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LANGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
March 2015
Volume 3, Issue 3
Principal’s News
Dear Langford Families,
Spring is here and we are really busy at Langford! Our students are working incredibly
hard with their teachers to cover all of the curriculum for their grade level. Specifically,
our kindergarten, first, second, third and fourth grade teachers are working through the
rigorous units of our reading program, Reading Street. Our fifth and sixth grade
teachers have been implementing our district literacy units with some new materials this year too: Text
Connections in 5th grade and Plugged In in 6th grade. All of these programs incorporate skills from the
Connecticut State Standards and will help to prepare our students for the new Smarter Balanced
Assessments. We have started our Smarter Balanced testing this week and we even have some classes
taking the assessment on our iPads!
Let’s keep our focus on improving and accelerating our students’ reading achievement. We are closely
monitoring your child’s progress in reading and your support is very much appreciated. PLEASE be sure
your child reads for a MINIMUM of 20 minutes EVERY day. Practicing reading (alone, with a parent or
with a sibling) is critical to developing your child’s reading skills. AND students who have developed
strong reading skills also do better in math! As you have probably noticed, there are so many more word
problems that students must solve in math these days. You can help your child succeed with these word
problems by having your 2nd-6th grader log onto Fasttmath to practice his/her math facts. You can find
the Fasttmath link on our website. We are really enjoying watching our students grow and improve in
math too!
As the weather warms up, we move out of flu season! We are looking forward to our students attending
school every single day! We are tracking your child’s attendance very carefully and we hope to have your
support here as well.
Thank you for being our partner in your child’s education!
Sincerely,
Dr. Sharon Epple, principal
Important Upcoming Events
March 23-27 – Parent/Teacher Conferences – Students will be dismissed at 1:20 p.m. all week
Wednesday, April 1 – Lifetouch Spring Pictures
Friday, April 3 – No School – Good Friday
April 6-10 – No School – Spring Vacation
Dorese Roberts – East Hartford Board of
Education Member is Langford School’s
“Adopt A School” representative. Her
contact information:
Voice Mail: 860-622-5016
email: [email protected]
SCHOOL HOURS
SHORTENED DAY
FULL DAY
8:45 a.m.—3:20 p.m.
8:45 a.m. -1:20 p.m.
90 MINUTE DELAY
10:15 a.m.—3:20 p.m.
STUDENT HOURS -It is very important to your child’s education that he/she be in the classroom by 8:45 a.m. and remain in their classroom until the 3:20 p.m.
dismissal. Please schedule medical appointments when the student is not in school. If you must schedule during the school day please send in a note.
STUDENT ARRIVAL: All Entrance Doors to the school are locked until 8:30 a.m. Students are not permitted in the building before 8:30 a.m. as there is no adult
supervision before this time. Students who arrive after 8:45 a.m. must report to the main office and receive a Tardy Pass.
LANGFORD SCHOOL DELAYED OPENING SCHEDULE – DOORS OPEN AT 10:00 A.M. --- NO BREAKFAST!!!!
