Wednesday, April 11, 2012

April Letter

Dear Parents,

It is hard to believe, but we are into April, which means showers, the start of the baseball season and here in the Lower School, it also means the beginning of our end of year testing season. Next week April 16-20, all grade 5 students will be taking the CTP4 tests. The following week April 23-25, we will administer our ESL internal exams to identify your child’s growth and to determine placement for next year.

Our review is comprehensive for each student and includes:
• Classroom work habits
• Skill development
• ESL testing
• Consultation with classroom teachers

Our testing season concludes Tuesday May 1 and Wednesday May 2 when all grade 5 students will take the WraP Writing Test


Please note the best way you can prepare your child for these tests is to make sure s/he has a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast. It is really important that your child does not worry about the test, since that will impede his/her performance. Rather this is a time where s/he should simply just try his/her best.

Thank you for your continued support during this testing time.


Best regards,
Mark S. Gurecki, Virginia Blais, Lynn Somers