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Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Volume IX, Issue XXXVIII
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News, Announcements, & Success Stories
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Health Education Framework information for families
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No curriculum is changing in Folsom Cordova for the upcoming school year.
This fall, the District will hold a series of public input sessions across our schools to gather stakeholder feedback. This feedback will be used to recommend new curriculum to the Board of Education. Upon approval, the changes would take effect in the 2020-21 school year.
Information about upcoming public input sessions will be announced in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, in an effort to provide channels for open, two-way communication, the District has developed some answers to the most common questions we've fielded to date.
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FMS earned first place in Club Live's Chapter Challenge competition
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Congratulations to Folsom Middle School for earning the first place in Club Live's Chapter Challenge Competition! Club Live of FMS competed with 33 other middle schools in the Sacramento County on April 12.
The Chapter Challenge is a program designed to help all chapters (schools running Club Live on campus) to be successful and is an excellent opportunity for its members to thrive and build their leadership skills. Points are earned for hosting meetings, organizing activities and implementing projects throughout the school year.
About two dozen students in grades 6-8 are currently participating in Club Live at Folsom Middle. The club is supervised by 6th grade math teacher Anita Kamath.
FMS received a plaque with the school's name engraved on it. The plaque is proudly displayed in the front office.
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What we heard: Input from Education Town Halls and spending plan survey
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From February through April, hundreds of teachers, support staff, families, and students offered their feedback on how Folsom Cordova should prioritize its resources to support student success.
Nearly 240 of them participated in seven Education Town Halls, leaving more than 1,000 thoughts about school performance, culture and climate, and college and career readiness. Another 820 left their feedback in a Districtwide survey.
What common themes arose from all of this input?
Infographic:
Click here
, or visit
www.fcusd.org/lcap
, for a graphic summary of participants and the patterns and trends that emerged from their input.
What's next?
This input will be used to update our Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), our guiding plan for supporting our highest-need students and measuring whether those actions are effective. A District working group representing teachers, administrators, parents and others will finalize draft revisions to the LCAP later this month and will present them to the Board of Education in June as part of the annual budget adoption process.
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Important Announcement: Students' state assessment tests scores will be available electronically
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Starting this Spring 2019 parents and guardians can now view their child's state assessment test scores electronically.
During the 2018-2019 school year, your student may have taken the following state assessment tests:
- Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English language, arts and literacy (ELA) and Mathematics (CAASPP) for students in grades 3-8 and 11th grade.
- English Language Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC) for students in grades K-12 whose primary language is not English.
Student score reports will be available online by logging into the PowerSchool Parent Portal as they are released. Results are available in English, Spanish, traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino. For more information on understanding and viewing your student's test results online click here. Paper score reports can be available per request from your student's school.
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Auditions for Midsummer Night's Dream Summer Theatre Program May 22
Cordova Accelerated Performing Arts (CAPA) is a free performing arts program for high school and college students (15-23 years old) living within the City of Rancho Cordova.
Support for our community partners comes from Cordova Recreation & Park District, the City of Rancho Cordova, and the Big Idea Theatre.
Auditions: May 22
, 4-6 p.m. at Cordova High, room A101
Rehearsals: June 10 - July 18 - Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6 -9 pm at Cordova High's PAC and Hagan Park Community Center.
Performances: July 19 & 20 at the Cordova High PAC
Participants must demonstrate residency or school attendance within the City of Rancho Cordova.
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FCUSD is hiring: Find open positions here
Here are some current employment openings with Folsom Cordova Unified School District:
frequently for the most up-to-date postings throughout the year!
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Board of Education: May 16, 2019
The FCUSD Board of Education will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, May, 16.
Agendas are posted online the Friday before each regularly scheduled meeting.
This week's agenda items include:
Special Presentation:
- Thank You to Student Board Member: Maira Medina
- Recognition of Cordova High's Winter Groups NCBA Winter Champions
Discussion:
- Budget Update: The Impact of the Governor's May Revise for 19-20 & LCAP Budget Update
All agendas can be found
here
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