Board of Education HOTLINE for delayed openings or early dismissal -- 860-622-5131
DECEMBER CARING AWARDS
TEACHER
Mrs. Jewett
Mrs. Peck
Ms. Roos
Mrs. Dupont
Mrs. Egan
Mrs. Seals
Ms. Chaffin
Mrs. Ciccarillo
Ms. Phung
Ms. Irvine
Mrs. Kelly
Mr. Picard
Mrs. Haley
Mr. Martocci
Mrs. Musgrave
Mrs. Fieldhouse
Mrs. Kalafus
Ms. Pentore
Mrs. Sagendorf
Mrs. LePape
Mr. Cerone
Mrs. Farr
Mrs. Bates
Mr. Bianco
Mrs. Fitzgibbons
Mr. Chavez
Mrs. Ambrogio
GRADE
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
6
6
Med. Fragile
Special Ed
Special Ed
Art
Physical Ed
Music
ELL
ELL
STUDENT
Micah Gibson
Nana-Yaaa Yeboah
Sarah Knight
Jayson Martinez
Vicdina Doe
Gianni Fontanez
Shayna Williams
Angela Essel
Jomari Ayala
Aniaya Bonilla
Jaylen Turner
Aries Djangmah-Yeboah
Minerva Carballo
Kayla Ruiz
Leonidas Fabian
Jaylee Carles
Aniya Pouncey
Cristien Charles
James Carrillo
Emar Rosales
Aisha Tomlinson
Aiva McLoren
Cole Gabriel
Ackeem White
Olumide Bamigbaiye
Xenia Cruz Pineda
Diana Ortiz
FEBRUARY RESPECT AWARDS
TEACHER
Mrs. Jewett
Mrs. Peck
Ms. Roos
Mrs. Dupont
Mrs. Egan
Mrs. Seals
Ms. Chaffin
Mrs. Ciccarillo
Ms. Phung
Ms. Irvine
Mrs. Kelly
Mr. Picard
Mrs. Haley
Mr. Martocci
Mrs. Musgrave
Mrs. Fieldhouse
Mrs. Kalafus
Ms. Pentore
Mrs. Sagendorf
Mrs. LePape
GRADE
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
6
6
Med. Fragile
Mr. Cerone
Mrs. Farr
Mrs. Bates
Mr. Bianco
Mrs. Fitzgibbons
Mr. Chavez
Mrs. Ambrogio
Special Ed
Special Ed
Art
Physical Ed
Music
ELL
ELL
STUDENT
Myah Johnson
David DoDoo
Gabriella Crooms
Mayely Aquino-Mendez
Ashley Orellana
Milan Mitchell
Chris Gonzalez
Nevaeh Diaz
Jomari Ayala
Timothy Baisden
Vielka Medina
Sabrina Martelly
Tiffani Ramos
Isaiah Shipman
Cameron Lebron
Crystalise Martinez
Katherine Ferrer
Miguel Valerio
Naidelin Valerio
Keerthikannan Musuvathi
Prasanna
Taylor Martin
Daniela Moren
Kamyrn Solid
Laheily Rivera
Faith Reid
Leonidas Fabian Nancay
Shirley Moreira-Guerra
ATTENTION PARENTS:
MORNING DROP-OFFS: For the safety of our students, please maintain care and kindness if you drop your child off to
school in the morning. Be patient and calm as we have many students that are dropped off!
AFTERNOON PICK-UPS: Our school day ends at 3:20pm. Please do NOT pick up your child early from school. Instruction
continues until the end of the school day and your child will miss important lessons and work. Please make
appointments for your child after 3:30pm. IF you must pick up your child for an appointment, you must pick them
up by 3:00pm. Pick-ups between 3:00pm and 3:20pm will not be allowed! This is a
very busy time of day for our main office and teachers. Our teachers are wrapping up their lessons
and the main office is preparing for dismissal.
Thank you for your cooperation!
ESL/BILINGUAL NEWS
Hello Students and Families of Langford! We hope you are all doing well!
Our ELL/Bilingual Team is very excited to welcome Spring of 2015--it has been a very cold and long winter, but sunnier
days and warmer weather are right around the corner!
We have been working very hard with our ELL students to help them become proficient in English. They have made great
progress and are using new vocabulary and expressions! We are so happy to see our students gaining more and more English
skills and confidence.
As you may be aware, we began LAS Links testing at the beginning of February and tested all 70 of our ELL students on
their speaking, listening, reading, and writing in English. All students put great effort into each part of the test. Plus, for
the first time we administered the test to Grades 3-6 in the computer lab. (Grades K-2 were tested on pencil and paper.)
Thanks to our Bilingual Tutors, the help of our computer technicians, and our students who demonstrate the RRAP Rules,
testing went very successfully! We completed LAS Links testing at the end of February and we hope to receive the results
within the next month.
We are also very excited to inform you that we are having an ELL/Bilingual Event called “Celebrations” that will be held
on Thursday April 23 from 5:30 pm-7:00 pm here at Langford. All of our ELL students and their families are invited to
this fun night of awards/certificates, pizza, and food and music from different countries. You will receive an invitation in a
few weeks and we will be asking for an RSVP so we can plan! We hope you can make it and we look forward to seeing you
there!
Thank you for continuing improving your children’s English and literacy skills. Have a great Spring!
