Bulldog News From the Administrator’s Desk by Granton Area School District Administrator Nancy Popp So much to be thankful for What is ACT 20? By now, you have probably heard of ACT 20, which is a State of Wisconsin mandate requiring schools to teach Phonics. The other term you may have heard of is The Science of Reading (SOR). This will be put in place beginning with the 2024-2025 school year. Here are some key points to know about ACT 20: 1. Reading curriculums that utilize a three-cueing system (meaning, structure, and visual) will no longer be allowed. Fountas and Pinnell (or LLI) is a three-cueing system. School districts will have the authority for selection of materials. 2. Teachers and administrators will be required to participate in training with the following components: phonological awareness, phonemic awareness ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ year. Here are a few things you can do at home to help your child with reading: 1. When reading with your child, try to have them use the sound of the letters _________________________________ 2. Find “decodable” (simple books for beginning readers) books. The Granton Library has several to choose from. 3. Establish reading as a routine in your home. Let your child see you reading, even if it’s only a magazine or newspaper. If ________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Granton Area School District. eidm@granton.k12.wi.us. Fall News About Reading Back to school means learning new things and “showing what you know” when it comes to assessment. One of the ways we do that in school is by assessing specific reading skills. For example, in kindergarten, we assess letter recognition, letter sounds, and rhyming words, to name a few. In first grade, we also assess knowledge of sight words, those words children should know automatically to help with fluency. Later on in kindergarten, sight words will also be assessed. PAID ADVERTISEMENT Nancy Popp One nice part of working in a small, rural school district is the ability to maintain traditions. A couple of weeks ago, the elementary students and staff treated the building to their Halloween parade. The costumes were fabulous and I was pleasantly surprised to see many of the older students also participated. Thank you to all the staff who made this day memorable for the students. The second tradition I have enjoyed taking part in is the Veterans Day program. I have many uncles on both sides of my family as well as my father-in-law who proudly served our country. My level of gratitude to these people expanded even more when some of my students decided to serve. One of the video clips shown during the program depicted a grandfather with his two grandsons. He wanted them to understand how important his service to the country was and how that service protects the freedoms that they are able to enjoy. This message resonates with me. Every time I see the flag or soldiers dressed in their uniforms, I tear up thinking about these men and women putting their lives on the line so that all Americans can enjoy the freedoms that we take for granted. If there was a way I could express the feeling in words, I would love to share it with all the people around me. Thank you so much to the service people who shared their time with us, and thank you to Mrs. Halverson; the student council members; Ms. Lavaque, Ms. Lloyd and the members of the band and choir; the elementary students and teachers who helped; and the custodial and technology staff for making this a wonderful program. Many other things have also happened over the last couple of months. Granton was fortunate enough to receive a substantial after-school grant. This grant has allowed us to have programming three nights of the week. Students have the opportunity to get their homework completed and then they get to do extended math, science, and reading activities. One unique component of the program is that we are working with UW-Stevens Point education students. We are also lucky enough to have two ladies who are student teaching during the day and then staying to help with the after-school program. We are also much closer to having our electric buses in service. There are many steps involved in this process. First, the electrical service in the bus garage needed to be changed to make the charging stations functional. The buses were built by the Lions Company, which is located in Canada. All of the buses are complete and are waiting to be delivered when we are ready on this end. Before the buses can be driven on the road, Wisconsin State Troopers have to inspect them and give their approval that they are safe for us to use. The bus drivers will also need to be trained before they can pick up students and finally, all the area emergency departments will need to be trained about the bus systems. All these steps are pieces that I have learned through this process, and it is comforting to know the levels of safety that have to be proven before we allow students to be transported on these new buses. We are getting very close to this change and I will keep everyone updated about when the buses will go into use. Lastly, I would like to thank the members of the FFA chapter along with Mrs. Reider for all the work that this group does on a monthly basis. Congratulations to the members of the football, volleyball and cross country teams, as well as their coaches, for some exciting sports seasons. Congratulations to the equestrian team and their coaches Courtney Schoessow and Angela Schier for their first-place finish at the state competition. Lastly, a big thank you to all the Granton staff members who work hard every day to make school a great place for all our students. I would like to end this article by wishing everyone a happy holiday season. I hope you all enjoy spending time with your loved ones. These past few months, the students have been showing what they know on these assessments. They are usually assessed individually and they are very serious about actually doing the test. It has been an exciting time to see what our students know and then create lessons that individualize their needs to support their learning. Parents can help by making sure children are well-rested and ready for these assessments. Our next set of assessments will begin in January. Bulldog News From the Administrator’s Desk by Granton Area School District Administrator Nancy Popp So much to be thankful for What is ACT 20? By now, you have probably heard of ACT 20, which is a State of Wisconsin mandate requiring schools to teach Phonics. The other term you may have heard of is The Science of Reading (SOR). This will be put in place beginning with the 2024-2025 school year. Here are some key points to know about ACT 20: 1. Reading curriculums that utilize a three-cueing system (meaning, structure, and visual) will no longer be allowed. Fountas and Pinnell (or LLI) is a three-cueing system. School districts will have the authority for selection of materials. 