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Ranch View Review Ranch View Review Volume 32, Issue 2 January 24, 2018 From the Desk of Principal Angela Stallion Happy New Year to the Ranch View Community! The school year is moving right along and we are busily preparing for an exciting nd2 half of the year. 2018 will bring many great opportunities for our students to learn and grow! CELEBRATIONS: STEM Education: Once again select 4th and 5th graders participated in First Lego League. Students were challenged to think like scientists and worked in teams while attempting to solve real world problems. Through this experience teams get to: “Research challenges facing today’s scientists.” “Design, build, test and program robots using LEGO MINDSTORMS technology.” “Apply real-world math and science concepts.” “Learn critical thinking, team-building, and presentation skills.” “Participate in tournaments and celebrations” “Understand and practice Gracious Professionalism” We are very proud of the students who participated this year as they worked to study and present on hydro-dynamics. Presentations revolved around exploring the location, use, storage and movement of water. Information about our spring STEM program is coming soon! Social Emotional Learning: The Ranch View SEL committee created a school wide behavior matrix which clearly and positively outlines behavioral expectations for our Ranch View School community. This Inside this issue: was created in an effort to capitalize on our focus of SEL instruction in the classroom as FROM THE DESK OF 1-2 well as in the building at large. The matrix is posted in each classroom and posters exist in PRINCIPAL ANGELA STALLION hallways around the building to assist our students. Morning announcements highlight positive behavior expectations and we are planning other opportunities for students to be RLC UPDATES 3 part of reinforcing these behaviors to ensure we have a safe, supportive environment for HOME & SCHOOL 4 PRESIDENT’S LETTER students and staff. SPECIAL PROJECTS/ 5-6 PARCC Assessment: FUNDRAISING ELL, ART, MUSIC, P.E., 7-18 Scores from the 2016-2017 school year have been published. Ranch View School continues RUNNING CLUB, K-5TH GRADE, & ACADEMICALLY to perform at a high rate in the areas of literacy and math, with scores remaining well above TALENTED CLASSES the state averages. Teachers have reviewed the data from PARCC as well as Performance CALENDAR OF EVENTS 19 Series and have created a School Improvement Plan designed to create a rigorous Ranch View Review Continued… From the Desk of the Principal Angela Stallion educational environment for students while maintaining a focus on Social Emotional Learning. More information about PARCC can be found on the Naperville 203 website, www.naperville203.org or the Illinois State Board of Education website, www.isbe.net. PARCC testing for the 2017-2018 school year will occur from April 9-15, 2018. 2017 Overall PARCC Performance for Ranch View Elementary School Improvement Plan: We are pleased to announce that Ranch View’s School Improvement Plan was approved at the December ROE meeting. This year Ranch View has three goals which are listed below. Reading- By 2019, 74% of students will meet or exceed English Language Arts/Literacy learning standards expectations as measured by PARCC. Math- By 2019, 74% of students will meet or exceed Mathematics learning standards expectations as measured by PARCC. SEL-Ranch View School will nurture a positive SEL climate for students, staff and parents. The full plan can be viewed on Board Docs and includes benchmarks for success as well as alignment to Rising Star Indicators. Please note that the plans are written for two years. Should we find that we have met our goals prior to the completion of the plan, we will be increasing the percentages of proficiency. The staff has worked very hard on this plan to ensure our students receive optimal instructional services and we are so appreciative of the support we receive from our families. The success of Ranch View is a team effort and we are proud to work alongside you on behalf of your student! Respectfully, Mrs. Stallion Page 2 Ranch View Review Tales from the November was Internet Safety month in the RLC. Grades K-5 had various lessons from online safety to “netiquette.” 4th and 5th grade will continue in the coming months with lessons on copyright, safe searches and plagiarism as well as lessons taught about cyber bullying by the Naperville Police Department. Students celebrated Computer Education Week with the theme of “Ready-Set-Code!” during the month of December. They programmed several robots and tried a few coding programs. Read to Succeed is back! This reading program allows students to track the number of minutes read and earn a ticket to Great America. Earning the ticket requires keeping track of the numbers of minutes each child reads and returning the form to school. Keep recording your reading minutes on your log. Students also have an opportunity to earn a ticket to Ranch View Night at the Kane County Cougar Stadium. This also requires logging reading