January 25 - 29

 Families, 

Wind Down Wednesday - no meeting this week. On February 3rd, we will have our Wind Down Meeting to focus on motivating students in their work, accountability and providing structures in online learning. If the school board makes additional decisions about in-person return, then that information will be the start of our meeting. 

Report Cards - Second Quarter Report cards will be sent via email on Friday January 29th. 

Istation- All students K-5 will be completing the Middle of Year Istation Reading with ISIP assessment in the upcoming weeks.  The window closes on January 31st so teachers will be assessing students remotely over the next couple of weeks.  Teachers will be going over the directions in class and will be providing time in their schedule for students to complete the assessments.  Here is the troubleshooting document in case you have trouble accessing Istation. Students in grades 1-5 will also be completing the ORF (oral reading fluency) task this month. Information on the ORF can also be found on the troubleshooting document.  Teachers will be modeling what that looks like to students prior to them completing the task.  The ORF will provide teachers timely information about how fluently their students read which will help them quickly address students' needs in reading.  If you have any questions, please email Jessica Kronen (jkronen@wcpss.net) 

3rd quarter School Schedule - Click on link for dates for remote learning days (asynchronous day - no live instruction, assignments, Dreambox and iStation), calendar out days (no school), and workdays (no school).   2020-2021 2nd Semester Calendar. Underwood Elementary will be following this schedule when it comes to Asynchronous days. 

Link for uploading your photos for yearbook (Photos of at home learning, book fair dress up day, daily work Underwood meet-ups, holiday crafts, PTA or Foundation events, etc..)https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOvglj-a5iDAqklsnnPEjLVi5ilUB-fW0QhzeBDsHJoDu4GJhc_H1sLLSY2UcYMFg?key=MGpIRlA4YVM4ZS1MeElnUnRDcXdkazFqS3pCUU9R

Foundation -. The purpose of the foundation is to provide funds to close gaps in funding to ensure Underwood can maintain our staff and dynamic instructional programming.  Please consider donating to the Underwood Foundation - http://www.underwoodfoundation.org/

PTA --. The purpose of the PTA is to provide goods and services for students and staff to create learning environments to support all students' learning. To donate or find out more information about the PTA -- https://underwood.new.memberhub.store/. 

Wishing you well!

Travis Shillings, Principal