WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Sunset Ridge

Family Newsletter

Shared Vision for Sunset Ridge Elementary

(Ideas from students, parents,

and staff)

At Sunset Ridge it is

important that we, as a community....

Become involved in our learners’ education

because “a good education is no longer just a pathway

to opportunity – it is a pre-requisite.”

(PTA/School Committees and

Volunteering)

Show respect and kindness to one another.

Demonstrate a positive attitude and good effort.

Have fun while working

hard together. We take advantage of opportunities to reward learners and staff for their successes.

Dear Families of Sunset Ridge Students, On behalf of the Sunset Ridge Staff, I want to wish all of our families a very HAPPY HOLIDAY! You are invited to celebrate the holiday season with us at our Winter Ball on December 5 from 5:30-7:00. We will have a DJ playing music and we will serve cookies during the event. We ask parents to bring cookies that can be shared with our community. Cookies can be brought to the Winter Ball or brought to our main office anytime. On December 20, we will have our annual Sing-Along in the gym. The Sing-Along will start at 2:00. Families are invited to the Sing-Along. Classroom parties will follow the Sing-Along beginning at 2:30. Look for more information from your child’s teacher on the details for the classroom celebration. Dress for the Weather: Cold and unpredictable weather is upon us. It is important that students come to school dressed for our cooler weather. Please send students to school with coats, winter weather footwear, gloves and hats. Sunset Ridge Goals for the 2019-2020 School Year: Goal 1: Consistent implementation of Competency-Based Education Goal 2: Develop our teachers to be successful with Competency-Based Education Goal 3: Foster success for all students and engage our parents Goal 4: Strengthen and expand early childhood education We have many school actions that we will work on throughout the year as we implement the Major Improvement Strategies of our Unified Improvement Plan. In this edition of the Sunset Ridge Family Newsletter, I have included a one-page summary of our school Unified Improvement Plan. Please take a some time to review what our staff will be working on this year to implement our school 2019-2020 Unified Improvement Plan. As always, feel free to contact me. You can phone me through the school office phone number (303-426-8907) or stop in at the front office. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season! We will be off for the holiday break from December 23-January 6. We will resume school on Tuesday, January 7, 2020. Sincerely, Roger Vadeen

Principal, Sunset Ridge

December 2019 January 2020

Mission Statements EVERY DAY MATTERS!

MAKE IT COUNT!

TEACH, EXPECT AND

RECOGNIZE KINDNESS

ESCUELAS PÚBLICAS DE WESTMINSTER

Sunset Ridge

Family Newsletter

La Visión Global de Sunset Ridge

(Ideas de estudiantes, padres y personal)

En Sunset Ridge es

importante que, como

comunidad…

Involúcrese en la

educación de nuestros

alumnos porque “una

buena educación no es solo

el camino hacia la

oportunidad, es un pre-

requisito.”

(PTA/Comités Escolares y

Voluntariado)

Demostremos respeto y amabilidad unos a otros.

Demostremos una actitud positiva y un buen

esfuerzo. Divertirnos mientras trabajamos

fuerte.

Aprovechemos las oportunidades de

reconocer el éxito de nuestros estudiantes y

personal. .

