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Show "v"' ' ' 1" r':- - MW yr ' '.' .' ww,i UK rWXMi'HMiw'w ' - :' BA rMMVtw ; i- Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday December 20. 2001 a 2001 Stanford Achievement Score The results of the fall Stanford Achievement testa were particularly gratifying. While it is generally ., perceived that students in public schools are not achieving as well as they should,third and fifth grade,.v children at Castle Heights Elementary scored above both the national norms and the district averages for.3 rhk test. The Sfate of ( TtaVi require SThpo administer the Stanford Achievement test to all third.' n , and fifth grade students in Octoberof each school year. This falls test results indicate that ninety one (91) percent of our third gradestudents scored at or above grade level proficiency on thecomplete , V battery of test scores. Seventy-nin- e (79) percent of the Castle Heights fifth grade students achieved ator above grade level. In fact, seventy-thre- e (73) percent of our fifth graders performed at least one yewtJ above grade level While any given test will not provide a definitive indicator of total School perfor-- ; mance, we feel that the recent test scores validate our belief that students '!v: s ' . . , Fifth grade Knights at Castle Heights shared a bit of holiday cheer by reading holiday stories to their fellow third grade Knights, The fifth graders searched the Internet for the stories to read. Then they learned to cow and paste the information to a word processing program. After printing put the stories they illustrated them and practiced, so they would be ready to share with their eagerly awaiting audiences ajwiifsJp: ' ' s Castle Heights has been participating in various Olympic activities. One such activity Was collecting milk caps. Castle Heights was one of the top 20 schools in the state in collection of the caps. An assembly was then held Dec. 6 with the Olympic mascots who congratulated the schools three top sellers. ' ! .j ' 9 'is; . a few blocks away r from where the WorldHade Tbwers used to be. The school lost most of their supplies and equipment j We wanted to send them something special. We decided to send new books to their scbooL ... Ty&f sv 'hr .1 rf : r v ..t I .$. ' v; ' sr; ' . ' -- a ..y x C r t' tp. .. v4 f.- 'V i . i ' riff , V SV'. . . ... . &W .. T. . , . 1 y u & x. & . s - . 4?rv J "a H, u-- ; .1- - J f. .. 3 Jr J& - v iSrjf , v -i- ?.. . We made bookmarks to pu( inside their new books. Learning how to braid tasscisto add to the bodt- -' marks made tlymlocAfcincy. Wieiisedred. white, and blue yarn to salute the ; Ainericnniint,lyrfrfiilH : T-- 1 : i r. ' ..V r ; A: 'V n V " - ns I V r I: r: A jSfc- - ''h n- i - Sr r-- I rr , V . i r i.4 '-- A c T. L X . Peer Itatoring . Mrs. Mortemens.fifth grade rcatfing dass enjoys peer tutoring Mrs. Cooks second grade, lliey listen to the second grade read Monday through Thumday, from 10: 15 to 1035 ajn. Students receive certificates " for reading and a miniature candy bar. ; . i ' Dec. 13 the reflections contest awards was handed out Pictured are all the wmnentfrnm the chool.Tbi yean theme was I hold in my hands. Contest participants entered projects set to this theme inthe i; catagories of photography, visual arts, theatre, literature, dance, and music. These winners will now enter the regional contest and compete against die various schools in the local area. K? f I |