LEO R. CROCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Paw Prints
5650 Scenic Ave. Livermore CA 94551
925-606-4706 /
Dec 2009Vol. 17
FROM THE PRINCIPAL:
Dear Croce Families,
I'd like to share with you some of the goals identified for the Single Plan for Student Achievement 2009-10, which will be submitted to the School Site Council for review and approval on December 7, 2009. It will then be submitted on January 26, 2010, to the School Board, for its' review and approval. Some of the goals identified by Croce include: 1.) To raise the Academic Performance Index (API) goal to 877- from 867; 2.) To maintain all 19 criteria of the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP of No Child Left Behind); 3.) To raise the percentage of Hispanic/Latino students coring at or above proficient on English/Language Arts (as measured on the STAR test) to 57.9% from 52.9%; 4.) To raise the percentage of students scoring at or above proficient on math by 10% to 86.7 - from 76.7; and 5.) to increase the % correct on the Writing Strategies strand of the CSTs for grades 2 through 5 at each grade level.
We are thankful for all of you (parents, guardians, and community) who work together with us as a team to provide the best educational opportunities possible for all our students. I wish you all the many blessings this season has to offer as you spend time together.
Shari Johnston
Principal
PURPLE & WHITE WINNERS
October 23
K – Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Gephart
Mrs. Triassi
1 – Ms. Wooten, Ms. Santin
Mrs. Casey
2 – Ms. Teicheira
3 – Mrs. Wranovics
4 – Mrs. Scarlett
5 – Mr. Anderson
November 13
K – Mrs. Allen
1 – Ms. Santin
2 – Mrs. Burkhart, Ms. Teicheira
3 – Mrs. Wranovics
4 – Mrs. Godfrey
5 – Mrs. Agurkis
November 20
K – Mrs. Allen
1 – Ms. Santin
2 – Ms. Teicheira, Mrs. Burkhart
3 – Mrs. Wranovics
4 – Mrs. Scarlett
5 – Mr. Anderson
December 4
K – Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Helms,
Mrs. Triassi
1 – Ms. Santin
2 – Ms. Teicheira, Ms. Halim,
Mrs. Burkhart
3 – Mrs. Wranovics
4 – Mrs. Godfrey, Mrs. Lockhart, Mrs. Scarlett
5 – Mrs. Agurkis
December 11
K – Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Gephart
1 – Mrs. Casey
2 – Ms. Teicheira
3 – Mrs. Wranovics
4 – Mrs. Scarlett
5 – Mrs. Annicchero, Mr. Lockhart
PTA CONNECTS
606-4706 x7291
STUDENT OF THE MONTH
DECEMBER
Londen Billings, Nazim Guenouche, Anisha Gipson, Cameron Aslin, Kylie Roberts, Sudhanva Vendula, Aysia Miller, Todd Neizman, Aidan Epperly, Rachael Gomez, Allison Sprugasci, America Orozco, Rachel Harrison, Nguyen Le, Jhon Enriquez, Emma Wiedemeier, Samantha Remy, Max Gresshoff, Reeya Vyas, Carter O’Dwyer, J.J. Chapman, Charlize Padilla, Micoh Marquez, Zachary Ligon, Michelle Harris, Bo Le, Masood Taimuri, Kyle Johnson, Farrah Lester, Robbie Gonzales, yarine Carbajal, Alex Wehrman, Taylor Bomar, Berkeley Wayne, Miss Wooten’s class, Gianna Strongone, Justine Hessler, Sujin Leek, Janiyah Anderson, Jordan Bets, Crystal Galang, Zachary Antonucci, Jacob Rasmussen, Gabriel Maldonado, Monserrat Valdes, Haley Adam, Cristian Montiel, Fardin Shahabzadah, Cameron Johnston, Austin Huckins, Emily Moulton, Chloe Sylvester, David Skulina, Jonathan Weiss, Truman Wayne, Amanda Plant, Ashlyn Sines, Scott Dougherty, Rahul Brar, Kyle Ericksen, Yahya Diah, Mason Smith, Alyssa Sausen, Josie Clements-Cain, Matthew Cheng
ASSIGNED PARKING SPACES
There are a handful of assigned parking spaces that are reserved for staff as they may be arriving during the day as they work at other school sites or attend meetings at the district office. We need to keep these parking spaces available for the employees as they need to park and report to work with our students quickly. We appreciate your support in advance in keeping these spaces available to staff.