-Mrs. Megan Ambrosio, ESL Teacher
-Mr. Francisco Chavez, ESL/Bilingual Teacher
-Ms. Danielle Buttafuoco, Bilingual Tutor
- Ms. Jessica Fontana, Bilingual Tutor
NOTICIAS DEL PROGRAMA BILINGUE Y DE INGLES COMO SEGUNDO IDIOMA
Hola Familias y Estudiantes de la Escuela Langford!!! Esperamos que todos ustedes se encuentren bien!!!
Nuestro Equipo Bilingue y de Ingles como Segundo Idioma esta muy entusiasmado con la venida de la Primavera del 2015
– Hemos tenido un largo y frio invierno pero los dias soleados y un clima mas caluroso estan ya muy cerca!
Este periodo hemos trabajado fuertemente con nuestros Estudiantes del Idioma Ingles (English Language Learners ELs) para que sean mas proficientes en la lengua Inglesa. Ellos han hecho gran progreso y estan utilizando nuevas
expresiones y un nuevo vocabulario actualmente!!! Estamos muy contentos porque nuestros estudiantes ganan mas detrezas y
mas confianza en si mismos cada dia.
Como ustedes ya saben, estuvimos administrando el Examen LAS-Links durante el mes de Febrero y nuestros 70
estudiantes fueron evaluados en las areas de Hablar, Escuchar, Leer y Escribir en Ingles. Todos los estudiantes pusieron
bastante esfuerzo en cada parte de este examen. Y por primera vez el examen para los grados del 3 al 6 fueron hechos
utilizando computadoras!!! (Los examenes para Kindergarten hasta Segundo grado todavia utilizan papel y lapiz.) Queremos
agradecer por la ayuda recibida de nuestras Tutoras Bilingues, tecnicos en computadoras y la de nuestros estudiantes
quienes en todo momento demostraron el uso correcto de las reglas RAPP de la Escuela Langford.
Terminamos el proceso de evaluacion con exito a fines de Febrero y esperamos tener los resultados el proximo mes.
Aprovechamos de esta ocasion para comunicarles que tendremos un Evento ELL/Bilingue llamado “Celebremos” que se
llevara a cabo el Jueves, 23 de Abril de 5:30 a 7 p.m. en la Escuela Langford. Todos nuestro estudiantes y sus
respectivas familias estan invitados a este evento en el cual se entregaran premios y certificados, comeremos pizza y
comida de diferentes paises al mismo tiempo que escucharemos la musica propia de estos lugares. Ustedes recibiran una
invitacion en unas semanas donde les pediremos que confirme su asistencia (RSVP) para de esta manera saber el numero de
asistentes. Esperamos contar con su presencia en este evento multicultural!!!
Gracias por apoyar a sus hijos en la acquisicion del idioma Ingles.
iFeliz Primavera!!!
-Mrs. Megan Ambrosio, ESL Teacher
-Mr. Francisco Chavez, ESL/Bilingual Teacher
-Ms. Danielle Buttafuoco, Bilingual Tutor
-Ms. Jessica Fontana, Bilingual Tutor
CHECK IT OUT
Langford Elementary School is on the FBI Leaderboard!!! Congratulations
to all our Grade 5/6 classes for finishing the Cyber Safety program with an
average score of 86%!!  We are not only the first school in East Hartford,
but the first school in CT to make the leaderboard.
https://sos.fbi.gov/leader-board
A Fraction of Your Time by the Instructional Services Department
Smarter Balanced Assessment
Beginning in March, East Hartford Public School students in grades 3 – 6 will be taking the Smarter
Balanced Assessment. Last year students participated in the Field Test (SBAC), and this year they will
participate in year 1 of Smarter Balanced testing.
How does the Smarter Balanced Assessment address student achievement?
The Smarter Balanced Assessment addresses the English/Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics
Connecticut Core Standards (CCS). The goal of the CCS is for all students to leave high school being
college and career ready.
Connecticut and 25 other states have joined together to administer the Smarter Balanced Assessment to
measure our students’ growth toward this college and career readiness goal as they move through our
education system.
When will the assessment be administered?
Students in grades 3-6 will take the English Language Arts assessments between March 17 th-April 2nd.
Students in grades 3-6 will take the Math assessments between May 11 th-May 30th.
Actual testing days and times will be established at each school.
How long will the tests take?