minutes. Both logs are due March 9th. Spotlight Selections In keeping up with the Illinois Standards Aligned Instruction for Libraries (I-SAIL) we encourage the students to read both fiction and nonfiction books. Our spotlight selections for the next few months include books about winter, Martin Luther King and black history. Remind your child to check out these book displays the next time they come to the LC. In late January, Mr. John Schumacher will visit grades 3-5 for an entertaining and informative literacy presentation. “Mr. Schu” is a blogger and lecturer at Rutgers University. He is also the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs. Thank you Scholastic Book Fairs for sending him to us for FREE! More information about Mr. Schu is available at http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/reading-summit/john-schumacher READ-DISCUSS-LEARN-GROW! Mrs. Mougette Mrs. Haidinyak Page 3 Ranch View Review From the President of Home & School, Jill Wroble Happy New Year! May the beginning of 2018 be a healthy and pleasant start for our Ranch View community. While the academic year may be half over, the work of our dedicated volunteers is never done. All our events and fundraisers would not be a success without the tremendous efforts of volunteers like you. Want to know more about what Home & School does? The best way to learn is to attend our monthly meetings! We hope you had a chance to visit the book fair during the October Parent/Teacher conferences. This event was wonderfully orchestrated by Carrie Tilton and Joann Nieciecki. Please remember to visit our Spring Book Fair the week of February 12th here at Ranch View. The Charleston Wrapping Paper fundraiser led by Stacie Quigg, Ginger Kreitz and Jen O’Sullivan was very successful as was our Art to Remember fundraiser run by Ellie Laneville and Mariya Koci. Our Rangers are decked out in awesome Spirit Wear thanks to Jie Su and Jen Maulding. We also thank all those families who have participated in our Direct Donations program monitored by Wendy Puglielli. Ranch View raised a great deal of money in our first few months of school. Thank you to all who organized and supported the fundraising efforts that support our school. The sound of children laughing could be heard throughout Ranch View during our autumn and winter classroom parties. Thank you to Jen O’Sullivan and Jen Olson as well as all our room parents for creating these memorable days for the children. We still have one more party this year! Our Valentine’s Day party is scheduled for February 14th. Volunteers Kim Kedziora, Jing Kite, Valentina Minkova and Stephanie Fiore successfully hosted a fantastic Roller Skate Night in November. Thank you to them and to all the families who participated in this wonderful annual event. Mark your calendars for April 19th at 6pm for the Spring Skate! Let’s also thank our volunteers who work many of our monthly fundraisers: Barb Akkeron with Restaurant Nights, Melissa O’Shea and Michelle Kudulis for Manna Cards and Staff Appreciation Donations and Ellie Laneville and her committee assisting with the Health & Safety Vision and Hearing screenings. Save the date! Saddlefest is planned for March 10th. Ranch View heads West for some rootin’- tootin’ fun! This is an exciting and fun filled day for all of the students and their families and is a major fundraising event for Ranch View Home and School! Games, raffles, food, prizes, bake sales and much more will keep all our Rangers busy for hours. Don’t forget to visit our Silent Auction to see what Ranch View staff exclusives we have available. Thank you to Audrey Minor. Laura Bahula and their team for creating this memorable day. Thanks to Megan Benton and her team for their hard work soliciting staff donations for the silent auction. You won’t want to miss this event! More info will come home in mid- February. The Ranch View Review is an invaluable tool for our community to keep up on current events at our school. I would like to thank Wesley Gosselink for her effort editing this important publication. She is our newest Ranch View Review editor and we are indebted to her! It takes many people to make Home and School a success! If you are interested in getting involved, please feel free to contact me at 630-776-6942 or ranchviewpresident@gmail.com. We welcome you to the team! Our next Home and School Meeting is scheduled for February 6th at 1:00pm at Ranch View. All parents are part of Home and School and are welcome to attend. See you there! Jill Wroble RV H&S President ranchviewpresident@gmail.com Page 4 Ranch View Review Special Projects and Fundraising Calling ALL Rangers! Saddlefest is March 10th HOWDY PARDNERS! Are you ready for the biggest event we have at Ranch View? That’s right, it’s almost time for SADDLEFEST! Our newest families are probably wondering what in tarnation is Saddlefest? Only the best part of the year here at Ranch View!! Our parent volunteers (and boy there are a LOT of them) set up fun carnival games, a bake sale, and a kitchen for getting yourself some snacks.
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