SEP Conferences (also known as parent-teacher conferences) are right around the corner. At Armstrong, we feel blessed to have such an amazing turnout for each session of SEP conferences, and we’re certain the powerful home support and parent-teacher communication is a key difference maker in the success of our students. You can sign up for an SEP conference slot beginning Friday morning (1/30) on our website. Look for the banner above to ...
Code Club 2015
Well, they’re off and running. The 2015 coders got their start last Friday morning. The Armstrong Code Club meets every Friday during the second half of the year before school begins to practice coding skills and, essentially, to become fluent in another language. In many ways, this language is the prerequisite for many of the jobs of our kids’ future. Students in the Code Club use the extension lesson plans from code.org as their ...
Top Eagles for January 27, 2015
Hope Florez (Mrs. Fisher) - Kind, hard worker, friendly. Hope is a good reader. Nehemiah Espinoza (Mrs. Rogers) - Nehemiah is such a hard worker. He does great work in class. Nehemiah is a wonderful helper! Ilene Franco (Mrs. Hind) - She always completes her assignments and double checks to see if they are correct. She is frequently on task and a great example to our class. I love her positive attitude. Henely Morales (Miss ...
Community Council
By Chairperson Darrell Kirby For the January meeting of the Armstrong Community Council, members of the council reviewed results of the recent Connect4Learning survey, in which parents, teachers, and students provided feedback about the Armstrong experience. Survey results touched what they liked and what they would change about everything from the curriculum to lunch food to drop-off and pick-up of students. Our next meeting is on February ...
Lego League Teams
Once again, many Armstrong 5th and 6th graders have been spending their January engulfed with Lego League preparations and tournaments. We’re very proud of how well the four Armstrong Lego League teams have done representing our school and the STEM focus we pursue at our school. FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO® League (FLL) is an exciting, fun global robotics and innovation program that ignites an ...
Middle-of-the-Year DIBELS
Armstrong students returned from the winter break ready to show off their stuff on how much they had progressed in half a year on their reading fluency. Although the official mClass Home Connect letters won’t come out for another couple of weeks (watch for them), the initial reports show some great improvement in just those few short months. As an entire school, we’ve seen the percentage of students at the red level (Well Below Benchmark) drop ...
Top Eagles for January 20, 2015
Rudy Hernandez (Mrs. Fisher): Great improvement in reading. He is responsible. He is a good leader. Alyssa Potter (Mrs. Hind): She is kind and considerate to everyone! She is always willing to try, even when something is hard. Garrett Nelson (Mrs. Rogers): He has been working very hard in class. His reading and math has improves and he always does his best. Brisa Gonzales (Mrs. Passey): Brisa is very kind and thoughtful. She ...
Armstrong Science Fair 2015
The Armstrong Science Fair is right around the corner. On Thursday, January 29th, students can show off their science skills with the school-wide event featured in the gym. Our 3rd-6th graders are all participating, and all students in our K-2nd grades are invited to participate as well. Parents can see the great work the students do by coming to the Science Fair gallery that afternoon. The best science fair projects are those that are ...
Be a Heart Hero!
This week and next, Armstrong is participating in the Jump Rope for Heart charitable fundraiser. Earlier this week, students brought home collection envelopes to help track donations for this worthwhile cause. Students also have the opportunity to reach out to friends and family who may live far away by setting up an account on the website www.heart.org/jump. All donations made that way will be tracked and credited to the student. As a ...
Code Club 2015
“Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer . . . because it teaches you how to think.” - Steve Jobs The 2015 Code Club is about to begin. In December, every student at Armstrong got a taste of what coding is like when we participated in the worldwide “Hour of Code.” As we did last year, we want to follow up with the launch of the Code Club. The Code Club will meet each Friday morning at 7:30 and is open to students in ...