Dear Families of Sunset Ridge Students, ¡En nombre del personal de Sunset Ridge, quiero desearles a todas nuestras familias unas FELICES FIESTAS! Te invitamos a celebrar la temporada navideña con nosotros en nuestro Baile de invierno el 5 de diciembre de 5:30-7:00. Tendremos un DJ tocando música y serviremos galletas durante el evento. Pedimos a los padres que traigan galletas que se puedan compartir con nuestra comunidad. Las galletas se pueden llevar a Baile de invierno o a nuestra oficina principal en cualquier momento. El 20 de diciembre, tendremos nuestra presentación anual del coro en el gimnasio. El coro comenzará a las 2:00. Las familias están invitadas a cantar. Las fiestas en el salón de clases seguirán después de la presentación del coro a partir de las 2:30. Busque más información del maestro(a) de su hijo(a) sobre los detalles de la celebración en el salón de clases Vístete para el clima: El clima frío e impredecible está sobre nosotros. Es importante que los estudiantes vengan a la escuela vestidos para nuestro clima más frio. Envíe a los estudiantes a la escuela con abrigos, calzado para el invierno, guantes y gorras. Metas de Sunset Ridge para el ciclo escolar 2019-2020: Meta 1: Implementación consistente de la educación basada en competencias Meta 2: Capacitar a nuestros maestros para que tengan éxito con la educación basada en competencias. Meta 3: Fomentar el éxito de todos los estudiantes e involucrar a nuestros padres. Meta 4: Fortalecer y ampliar la educación de la primera infancia. Tenemos muchas acciones escolares en las que trabajaremos durante todo el año a medida que implementemos las Estrategias de Mejoramiento Mayor de nuestro Plan de Mejoramiento Unificado. En esta edición del Boletín familiar de Sunset Ridge, he incluido un resumen de una página de nuestro Plan de mejora unificada de la escuela. Tómese un tiempo para revisar en qué estará trabajando nuestro personal este año para implementar nuestro Plan de Mejora Unificada de la escuela durante el 2019-2020. Como siempre, siéntase en libertad de comunicarse conmigo. Me puede llamar a la oficina de la escuela (303-426-8907) o visite nuestra oficina. ¡Espero que todos tengan una maravillosa temporada festiva! Saldremos para las vacaciones del 23 de diciembre al 6 de enero. Volveremos a la escuela el martes 7 de enero de 2020. Sinceramente, Roger Vadeen

Director de Sunset Ridge

Diciembre 2019 Enero 2020

Misión ¡TODOS LOS DIAS

IMPORTAN!

¡HAZ QUE CUENTE!

ENSEÑA, ESPERA Y

RECONOCE LA BONDAD.

DECEMBER 4th – EARLY RELEASE 1:45

5th – Winter Ball 5:30 – 7:00

9th – Science Fair Set Up - 6:00

10th – Science Fair – 5:30 – 6:00

11th- Coffee w/Principal 8:05

11th – Student of the Month

Lunch

K-2 @ 11:15, 3-5 @ 12:05

17th – Spelling Bee 1:30

19th – Music Program Level 1

20th – Holiday Parties – 2:35

23th – Jan. 6th – Winter Break

“NO SCHOOL”

JANUARY 6th – Non-Student Contact Day

“NO SCHOOL”

15th – Student of the Month

Lunch

K-2 @ 11:15, 3-5 @

12:05

17th – 1st Semester Awards

20st – Martin Luther King Jr.

B-day

SUNSET RIDGE 9451 Hooker Street, Westminster, Colorado 80031 303- 426-8907 / Fax 303-657-3874

Roger Vadeen, Principal

MON TUES WED THU FRI 2

3

4

EARLY RELEASE

1:45

5 Winter

Ball 5:30-7:00

6

9 Science Fair

Set Up 6:00

10 Science Fair 5:30 – 6:00

11 Coffee

w/Principal 8:05 Student of the Month Lunch

K-2 @ 11:15 AM 3-5 @ 12:05 AM

12

13

16

17 Spelling

Bee 1:30

18

19 Music Program

@ 6:00 Level 1

20 Holiday Parties

@ 2:35

23

Winter Break “NO

SCHOOL”

24

Winter Break

“NO SCHOOL”

25

Winter Break

“NO SCHOOL”

26

Winter Break

“NO SCHOOL”

27

Winter Break

“NO SCHOOL”

30 Winter Break “NO

SCHOOL”

31 Winter Break

“NO SCHOOL”

1 Winter Break

“NO SCHOOL”

2 Winter Break

“NO SCHOOL”

3 Winter Break

“NO SCHOOL”

December 2019

KINDERGARTEN:

