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Principal’s Message
Margarita Palacios, Principal

February 2012

We can't believe the end of the second trimester is coming our way! Students will be busy learning and demonstrating their skills by writing essays and completing a reading and a math evaluation. These summative evaluations are very important because they measure what students have learned and how many standards they have mastered. We want the children to take assessment seriously and do their best. If we are saying that the expectation is to behave at level D at all times, it is a very important for our students to understand that they need to share with us their knowledge by taking assessments seriously and working very hard to reach our goal of having students score 80% or higher on every test we give them.

We do not want them to feel stressed, buy they will learn that anywhere they go they will have to perform on demand and that if they get ready and study, there is nothing they should fear. Assessments become an integral part of the learning process.

Please have conversations with your children about these assessments. Remind them that they help us know what they need to know. And that their teachers will work with them to review and practice in order for them to reach proficiency level. We need students to be present, we need students to come to school every day, and we need students willing to engage in their own educational process with us.

GOOD NEWS
Mr. Sergio Montenegro, on behalf of our school board, congratulated our wonderful PTG Group for their success in organizing a coin drive and food drive right before our Winter break. I felt so proud of our parents and teachers for supporting our school values. We want our children to be citizens of the world and create changes in their communities. Our parents, teachers, and students identified community needs and worked very hard to find ways to support the members of our school community and the community at large with monetary donations and food. It is true that Prunedale School is the place to be!

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April 30 - May 4	Book Fair: Volunteers needed to set up on April 27th at 10 am)
3	Open House, Science Fair & 3rd Grade Recorder Concert
21	Annual Spring Meeting & PTG Elections

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			Phone:	831-663-3963
			Address:	17719 Pesante Road, Prunedale, CA 93907
			Principal:	Margarita Palacios