Weekly Update

We hope everyone had a restful and fun spring break!

April 1 - 5, 2024

There will be NO specials this week due to ACAP testing, so we will designate next week as "A Week".  

National Assistant Principal's Week

It is National Assistant Principal's Week. We are so thankful for our two incredible APs, Maggie Jensen & Hunter Birdyshaw!  We definitely have two of the VERY best, and we are so thankful for all they do for Paine!!!

Monday, April 1st

This is our last day for ACAP preparation. Please make every moment count and use this day (including the IE block) to review key concepts, test taking tips, etc. with your students. 

Monday Morning Meeting

Please use your morning meeting time on Monday to show our PES ACAP video to your students.  They look forward to this and we hope it serves to encourage them to do their best and that we believe in them!  I will send the link out prior to Monday morning.

ACAP Testing

Students in grades 2-5 will take the ACAP State Test beginning Tuesday, April 2nd. Thank you for your continued hard work to prepare our students.  The schedule for testing is below.

Please remind your parents of our testing schedule and the importance of our students being on time, getting enough rest and eating a good breakfast.  Please encourage students to do their very best!  

We will also be finishing make-up tests on Thursday and Friday (as needed).

Important Testing Reminders

• There should be no activity/traveling through the building beginning at 8:10 until you receive word that morning group testing is complete.
• We will begin the PE schedule as soon as whole group testing is complete. We will get the word out, but will not make an intercom announcement due to continued small  group testing.
• Travel in hallways should be limited and students should remain supervised and quiet.
• Please avoid hallways that have "testing" signs.
• K & 1, If you have morning recess we are asking you to move this to a later time when whole group testing is complete.  This is to ensure there is no traffic in the hallways.  
• There will be NO lunch visitors on this week.

State Testing Week - PE Schedule

We will be on a modified schedule this week due to testing.  There will be no specials. We plan to begin PE at 10:50 (but please wait on word that testing is complete before proceeding to PE).  We will try to have outside PE if weather permits.  If we are able to do this, we will be using the north field and south playground.  PE times for this week are listed below.

11:00-11:30  - 2nd Grade

11:30-12:00  - 4th Grade

12:00-12:30   -  3rd Grade

1:00-1:30 - 1st Grade     

1:30-2:00  - Kindergarten    

2:00-2:30  - 5th Grade

If you have to change your recess time or location due to testing, please notify the office so we know when and where you will be.  

Paine Precepts (Trying Your Best)

• Doing your best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment” – Oprah Winfrey
• “You must do the thing you think you cannot do” – Eleanor Roosevelt
• “Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little difference” – Jimmy Johnson
• “No effort that we take to attain something beautiful is ever lost” – Helen Keller