MRS. PABON MARTINEZ Emanuel Vega & Faith Garibo

MRS. SELLS: Jennifer Antonio Perez &

Eliyah Vela-Hernandez

MS. JENNINGS: Mario De Lira Pinedo & Analeah Ramirez

MS. LOYD: Chrystian Lopez Castaneda & Yoana Nava Guevara

MRS. BURCHETT: Jesus Mendoza Jr. & Renata Flores Fraire

MRS. SANDOVAL: Lesly Rivas Monterrosa & Elias Rocha Soto

MRS. McDANIEL: Lorelay Arreola Almanza & Antonio Pacheco

MRS. WAKELY: Amara Pryor & Jayden Lugo Burciaga

MS. TODD: Evey Michniacki & Giovanni Lopez Castaneda

MR. WOLCOTT: Arnoldo Salayandia Adame & Avril Garcia Sandoval

MRS. LEIVIAN: Carissa Muniz & Jordy D L Moreno

MR. SHERIFF: Bennie Martinez & Jordyn Vigil

Ms. Amaral, Mrs. Corso & Mr. Sibayan: Tredan Fowler &

Jazaya Rosas & Jazlyn Rodriguez Navaruiz

Student of the Month Lunch is on: December 11th (Wednesday)

Parents, At Sunset Ridge, we are teaching students to be KIND to each other. We expect students to show kindness to their peers and to the adults at Sunset Ridge. Our teachers are teaching students 12 Kindness Concepts. I invite you to ask your children what they are

learning about kindness. I also encourage you to

expect your children to show kindness to

those around them when they are at home. Working

together, we can help our students to be

more kind and empathetic to each

other. Thank you for helping make Sunset Ridge a place where Kindness Matters!

WE’RE HAVING A

WINTER BALL!!

Come and dance the night away to the tunes of our DJ with your friends and your teachers at our

SUNSET RIDGE

WINTER BALL

Thursday, December 5th 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. in the gym Parents: Please bring a plate/package of cookies to share. Cookies can be sent to school starting on Monday, December 2 or can be brought the night of the Winter Ball. It is important that all children are accompanied by an adult at the Winter Ball.

¡Tendremos un

Baile de Invierno!!

Acompáñenos y baile toda la noche con sus amigos y maestros, al compás de nuestro DJ

en nuestro increíble

BAILE DE INVIERNO DE

SUNSET RIDGE

Jueves, 5 de diciembre 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. en el

gimnasio Padres: Por favor traiga y plato o bolsa de galletitas para compartir. Puede comenzar a enviar las galletitas comenzando el lunes 2 de deciembre o las puede traer la noche del baile.

Es importante que, en el Baile de Invierno, todos los niños esten acompañados por un adulto.

Coffee with the Principal In an effort to share some information, get feedback from parents and be able to answer questions, I am setting up a time for parents to come to the school to sit down with me and have a conversation. I will share some information about our school and I want to hear what questions or comments parents have about our school.

I invite all family members to join me at Coffee with the Principal.

Wednesday, December 11 at 8:05 a.m. We will meet in the library

Hope to see many of you there. Spanish translator will be available.

Café con el Director

En un esfuerzo para compartir información con nuestra comunidad de padres, escuchar la opinión de los padres, contestar cualquier pregunta que los padres tengan, estoy organizando otra oportunidad para que los padres vengan a la escuela para tener una conversación conmigo. Voy a compartir alguna información sobre la escuela, y quiero escuchar las preguntas o comentarios que ustedes tengan sobre nuestra escuela.

Invito a todos los padres a acompañarnos en nuestro Café con el Director.

Martes, 11 de diciembre a las 8:05. Nos reuniremos en la biblioteca

¡Espero a verle allí! Un intérprete para español estará disponible.

