December 2004

Dear Parents:

We would like to “THANK” the Eisenhower PTA and all the parents who volunteered their time to help at Kids’ World and Commemoration. The events could NOT have happened without you! Thank you for your support and your generosity with your time. We appreciate you!

Please join me in welcoming Donna Boswell as one of Eisenhower newest partners. She has joined forces with our counselor, Melanie Heil and is offering her expertise and time to help our students. She is willing to actually see students at her office who may need additional services outside of what the school can offer. We appreciate her willingness to help any of Eisenhower students. Welcome Donna!

Many of you may have read in the papers about whether or not schools have made AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress). This term is associated with the Federal law “No Child Left Behind”. Each school in the nation is required to make AYP each year, and the state of Oklahoma uses a term called API (Academic Performance Indicator) to calculate whether the Oklahoma schools have the progress or not. Eisenhower was well above the state average last year and we are very proud of our API. We want to continue to improve and continue to increase our API score every year. While test scores at the 3rd and 5th grade level are 90% of this calculation, daily attendance is also a factor. Please know how important is for your child to attend school every day. Of course, if the student is ill we would expect the child to stay home. Let’s work together and keep our API strong!

There will not be a “School Talk Time” in December. Please look in the January bulletin for a date in January.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all the families of EIS! See you next year!