Dear Parents and Guardians,
Welcome back from Spring break. I hope your family had an opportunity to spend time together. Time together to laugh, work and share faith are truly special moments in our lives. The opportunities for these moments can be captured and explored or can slip by as we are busy with other pieces of our lives. Take time now to spend time with your child(ren) because as the saying goes, “they grow up fast” as life moves forward.
The Ledger Way depicts St. Mary’s Springs Core Values that exemplify the commitment we have towards helping each student develop his/her moral compass. The areas of faith, learning, respect, leadership, community, and responsibility provide a lens through which our students can visualize how they may interact and treat each other as gifts from God. As we work together as a school community and in partnership with you as parents/guardians, we will prepare our students to meet future challenges and become faith filled leaders of tomorrow.
Forward testing
This week the fourth and eighth graders will continue with Forward testing in science and Social Studies.
Grades 6-8 Arrival to School Reminder
Students in grades 6-8 may enter the building as early as 7:30am through the North Hall office. At 7:30am they may proceed to the Middle School hallway and prepare for school to begin at 7:45am. If you choose to drop your child(ren) off earlier than 7:30am, please have them wear the appropriate layers necessary for them to wait outside before entering SMSA at 7:30am when the doors will automatically unlock to welcome students for the day of educational opportunity.
Thank you for your continued partnership with SMSA. Together we create a path for tomorrow’s children to achieve amazing dreams.
God Bless,
Steven Kelnhofer
skelnhofer@smsacademy.org
Elementary Principal, SMSA
Standards Based Grading
The objective of the video series is to educate parents in short videos to unpack Standard Based Grading. The series intends to deliver an education and mindshift to understand Standards Based Grading, why Standards Based Grading is best practice, and how Standards Based Grading functions with the parent and teacher supporting the student’s journey.
Please select the following six links to see the box set of SBG at SMSA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC85kS-z_Mk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tecnwN4dXLU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ejwOMhkAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7jww2J7RJs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQO1AVjoMJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1jIyS7wso0