2. Teachers and administrators will be required to participate in training with the following components: phonological awareness, phonemic awareness ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ year. Here are a few things you can do at home to help your child with reading: 1. When reading with your child, try to have them use the sound of the letters _________________________________ 2. Find “decodable” (simple books for beginning readers) books. The Granton Library has several to choose from. 3. Establish reading as a routine in your home. Let your child see you reading, even if it’s only a magazine or newspaper. If ________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Granton Area School District. eidm@granton.k12.wi.us. Fall News About Reading Back to school means learning new things and “showing what you know” when it comes to assessment. One of the ways we do that in school is by assessing specific reading skills. For example, in kindergarten, we assess letter recognition, letter sounds, and rhyming words, to name a few. In first grade, we also assess knowledge of sight words, those words children should know automatically to help with fluency. Later on in kindergarten, sight words will also be assessed. PAID ADVERTISEMENT Nancy Popp One nice part of working in a small, rural school district is the ability to maintain traditions. A couple of weeks ago, the elementary students and staff treated the building to their Halloween parade. The costumes were fabulous and I was pleasantly surprised to see many of the older students also participated. Thank you to all the staff who made this day memorable for the students. The second tradition I have enjoyed taking part in is the Veterans Day program. I have many uncles on both sides of my family as well as my father-in-law who proudly served our country. My level of gratitude to these people expanded even more when some of my students decided to serve. One of the video clips shown during the program depicted a grandfather with his two grandsons. He wanted them to understand how important his service to the country was and how that service protects the freedoms that they are able to enjoy. This message resonates with me. Every time I see the flag or soldiers dressed in their uniforms, I tear up thinking about these men and women putting their lives on the line so that all Americans can enjoy the freedoms that we take for granted. If there was a way I could express the feeling in words, I would love to share it with all the people around me. Thank you so much to the service people who shared their time with us, and thank you to Mrs. Halverson; the student council members; Ms. Lavaque, Ms. Lloyd and the members of the band and choir; the elementary students and teachers who helped; and the custodial and technology staff for making this a wonderful program. Many other things have also happened over the last couple of months. Granton was fortunate enough to receive a substantial after-school grant. This grant has allowed us to have programming three nights of the week. Students have the opportunity to get their homework completed and then they get to do extended math, science, and reading activities. One unique component of the program is that we are working with UW-Stevens Point education students. We are also lucky enough to have two ladies who are student teaching during the day and then staying to help with the after-school program. We are also much closer to having our electric buses in service. There are many steps involved in this process. First, the electrical service in the bus garage needed to be changed to make the charging stations functional. The buses were built by the Lions Company, which is located in Canada. All of the buses are complete and are waiting to be delivered when we are ready on this end. Before the buses can be driven on the road, Wisconsin State Troopers have to inspect them and give their approval that they are safe for us to use. The bus drivers will also need to be trained before they can pick up students and finally, all the area emergency departments will need to be trained about the bus systems. All these steps are pieces that I have learned through this process, and it is comforting to know the levels of safety that have to be proven before we allow students to be transported on these new buses. We are getting very close to this change and I will keep everyone updated about when the buses will go into use. Lastly, I would like to thank the members of the FFA chapter along with Mrs. Reider for all the work that this group does on a monthly basis. Congratulations to the members of the football, volleyball and cross country teams, as well as their coaches, for some exciting sports seasons. Congratulations to the equestrian team and their coaches Courtney Schoessow and Angela Schier for their first-place finish at the state competition. Lastly, a big thank you to all the Granton staff members who work hard every day to make school a great place for all our students. I would like to end this article by wishing everyone a happy holiday season. I hope you all enjoy spending time with your loved ones. These past few months, the students have been showing what they know on these assessments. They are usually assessed individually and they are very serious about actually doing the test. It has been an exciting time to see what our students know and then create lessons that individualize their needs to support their learning. Parents can help by making sure children are well-rested and ready for these assessments. Our next set of assessments will begin in January.
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