News - May 2015 RSS Feed

There are currently two openings on the Athletic Committee. The first is for Picture Representative. This person acts as the liaison between the sports reps/coaches in season and the photographer to make certain all team/individual pictures are taken and ultimately, sent to the school office for inclusion in the yearbook. The second opening is for a Concessions Coordinator. Over the last year, we have been trying to transition this position into more of a managerial type role. That is, they (or people they ask to help them) will stock the concession stand before game weekends and will schedule parent volunteer workers. Over the last year, our parents have stepped up to help volunteer as needed. The concessions chair should be able to work with parents of the teams in season to make sure the spots are filled on game days. We do not want or expect the concessions coordinator to work all the hours themselves; rather we want this Coordinator to schedule the parents, who have been willing to help. We have a great group of people who work to make our sports programs the best they can be for our parish and school kids. I hope you will consider joining us. Please contact Brian Miller, 812-207-127 or [email protected] if you have any questions.

As this school year is winding down, the SAS staff has been reviewing our instructional practices and researching ways in which to make improvements. Teachers will receive training in June on two initiatives. STAR360 is a comprehensive assessment tool, allowing educators to screen and group students for targeted instruction, measure student growth, predict performance on summative exams, and monitor achievement on Indiana state standards in Reading and Math. All students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade will take the STAR360 assessment in the fall, winter and spring. This online assessment will take each child less than one hour, but it provides a wealth of knowledge for the teacher in terms of strengths and weaknesses. We are excited to be able to improve our ability to make intentional, informed instructional decisions about each student in our building. Teachers in grades 1-3 will also receive training on Accelerated Reader (AR). AR is the nation’s most widely used K12 reading program. Student are motivated to grow as goal-focused readers though individualized, independent reading practice -- teachers assist students in finding books on their reading level; students read books independently and then take online quizzes to check for comprehension. Teachers are able to easily gather data to highlight student strengths and weaknesses. This data is used to set and monitor personalized goals for each student within AR and within the classroom curriculum.