Happy Tuesday,

Hope you this finds you well and warm. This newsletter is for the week of January 8, 2024. This week Lippitt will be administering the Mid of Year diagnostic I-Ready Testing. In an efforts to support all classroom teachers many of the interventionists will not have their normal schedules for the next couple of weeks in order to support testing in the classroom. Please ensure that your child's Chromebook is completely charged, getting good sleep and eating a healthy breakfast in the morning. Should students become anxious during diagnostic testing. Don't worry! We have a great team of educators along with our Social Worker to support with instances like this.

Last Friday, January 5, 2024, RIDE has had principals attend the 2023-2024 Accountability Release: Utilizing Data to Drive Continuous Improvement zoom call. As of 3pm Friday the accountability and ratings were made public at 3pm. This year, you will notice there have been some changed in the cut scores/rating bands than previous years. RIDE has requested an amendment to include Science Proficiency to the accountability report. Therefore, you will see Science included in the overall star ratings.

Safe to say, we are a 2 STAR school. We did drop within the ratings but not enough to place us in a different category. We are still a 1 STAR in ELA/Math achievement. . This year our focus will be to include all TSI/ATSI in our school improvement plan to support those focal groups as shown on our school report. If you get the opportunity please take a look at the RIDE report. I truly believe that we can become a 3 STAR school. This year, we will meet our goals and we will moving on up. Again these scores reflect last school year's results.

As always please take a look at the next couple of weeks with activities, some of our actions steps and plans in hopes to reach our goals for this academic school year. Have a great New Year.

• On Monday: I will be having 3-5 assemblies for first trimester awards and setting the grounds for expectations and testing.
  
• 5th Grade 9am
• 4th Grade 11:00am
• 3rd Grade 12:15pm
• Tuesday: Diagnostic Testing Starts
• 8:30-10:30 Mr. Pagan will be at Tides for a RIDE training on report cards tied to school improvement efforts
• 9am Lippitt Coffee Hour
• Dental Screening (only for students with permission)
• Wednesday- PTO meeting 7pm Please use the link should you want to log on virtually.
• Friday- Band Concert for Families on Friday, December 12, 2024. Concert is from 9:30-10:15

Friday, January 12, the band and orchestra students will be presenting our winter concerts. We will be doing 2 performances: the first will be for parents and grades 4 and 5 at 9:30. A second performance for grades K-3 will begin around 10:15.

• Martin Luther King Day- No School
• PD Day January 23 (No school for students)
• 4th grade NAEP Testing - January 30 (9-2) (Some schools are selected for this every so often)

• Please ensure at arrival time students are dropped off and released on the same side of the street.
• There are signs that indicate no parking or standing on the opposite side by the neighbors. We are noticing an uptick of students being dropped off and having to cross the street causing safety concerns.

• Please be on time: All children who arrive after 8:35 will enter through the main doors.
• We will having inclement weather. Typically, grades 3-5 come in through doors A-27, eat breakfast and teachers will meet students in the auditorium
• All grades k-5 will enter and meet in the school gym
• All classroom teachers will then meet students in their respective locations.
• Please ensure all students are dressed appropriately for the weather

Academics and Instruction

• Please charge chrome books nightly so they are ready to use each day.

• Please ensure that students have enough hours of sleep and that they are prepared with any assignments given the night prior. We expect our student to be Respectful, Ready and Responsible for school.

• Please review the communications folder that teachers send home daily

Here is a resource for digital books in your library

• Black History and BLM History library

Hi everyone, my name is Rebekah and I'm excited to be a part of the Lippitt Elementary community! I'm currently pursuing my Master's in Teaching, and look forward to sharing my passion for learning with the students and staff here. I grew up in southern New Hampshire but have been living in Rhode Island for 5 years now. I love the beaches and big personality this small state has to offer.. the only thing I'll never love is the party pizza, hopefully you can all forgive me for this. When I'm not at school I enjoy cooking, hiking, thrifting and hanging out with my cat, Bodie!

Lippitt Lately

Welcome back, Leopards! I hope you had a wonderful holiday break. We have several things happening this January.

Monthly Coffee Hour, Tuesday, January 9th at 8:45 AM

This month we will focus on our School Improvement Plan, we hope you will join us to provide valuable insight as to how we can improve our school community in several key focus areas.

Heroes Unite! Wednesday, January 17th from 6-7 PM

Join other families with children in kindergarten, first, and second grade, as students make their very own Superhero masks, capes, and cuffs! Because space is limited you must register to attend this event, please do so here. We have created an age limitation for this activity because it will be most exciting for our younger students, and create a great opportunity for parents of this younger age group to make connections.

Monday, January 22nd, 6 PM - Internet Safety

RI State Police will be sharing information regarding cyber security, social media, child predators, and other related content. This event is for adults only due to the content being shared and discussed and can be triggering for those with a history of abuse. It is never too early or too late to educate ourselves on safe internet use, RSVP here.

• January 10 PTO Meeting Dates
• Next week, an order form for yearbooks will be sent home. They are being sold for $20 and you can order through April 12th. Keep an eye out for the order forms in the blue folders next week.
  
• If you would like to upload any pictures for the yearbook. This year, PTO has made it easy to upload your pictures. Please click on link below and you should be able to upload multiple pictures at a time.

• Please get your Lippitt Gear. WE will be wearing our Lippitt Gears every Friday