Which Students Have a Growth Mindset and Which Don’t?
“New Evidence That Students’ Beliefs About Their Brains Drive Learning” by Susana Claro and Susanna Loeb in Brookings Research, November 9, 2017.As a reminder to parents the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) testing that is administered three times a year measures how children's mindset grows over the course of the year.
Registration facts for the 2018-2019 School Year
December 1, 2017 :
Admissions open for NEW families
January 19, 2018:
Registrations for NEW and RETURNING families open
Re-Qualification for Financial Assistance opens for RETURNING families
Tuition & Fee rate sheets will be available on January 12, 2018.
February 1, 2018:
Deadline
for NEW families to submit complete Admissions & Financial
Assistance applications, including all required documentation, in order
to receive a decision regarding Financial Assistance by March 15.
March 15, 2018:
Families
who have submitted complete Admissions & Financial Assistance
applications (including all required documentation) and who have been
accepted by the school of interest by February 1, will receive email
notices informing them of the results of their Financial Assistance
applications by this date.
Parents and MAP Growth – 7 Things to Know
First, what is MAP Growth? Unlike the paper-and-pencil tests of
days gone by, where all students were asked the same questions and spent a
fixed amount of time taking the test, MAP Growth is a computer adaptive
test—which means every student gets a unique set of test questions based on
their responses to previous questions. The purpose of MAP Growth is to
determine what the student knows and is ready to learn next.
MAP Growth tracks student growth over time – wherever they are
starting from and regardless of the grade they are in. For instance, if a third
grader is actually reading like a fifth grader, MAP Growth will be able to
identify that. Or, if a fifth grader is doing math like a third grader, MAP
Growth will identify that, too. Both things are incredibly important for
teachers to know so that they can plan instruction efficiently.
Did you know?
- Archdiocesesan schools administer MAP Growth three times per year – in fall, winter, and spring.
- The winter testing window opens January 9th and closes January 26th for students in K - 8.
- As the student answers correctly, questions get harder. If the student answers incorrectly, the questions get easier. By the end of the test, students will have answered enough questions to inform a teacher about what they know and what they’re ready to learn.
- MAP Growth is grade independent, which means teachers and parents can see where a child is performing relative to grade level – not merely if they are at grade level or not.
- MAP Growth assesses math, reading, language usage, and science.
- MAP Growth takes less than an hour to complete – but is not timed. Students can take as much time as needed.
- The score your child receives is called a RIT score. You’ll be able to see your child’s RIT score progress from test to test, and year to year.
- The RIT score can be connected to online resources, such as Khan Academy for math exercises and com to determine what books might be at the appropriate reading level. You can even plug their RIT score into our College Explorer tool to see what colleges your child is on track to attend.
Wednesday January 3, 2018
School Reopens
January Calendars will be sent home.
Thursday January 4, 2018 - Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Mass at 9:00 AM led by students of the 8th grade.
Parents Welcome
Friday January 5, 2017
Tuition Due to Smart Tuition
Progress Reports sent home today with all students.
Math Coach will work with students in Grades 5-8
Sunday January 7th
Living Environment Class 9:00 AM
Mass for students in sacramental program 1:00 PM
