HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF OUR SPECIAL RAPTOR MOMS
“Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes
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End of Course & End of Grade TESTING: It matters more than you may know
Tips to Prepare your Child
Regardless of how any one of us may feel about the requirements of North Carolina's standardized testing, they provide measurements of student achievement and a school's academic growth.
They also provide comparison data between school districts across the state.
Clearly, these tests are only ONE measurement of student achievement. Our local benchmarks, including NC Check-Ins, class tests and projects, and other forms of assessment also measure student achievement.
How Can Parents Prepare Children for these High Stake Tests?
Having strong reading skills is not only important in all areas of intellectual development, it factors heavily in these tests. Thus, any regular encouragement by families to have children read on a regular basis is quite beneficial. This can be books, magazines, newspapers, or even comic books if it fosters more regular reading!
If a child reads each day for at least 20-30 minutes, this bolsters an ability to read the lengthy passages often found on the EOG reading exams.
In addition to reading each day, helping children develop critical thinking skills is also important for test-taking. Taking time to discuss what a child has read, and allowing them to share their ideas or voice their opinions about their reading helps stimulate critical thinking. Reading is essential for all areas of academics including science, and math EOGs.
In the days and weeks ahead, encourage your children to put down the electronics and sit down to read!
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End-of-Grade (3rd-8th) and End-of-Course (high school) Testing Dates |
May 17th - ELA/Reading Grades 3-8
May 18th - Math Grades 3-8
May 19th - Science Grades 3 and 5
May 24th - Math 1 and Math 3 EOCs
May 25th - English II EOC
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Vote for our May Teacher of the Month
Voting for our Teacher of the Month for May remains open. Please take just a minute to vote for the teacher whom you feel deserves the honor of being our Teacher of the Month.
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K-8 FIELD DAY & PARK DAYS (PTO Volunteers Will Be Needed)!
Tuesday, May 24th: 6th & 7th grade park day
Wednesday, May 25th: K-5 Field Day
Thursday, May 26th: 8th grade park day
May 27th - Graduation Ceremony for the Class of 2022, 6 pm
Seniors will be given 10 tickets for their guests. Overflow and non-ticketed guests will be seated in the bleachers.
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Support LLCA's Performing Arts!
Make Plans to Support LLCA's Performing Arts with its middle/high school production of The Addams Family!
Tickets are now on sale!
DATES:
Friday, May 13th at 7:30 p.m
Saturday, May 14th at 1:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.
LOCATION:
LLCA Raptor Center
TICKETS:
Advance Tickets: $3 for LLCA students and alumni, $7 for adults
At the Door, if still available: $5 for alumni and students, $10 for adults.
All proceeds support LLCA's ability to produce future productions.
Please make checks out to LLCA. Ticket order forms are also available at the school's front office, M-F, 8 am- 3:30 pm.
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From Ms. Powell, Ms. Sias & Ms. Kristin
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Elementary Teacher: Kate Levea-Lattimore
Now in her 10th year at LLCA as an educator, Mrs. Kate Levea-Lattimore teaches 4th-grade math and science. In previous years, she has taught all subjects of 5th-grade and 6th-grade science.
When asked what she loves most about teaching at LLCA, she said, "I love that LLCA is a close-knit K-12 school because it is so amazing to see the students that I had in 4th grade move up and be successful through the years. Now I am seeing some of my first students graduate from high school and I am so proud to see all the great things they've done in their time at LLCA."
Her favorite aspect of being a teacher is, "imprinting a positive, caring attitude, and a love of learning on the students' hearts."
Her piece of advice to students: Be a lifelong learner. Life is a learning process.
Fun Fact: Before her time at LLCA, Mrs. LL worked an internship at Stanford University. She was a research assistant on a project that examined children with Fragile X Syndrome, a rare genetic condition.
What's up in her classroom: In science, students are having fun learning about animal adaptations. They are researching an animal that they have never heard of to discover what their special adaptations are for surviving in their environment. Our partners with Mountain Roots Outdoor Ed have enhanced their knowledge of animal adaptations.
In Math, students are delving into the world of fractions. Students have used manipulatives to help understand fractions' equivalence, addition, and subtraction of fractions, and much more!
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Our Little Raptors Check out Our Big Raptors
Students from Mr. High and Mrs. Massey’s class enjoyed a walk down to the baseball field to view a rocket launch demonstration by our high school science club that Mr. Jeff Edwards sponsors. He serves as our high school Math 3, Physics, and Physical Science teacher.
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Middle Schoolers Learning about Latin America |
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Our 6th graders have been working hard on the unit, “Independence for Latin America.” They were introduced to Simon Bolivar. He and other revolutionaries spent their lives dedicated to liberating many of the Latin American countries of Spanish rule. Venezuela was his homeland and he worked tirelessly to liberate them from Spain’s rule and unfair inequities of the population, especially the poor and underprivileged indigenous peoples who were not allowed to own land. We also created a Mexican mural in the tradition of Diego Rivera depicting scenes of Mexico’s revolution for independence from Spain. Miguel Hidalgo played a key role to start, but it would take 100 years to get there. |
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Student Leaders in the Making
These amazing students demonstrated leadership and communication skills this week by helping out with morning announcements.
They shared fun facts about history, gave athletic updates, encouraged students to clean up the school campus, and showed appreciation for their amazing teachers.
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Coming Soon, LLCA's First-Ever Literary Magazine Produced By Students!
The staff of our LLCA literary magazine worked tirelessly to create the first-ever literary and arts magazine by our high school students.
The students picked up many skills: advertising, letter writing, fundraising, design, and creating criteria for judging submissions.
LLCA students made 74 submissions, and the magazine staff had to make tough choices about what made the cut. The end result, our first literary magazine, Between the Lines, will be published soon. We are very proud of Ms. Askins and her literary magazine students, and we look forward to reading their production in the coming weeks!
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Countless ways to Plugin & Connect - No amount of time and participation is too Small - Please join us if you can!
NEXT MEETING:
MONDAY, May 16th at 5:30 pm.
Michelle Yelton
LLCA PTO President
828-980-2883 (call/text)
SUPORT LLCA FROM THE GROUND UP - GET YOUR RAPTOR SOCKS RIGHT HERE
GRADUATION
The graduation committee needs ferns and the graduating year sign, and arches with the balloons. If you can help, please contact Mrs. Powell at jpowell@llcharter.org
POLLINATOR GARDEN UPDATE
We need mulch and pavers donated for the next phase. If you can assist, contact PTO President, Michelle Yelton at michellemyelton@gmail.com
OUTDOOR COURTYARD & CLASSROOM UPDATE
The east side is covered financially. However, the school will need at least
$50k for the west side phase. LLCA has $25k earmarked for it, but we're in need of more volunteers and more funds.
ATHLETICS FUNDRAISER UPDATE
The athletics department needs bleachers and an outdoor scoreboard for the ball fields! If you can help, please contact Jennifer Vivolo at jdvivolo@gmail.com
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Would you like to share this newsletter with a family member or a grandparent each week? Send their email address to Mrs. Youngblood and we will add them to our mailing list at gyoungblood@llcharter.org.
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