SBAC TESTING
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing will begin on April 18. All students received a testing brochure that contains their test scores from the past two years. The school has asked students to set goals and share those with their parents.
Testing will be a school-wide and community-wide effort with all students testing at the same time each day.
SPRING-INSPIRED LUNCH FOR TEACHERS
Do you have a favorite dish for Easter or spring time? Let’s share it with our teachers. For more information, please contact Friday Treat Day coordinator Astrid Broberg liissaUSA@aol.com
To contribute food, please sign up here
JOIN US!
We are still actively recruiting! To look at all the other positions that we have to fill, please click.
We hold elections in May, so please get in touch with our Nominating Committee Head Eowyn Mader as soon as you can. Her email is eowyn.mader@gmail.com .
EIGHTH GRADE PROMOTION ACTIVITIES
The committee is looking for volunteers for promotion activities planned for our 8th graders from June 2 to 7. Please click HERE to sign up to volunteer for activities. If you have any questions regarding the jobs, please email committee chair Kerry Radcliffe atkradcliffe@mac.com .
THIRD ANNUAL SPEECH AND DEBATE SHOWCASE
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, ECHS PERFORMING ARTS THEATER, 7 PM
Please join the El Cerrito Speech & Debate Team for an evening extravaganza! Debate will be demonstrating their talents, while Speech will provide laughter, heartache, and unbridled energy as team members perform their award-winning monologues and dialogues, concentrating classic and contemporary literature and plays to just a few minutes each. This will be our 3rdAnnual Speech Showcase, and the only public performance of these pieces!
For further information, please contact showcase@leonardoslab.net. Please see:
Speech&DebateShowcase2017_Flyer_d.pdf
PLANNING FOR SUMMER?
Now is the time to start exploring options for your student for this summer. Here are some programs to think about:
El Cerrito Swim Center Spring Break Junior Lifeguard Camp for students ages 13-14 (by June 12th). Students who complete the camp can apply to volunteer at the Swim Center during the Summer. Scholarships are available for the camp. Please see: Junior Lifeguard Spring Break Camp
UC BERKELEY GIRLS IN ENGINEERING SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITY
All Bay Area girls who are currently in 5th, 6th, or 7th grade are invited to apply to the UC Berkeley Girls in Engineering Summer Camps. They’ve also extended the deadline for scholarship applicants (full scholarships!).
Families are automatically awarded full scholarships if they demonstrate financial need (by qualifying for free or reduced price lunch, CalFresh, or Medi-Cal). All girls need to complete the normal camp application, but no additional scholarship application is required.
In the summer of 2017 there will be four camp sessions:
- June 19–23
- June 26–30
- July 10–14
- July 17–21
Program schedule: 8:30am – 4:30pm daily
More information about the program, and a link to the online application, is available on: http://girlsinengineering.berkeley.edu/