tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150764932008-05-22T09:38:04.591-06:00PCKCS-AdminParker Core Knowledge Charter Schoolnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15076493.post-42825252165386073832008-05-22T09:36:00.002-06:002008-05-22T09:38:04.622-06:00PCKCS 5-22-08Today is our last official day in the building before summer break (tomorrow’s Field Day is at Salisbury Park), which makes this the final Thursday Newsletter of the year. Hey, don’t cheer too hard! I want to thank you all for another wonderful year. It was fun and it was hard, it challenged me, it made me think, and there were moments it brought me to tears (seeing all the kids surrounding MrsParker Core Knowledge Charter Schoolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15076493.post-84459728727332870462008-05-15T10:44:00.006-06:002008-05-15T11:23:28.124-06:00PCKCS 5-15-08FROM THE ACADEMIC DIRECTOR THIRD GRADE READING CSAP RESULTS ARE IN… If you saw the statewide 3rd Grade Reading CSAP results in the newspaper, you already know that our 2008 results, although higher than we expected, were significantly lower than desired. Seventy-eight percent of our third graders scored proficient and above, which means that 22% (approximately nine students) scored in the Parker Core Knowledge Charter Schoolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15076493.post-56418330068097975782008-05-08T10:40:00.002-06:002008-05-08T10:45:53.617-06:00PCKCS 5-08-08FROM THE DIRECTOR Snow Days in May! Why not? Every year when we build our school calendar we must build in several snow days…just in case. This year, since we did not use any snow days, I have decided to end the school year a day and a half earlier than planned. Our scheduled ‘last day of school’ was Wednesday, May 28th at 12 noon, but it will now be Friday, May 23rd, at 1 P.M. Since May Parker Core Knowledge Charter Schoolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15076493.post-88199399908384999982008-05-01T11:09:00.004-06:002008-05-01T11:46:09.749-06:00PCKCS 5-1-08FROM THE DIRECTOR Looking for an exciting evening out? It’s free…it can be entertaining…and your presence will be a visible show of support for the seven Charter schools in Douglas County! As a group of Charter schools, we have asked Jim Christensen, DCSD Superintendent, and the DCSD Board of Education (BoE) to include Charter schools as beneficiaries in proceeds from the passage of a Parker Core Knowledge Charter Schoolnoreply@blogger.com