La Merced Elementary

https://5il.co/1rww1 Hello La Merced Parents and Families! The above link will take you to the school newsletter for the month of April. Please see the important dates of upcoming state testing. 3rd through 6th grade students are testing over the next 2 weeks. Please call the school with any questions.

3rd grade students did an excellent job with testing today on ELA! We only had 3 students absent! Many students took their time and did their best. Tomorrow is their 2nd and last day of testing and will be on Math. Please be sure that your child is present and on time. Thank you families for your support!

https://5il.co/1rggk Spring and Class Pictures will take place on Fri. April; 14th. The above link will provide you a PDF of the flyer to order Spring pictures. **Online ordering for SPRING photos ends at 7am DAY OF PICTURES! The PDF is hyperlinked directly to our schools online ordering event. All that needs to be done to go to our online event is to click anywhere on either page of the attached PDF. This will then take you directly to our schools ordering page. You can also access the online ordering portal by going to www.mymjthomas.com and entering our schools event password (located on the 2nd page of this PDF). You may also print this order form and attach a check or cash and bring it in on picture day!

Attention Parents of 6th Graders: BCS will be holding a spring immunization clinic for all current 6th graders who need Tdap, Meningococcal, and HPV (optional). These immunizations are required for enrollment in 7th grade. The immunization clinics will be held April 13—19th. (Dates very depending on the school). If you would like your student to receive these vaccinations free of charge, please fill out and return the attached permission slip. Permission slips need to be returned by April 4th. Reminder—your student will not be able to enroll in 7th grade without these immunizations. If you have any questions call the La Merced Nurse at 966-2122.

5th grade students will test tomorrow and Tuesday for the state assessment in science. Please see that your child is present and on time and does not leave early, as this allows them to test at their regularly scheduled time with their homeroom.

La Merced Correction: the Book Fair is NOT the week of March 20th. Book Fair will be April 14th through April 21st at La Merced.

Hello La Merced families! The below link will take you to the March newsletter. https://5il.co/1q9uh Tomorrow is early release with dismissal at 12:30 pm. Reminder, we are on Spring Break next week! This week is the end of Quarter 3.

Hello La Merced families! The below link will take you to the March newsletter. https://5il.co/1q9uh Tomorrow is early release with dismissal at 12:30 pm. Reminder, we are on Spring Break next week! This week is the end of Quarter 3.

Parents and Guardians: please be on the look out for your child's progress report for Quarter 3. We are 3 weeks away til Spring Break and the end of the Quarter 3! If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher.

This Wednesday February 8th is a FULL Day of school. No early release this week.

https://5il.co/1od0l Check out our February School Newsletter. It is a busy month with a lot of important information to share.

La Merced Elementary will be conducting a lockdown drill on Friday January 27th during the morning hours. This is a practice drill for our lockdown procedures.

2 hour delay for Tuesday. Student arrival time is 10:35 am. Buses will pick up 2 hours later from their normal time. Breakfast will not be served. The office will be open by 9:30 am.

We have reached the Middle of the Year and students in grades 3-6th have completed IMSSA testing, which is our benchmark assessment that prepares students for the end of year state assessment. To share some data and results with our school community, I am proud to highlight some of our "bright spots." The district goal of 5% growth, which equals about 4 students, was met in the following grades and subjects: (increased to the On Target Level) *3rd grade Reading--5 students increase *4th grade Reading--7 students increase (at met our school MOY goal of 40% proficient with achieving 41% at the "On Target" level) *3rd grade Language--5 students increase *3rd grade Math--7 students increase *5th grade Math--8 students increase *6th grade Math--11 students increase We have a total of 381 students who achieved growth! Certificates and some special recognition coming soon! Individual student reports will be sent home. Way to go La Merced students!

Since we are at the middle of the year point, all students will participate in Istation testing for both reading and math. Istation testing begins Monday Jan. 9th. Please see that your child is present to school on their scheduled day of testing.

La Merced Parents and Families: please be on the "look-out" for your child's report card as they have been sent home today. We are now in Quarter 3! If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher.

La Merced wishes our school community Happy New Year. Please see the attached link for the January newsletter. https://5il.co/1mvvb

Free Tutoring for PreK-8 Students PED announces its new tutoring service in partnership with Paper that focuses on mathematics, language arts and science. The program offers students in grades preK-8 from New Mexico Title I Schools access to free academic support from tutors on a secure platform. All Belen Consolidated Schools’ students who choose to participate will receive 20 hours of tutoring at no cost to families. Features include: • Virtual tutoring. • Can be scheduled before, after or during school. • All learning abilities. Parents can sign students up here. Questions? OutofSchool.Tutoring@ped.nm.gov

https://5il.co/1liof Next week we begin the Middle of the Year testing window for IMSSA. We need all 3rd through 6th graders to be present and on time to school each day during the next 2 weeks! We are having an Attendance Challenge during these days of testing. Each day that a homeroom tests, students will be entered into a drawing to win a prize! The IMSSA testing is an important "checkpoint" to see how students are progressing towards learning the end of the year grade level standards. Students will test for Reading, Language Usage, and Math. The following link will provide further information on this important assessment. We are confident that are students will show positive growth! https://5il.co/1hd3g

https://5il.co/1lfq9 We have reached December and the last few weeks of this semester! Please see the included link for the December School Newsletter for La Merced Elementary.