
services and activities our teachers can provide your children.
K-3 students recently completed the IRI test (ISIP) and if you
haven’t received the results yet, teachers should provide them
at the upcoming parent and teacher conferences which will
occur the evening of October 23 and all day on October 24.
Elementary teachers should be scheduling these soon, and
middle level conferences will be from 5:00pm-8:00pm on
Wednesday and 8:00am-12:00pm and 4:00pm-8:00pm on
Thursday.
The weather has turned and we have had our first indoor
recess because of rain. Please be sure your children are
dressed appropriately for whatever weather we may see, as we
will try to provide outside recess as much as possible.
As you can see—there is a lot going on at Galileo. Even
through this busy time, I continue to be impressed that our
teachers put the education of their students, your children,
ahead of all else. If you ever have a concern regarding your
Keep up to date on all upcoming events at Galileo STEM Academy by checking
our calendar at the following link:
http://westada.org/Page/72
The Kindness Squad
a Kindness Squad member?
The Kindness Squad!
Kindness Squad meetings will be held in Mrs. Sarty’s classroom, room #204, on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays every month. It is open to anyone in grades 2-8 who would like to help us spread kindness around Galileo and our community. Please email Mrs. Aldinger with any questions: [email protected]. Thank you!
Dear Parents of 8th Grade Students, You may have heard from your student that 8th graders at Galileo are no longer doing PACE. This is correct but it is mostly a change in name and focus; 8th graders will still be completing a research project and paper that will culminate with a presentation to a panel of judges. The focus has changed to align with the district and state goal of College and Career Readiness. The new project has a strong focus on careers in STEM and the engineering and design process. The presentation date for these projects is Wednesday, March 11th. The image below outlines our new GRASP project. As all 8th grade teachers are involved, you can address your questions to any of the 8th grade teachers.
6th-8th graders -- MathCounts started Wednesday, September 25th and will be held every Wednesday from 4:00pm-5:00pm in Mrs. Knight's room. Middle school students are welcome to come any Wednesday to check it out. MathCounts is a national middle school mathematics competition that builds problem solving skills and fosters achievement through four levels of fun, in-person "bee" style contests.
All students are expected to be in class, on time, every school day. West Ada School District
defines school attendance as missing not more than six (6) days per semester. Excessive
tardies are defined as more than five (5) tardies. Students who do not meet the attendance
standard may be assigned other consequences. School staff enforce daily attendance and
initiate measures to correct attendance problems, which may include, but are not limited to
any of the following:
•Conference with student
•Phone or letter contact with parent or guardian
•Make up requirements
•Counseling contract
•Attendance contract
•Referral to other governmental agencies
Attendance Awards At the end of each school year, West Ada School District schools issue attendance
certificates in recognition of those students who have maintained regular,
exemplary attendance throughout the school year.
Perfect Attendance = No absences + no more than two tardies
Faithful Attendance = No more than one day absent + no more than two tardies
Student Release – ID Required
Galileo STEM Academy
4735 W. Saguaro Dr.
Eagle, ID 83616
Phone:
(208) 350-4105
Fax:
(208) 350-4119
ATTENDANCE LINE
(208) 350-4106
Please call this number between 8:00am and 9:20am if your child
will be absent for any reason. Please state your child’s name,
teacher, and reason for absence.
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Please be aware of the release of student procedures during regular school hours.
All students must be signed out at the front office. Student sign in and sign out
is done on the computer through our new Raptor system. You will need to bring
your driver’s license in if you have not already had it scanned into our system
this school year. If someone other than the people listed as emergency contacts
in PowerSchool are picking up your child, we will need a written note or phone
call to the office to authorize them. The person picking up your child will need
a driver’s license for identification. Please plan accordingly and give yourself
enough time in your schedule, as it can take a few minutes to locate your child
and get them to the office for release.
Transportation Changes
ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL TIMES:
Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. (Students may arrive beginning at 8:50am) 9:05am – First bell 9:10am – Tardy bell 3:55pm – Dismissal bell Wednesday (Students may arrive beginning at 9:05am) 9:20am – First bell 9:25am – Tardy bell 3:55pm – Dismissal bell
West Ada School District has expressly included in our Elementary Student-Parent
Handbook 2019-2020 that any “change in the regular routine of how a child gets home
after school requires a written note from parent/guardian.” When a child needs to leave
school with another child or have different transportation arrangements than are typical
for the child, a WRITTEN parent/guardian note is required. All changes in
transportation need to be received at the office before 3:00pm.
Thank you for your help.
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Absences
Make Up Work If a student is to be out of school for an extended absence of 15 days or less, it is
his/her responsibility to make arrangements for assignments with the teacher.
Written assignments will be gathered during the absence and provided to the
student upon his/her return to school. Please be aware that up to 70% of the
classroom activities consist of class participation, projects, discussion and practice
that cannot be duplicated or made up. In all absentee cases, class assignments
must be completed within the number of days equal to the number of days absent.
Please e-mail the teachers to get this make up work.