ELA and mathematics tests, each of which includes a 30-minute in-class activity, will take approximately 3
1/2 hours per subject area and will be administered in the schools’ computer labs. The actual tests are
untimed and will be broken up over several testing periods (3-4 testing periods no longer than 1-2 hours
with breaks given to students as needed). Students will not be expected to sit for extensive time periods
as these tests can be administered in parts as appropriate.
How are our students being prepared to take the Smarter Balanced Assessment?
The K – 6 English/Language Arts and mathematics curricula are aligned to the Common Core State
Standards and thus students are being prepared for the Smarter Balanced Assessment. Additionally,
students are provided with opportunities to develop typing and other technology- based skills to prepare
them for the Smarter Balanced
Assessment and 21st Century learning.
Helping Your Child with Speech and Language:
Ms. E. Tarzia, SLP
Shopping and preparing meals together (at any age!) is a fun way to practice and expand language skills.
1. Your child can help you prepare a grocery list. They can name (or read) items from a weekly store advertisement
section. Either they can copy/write the words or tell them to you, as you write.
2. When at the store, have them find items on the list. Be sure to use different category words as you shop
together. (Ex. dairy, fruits, vegetables, meat, juices, soups, paper products, cleaners, etc.)
3. Your child can help put away the groceries. Use concept words such as “put the jelly next to the peanut butter”
or “put the celery on the bottom shelf’ Older children can read the labels, box tops, and nutritional information
as they store the items.
4. Have your child help read the ingredients and directions from a recipe.
5. Talk about different cooking words such as mix, stir, boil, add, etc. (Give more detailed
explanations for older children, such as the meaning of cut, chop, slice, mince, puree, etc).
6. Review the sequence of the meal preparation using first, next, then, last.
7. Praise your child’s help and skills.
8.
Bon appetit!
Check out these great speech and language websites: Speechandlanguagekids.com Speechbuddy.com
FEBRUARY LUNCH STARS
The following students were recognized at a special
Lunch Star Luncheon.
Kindergarten: Scott Olmo, Sophia Perez, Sarah Knight
First Grade: Kevin Castillo, Justin Downes, Stephany Morales
Second Grade: Brianna Nieves, Hajrah Dalal,
Third Grade: Amanda Ankamah, Brian Dethvongsa, Enishka Cruz
Fourth Grade: Nixon Myers, Allenta Chokbengboun, Ciara Zuniga
Fifth and Sixth Grade Class – Ms. Pentore’s 6th Grade Class
FROM THE ART ROOM:
Mrs. Bates
Ollie says, “Be wise and come
to school ready to learn!”
Congratulations to sixth graders Michael Lott and Earvin
Adjei. They are representing Langford for Art at the
Capitol. Their framed pieces of work will be hung up for all
to admire at the State Capitol. Congratulations Boys!
Also, the following students will have their art work hung up
at the Middle School during the annual Inter-el Concert.
Congratulations to Cristien Charles, Abigail Corradas, Junior
Davis, Brianna Lawson Roy Medina, Aisha Tomlinson and
Miguel Valerio.
Coming Soon!
On-Line
Registration
THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS or COPIES MUST BE PROVIDED AT THE TIME OF
REGISTRATION:
1)
Proof of Parent/Legal Guardian’s residency in East Hartford, with valid Connecticut
driver’s license or
Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle non-driver’s photo identification.
Please see reverse side for details.
2) Student’s birth certificate, long form only.
3) Student’s Social Security Number.
4) Student’s Passport – Required if returning from foreign country.
5) Guardianship documentation if applicable.
6) Certificate of Residency Form if applicable. (See NOTE below).
7) Name and Address of previous school – if coming from another state.
8) Latest Report Card or Transcript.
9) Current Individualized Education Program (IEP) – if child is a Special Education
student.
10) Record of up-to-date immunizations and a copy of current physical exam on the
Connecticut State Form.
Students entering kindergarten must provide documentation of a current physical
prior to entering school.
This physical must have been obtained within 12 months prior to the first day of
the school year.
NOTE: If you currently reside in someone else’s home, a Notarized Certificate of
Residency is REQUIRED.
All Certificates of Residency are reviewed by the East Hartford Public Schools
Residency Staff (860-622-5965).
To obtain a copy of the Certificate of Residency visit our website at:
www.easthartford.org
If you speak a language other than English, it would be helpful
if you bring an interpreter with you to register your child.
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