AR AWARDS – DECEMBER 4
25 points - Certificate
Alondra Alvarez, Alyssa Anderson, Adolfo Angeles, Ivanka Brazil, Lindsay Brown, Trevor Brown, Katie Carmichael, Claudia Chavira, Josie Clements-Cain, Jacob Dougherty, Olivia Duncan, Seraj Ehsan, Jonathan Farhat, Michael Freisen, Keri Gibson, Kaleb Green, Nazim Guenouche, Austin Huckins, Cameron Johnston, Olivia Kelly, Anthony Kumar, Melanie Laronde, Jacob Ligon, Sara Lindsay, Christian Lopez, Katherine Mathers, Samantha McCall, Cameron McGee, Morgan McMahon, Nicholas Metzger, William Nordvik, Lewis O'Neill, America Orozco, Mithil Patel, Alyssa Prosch, Cecilia Rios, Kyle Roach, Kylie Roberts, Lizbeth Rosales, Nicholas Russ, Radha Sri-Tharan, Darrell Staley, Kayla Steinhorst, Megan Swaim, Christopher Tam, Holden Tanner, Shreya Tomar, Kyla Tregear, Angel Valdez, Brianna Wheelock, Hannah Yamamoto
50 points - Bronze Medal
Justin Allen, Jinyoung Bae, Rachel DeSilva, Collin Eads, Blake Freeland, Marie Freels, Cameron Gaouette, Frank Gomez, Rachel Gomez, Jaidyn Gonzalez, Veronica Joel, Maxim Johnson, Caroline Langridge, Zachary Ligon, Madeline Lovdahl, Joshua Lyons, Marissa Messer, Emily Moulton, Matthew Myers, Amanda Plant, Amanda Popelar, Zoe Russ, Neil Senecal, David Skulina, Jessica Stahl, Truman Wayne, Jonathan Weiss
100 points - Silver Medal
Christopher Horsch, Jason John, Micoh Ryan Marquez, Faith Nordvik, Ki Ja Ourdoune, Saddish Sankar, Lara Serban, Anthony Spezzano, Kiara Steinhorst, Chloe Sylvester
150 points - Gold Medal
Ciera Benefield, Praneeth Nandamuri, Sanmantha Singh
CROCE KINGDOM
You may be surprised to know that there is a kingdom right here on our campus! It is Croce Kingdom in Rm. 39. The students named it, designed the flag, and created the currency! They get paid for jobs and for being at school. Attendance is very important! However, they rent their desks at the rate of 5 bills a day and are fined for being tardy. Forms are filled out weekly to keep track of finances and given to the paymasters. They check the totals and pass the forms on to our bankers. The bankers pay out the money earned from the “cash” box. If there’s any trouble, we can call on one of our two policemen, (or woman.)
Earning money pays off when we have Selling Day! We had our first one in November. The planning Commissioners organized the “stores,” and we were all set up just before lunch. After lunch we had an Opening Ceremony. Our mayor, Katie Mathers, said a few words to rousing applause from the citizens and our assembled guests, and then we cut the ribbon across the door to officially open Selling Day!
The students used amazing creativity in making their products, and their stores were closed when they went off to buy. We had business signs, business cards, open and closed signs, all very official! The buying made earning money all worthwhile! They have been planning for the next Selling Day in January.
Meanwhile, the Kingdom is totally enjoying fourth grade! We get to learn the coolest stuff and have fun doing it!
Mrs Godfrey
UPCOMING SCHOOL
EVENTS
JANUARY
4: Back to school
7: PTA Meeting
18: Martin Luther King Day/
No School
22: Teacher work day/No school
BY KATIE MATHERS
MAYOR OF CROCE KINGDOM
The citizens of Croce Kingdom, the mini society in Mrs. Godfrey’s 4th grade class, recently participated in a selling day that was held on November 5, 2009. Each citizen created a business and a product to sell. We purchased the items with Croce Kingdom bucks, but before you could sell you had to buy a business license from the planning commissioners. Everybody came up with really clever ideas. Selling day was a great success. We are all looking forward to the next selling day!
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EMERGENCY MEALS
If a child comes to school without lunch money, an emergency meal will be served consisting of half a cheese sandwich and a carton of milk. Only 3 Emergency Meals will be served free-of-charge during the school year. Students receiving 4 or more Emergency Meals will be charged $2.00 per meal. We will send you a bill if you acquire Emergency Meal debt.