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Acacia School Home Page Acacia PTA Home Page Updated: October 6, 2009

October 5th—Picture Day 6th—PTA meeting 8:00 a.m. 7th—Dining with Acacia 12th—Conference Day/No school 12th—16th Fall Conference Week Early Dismissal and Book Fair 16th—Family Picnic November 2nd—Begin “Help Our Troops” Drive 5th—Dining with Acacia 10th—Movie Night 11th—Veteran’s Day/no school 20th—Family Picnic 23rd—27th Happy Thanksgiving! No school Mrs. Nelson's Book fair is coming..... Our Fall book fair will be open during conference week. Tuesday Oct. 13th - Friday Oct. 16th. The hours will be 8am - 2:30pm. Come visit us in ROOM 7 and choose from a wide variety of wonderful books. Proceeds go to buying more books for our media center. If you have any questions please contact Julie Smith @ 714-871-4552 Dear Parents:      We are off and running! We had a very smooth opening, with 554 students currently enrolled. This is up 30 students over last year. Our Back to School Night was well attended. We had 77% of our students represented by at least one parent. This is up slightly from last year, too.      Our biggest news is that our API score (Academic Performance Index) went up 17 points to 901! We are very proud of our accomplishment! I truly believe that our growth is due to good teaching practices, as well as the fact that we are implementing RTI. (Response to Interventions). We began Achievement Groups last year during the first half hour of school. During this time, our English Learners are also receiving their specialized instruction at their proficiency level. This approach, coupled with extra support in the classroom, has made the difference! I applaud our entire staff for their efforts to meet the needs of all students. And congratulations to our students for their hard work and determination to succeed! We are planning a special activity for our 3rd through 6th graders so that they can be recognized for their achievement.      This Friday, September 25th, is a Staff Development Day. Teachers will be hard at work analyzing their students’ test scores from last year, as well as scores of their current students. Teachers will be able to identify areas of strengths in their program, as well as areas where students may need more support. In addition, we will be grouping the students according to need for our Achievement Groups. If time allows, teachers will be able to write their goals for the year. This day will no doubt prove to be a very productive one. We thank you for your support as we continue our quest to provide a strong academic program for ALL students.      I look forward to the new year, working with you and your precious children. Our parent involvement continues to be one of the many strengths of our school. Thank you for taking such an active role in your child’s education. It does make a difference! Very truly yours, Sue Faassen Principal KIDS ARE FIRST!!!!!! And that is what our Fall Fundraiser is all about. Donna Voss and Lynda Druan are here once again to make a difference in our school. We are pumping up our kids to sell, sell, sell ...... And all the proceeds will be going to field trips, busses, 6th grade camp and much more. We would like to take the time to thank the families for participating once again. If it was not for all of you we would not be the ALL STARS that we are.

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Acacia School Home Page Acacia PTA Home Page Updated: October 6, 2009