Goal 1: Consistent implementation of Competency-Based Education Goal 2: Develop our teachers to be successful with Competency-Based Education Goal 3: Foster success for all students and engage our parents Goal 4: Strengthen and expand early childhood education

Goal #1 Goal #2 Goal #3 and Goal #4

Short Cycle Data Monitoring All teachers will monitor progress for students in 4 to 5-week cycles. Focus for K-2 is writing across genres using Write from the Beginning and Beyond scoring guides and expectations. Focus for 3-5 writing is aligned to CMAS expectations and tasks (Narrative Writing; Literacy Analysis; Research Simulation). Success Criteria (scoring guides/rubrics) are created to communicate levels of proficiency. Protocols for ‘examining student work’ with administration have been shared along with the templates that must be filled out. Schedule of all data cycles has been communicated to staff. Professional development and feedback will be provided to support teachers throughout the process.

Partnership with Higher Education

Maintain partnership with local universities (i.e. Regis University) to place interns and student teachers in Sunset Ridge classrooms

Random Acts of Kindness Personalized Learning

Implement Random Acts of Kindness and Habits for Successful Personalized Learners in all PK-5 classrooms. As part of a bully reduction action plan, we will specifically teach students how to show ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ to each other and to their teachers. We believe that it will benefit our students to learn how to show kindness to others and to experience the joy of sharing kindness with others. Throughout the year, Sunset Ridge teachers will teach lessons to our students that promote kindness. Students will be celebrated and encouraged as they demonstrate kindness.

Math High Yield Strategies Math routines that all teachers will use to build students’ number sense and understandings of abstract, number connections.

Observations and Walkthroughs Administration will provide on-going feedback to teachers on: 1. Effective CBS and Personalized

Learning Practices; 2. Survey of Physical Learning

Environment; 3. Student Engagement and Increased

Student Interaction; 4. CLD and Effective Instructional

Practices; 5. Rigor and Complexity of Tasks; 6. Data Driven Instruction; 7. Professional Responsibilities and Student Relationships

Kagan Structures Kagan Structures will be used in all PK-5 classrooms to ensure students are provided multiple opportunities to engage in learning. Using cooperative Kagan Structures, students will be expected to share with each other and will be held accountable to participate in classroom discussions and collaborative/shared learning.

Community Engagement Invite parents to learn how they can effectively help their children at home through Title One Parent Education Nights, cultural events, visual and performing arts demonstrations, and our annual Summer Learning event. We will engage parents in multiple after-school events including student tutoring in ELA and math, academic clubs and parent education/outreach.

Student Data Notebooks/ Competency Tracker/Empower

Each student will have a Data Notebook. Data Notebooks will house students’ Data Story, Competency Trackers, goal setting forms, action plans, and Pathway to the Future forms. Students will meet with teachers to talk about plans after high school and beyond. In collaboration with teachers, students will track their progress through WPS performance levels beginning in kindergarten. Growth Gauges will be used to report percentages of students making expected progress. Within Empower, teachers will develop activities that include resources, action plans, learning activities and assessments of learning. Principal will monitor teacher activity and data entry both quantity and quality. We will develop and execute a plan to share Empower Parent logins and provide Empower Parent Portal training as needed. Principal will report to staff Empower usage.

Goal Setting/Action Planning Art & Science of Teaching

The WPS Instructional Model (New Art and Science of Teaching) will be used as a guide for teacher on-going learning. Teachers set goals and create action plans on Marzano elements of effective teaching practices.

Early Literacy Skills Students in grades K-2 will learn specific phonemic awareness skills and will be provided opportunities daily to apply learned phonemic awareness skills. Sunset Ridge staff will participate in on-going professional development and coaching on enhancing our development of students’ phonemic awareness. Using the resource by Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum, ‘Phonemic Awareness: The Skills That They Need to Help Them Succeed!’, Sunset Ridge teachers will implement a daily phonemic awareness building routine. We will monitor and intervene to ensure that our students lacking phonemic awareness are gaining confidence and mastery of phonics and phoneme skills.

Goal Setting/Action Planning CLD Strategies

CLD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) instructional practices will be used as a guide for teacher professional learning. Teachers will set goals and make action plans on CLD instructional practices. All staff will participate in direct instruction and on-line modules to learn how to best support CLD learners.