The Annual Fund ends this month, so do not miss the opportunity to Boot Up Tech by donating to the fund TODAY!  Your generous tax-deductible donations will help us replace 5-8 year old computers.  Parent gifts have averaged $150 and up to $1000!  We have raised $12,676 with 19% of families participating; and NEW Macs and PCs are on order! 

You know Amana students deserve the best technology out there. Our goal is $30,000, so don't be shy GIVE WHAT YOU VALUE BY CLICKING HERE. 

Students whose families give to the annual fund are eligible to win prizes such as Amana wrist bands, Amana shoe laces, and other exciting gifts raffled at January community circle!

Thank you to those parents who already submitted their 2011-2012 enrollment recommitment forms.  We are pleased to report that most of the forms are in; however, if you have not taken the time to inform us in writing that your child will be returning next year, by law, we must assign your child's space to students on the open enrollment waitlist. 

We've had a high level of new student enrollment application submissions this past month (in comparison with last year).  In fact, some families did not even wait until the fall to join us...they enrolled midyear!  Enrollment process information, applications, tour schedules, lottery dates, etc, are all available via the Amana website.

Please do not forfeit your child's space next year because of failure to submit your recommitment form.  It's a simple, online form that you can complete in two minutes or less!  To access the form, please visit the Amana reenrollment webpage.

Parents, you should have received from your teacher the results of your child's MAP test that was administered in December.  To answer questions you may have about MAP testing and your child's performance, please check in with your teacher and click here to access the Parent Toolkit.

Amana has been a forerunner with the most experience using MAP testing in Fulton County Schools.  Dr. Wayne Bellcross, the system's Chief Assessment and Accountability Officer, thanked Amana for offering insight into MAP uses, as his office is "looking for how well the MAP data aligns with other measures currently in use in Fulton with an eye toward broader use of the MAP test within the system."

The MAP assessment, Measure of Academic Progress, tests K-8th grade students on Reading, English Language Arts, and Math in a computer-adaptive test.  MAP assessments are created by a respected non-profit educational organization and administered both nationally and internationally.

As a member of the MAP network, we benefit by comparing our students with national standards, have access to state-of-the-art computer-adaptive tests, and receive a variety of high-quality results reports which will inform instruction in a much more pro-active, targeted manner. Our staff is excited to have this feedback in a very teacher-friendly format for use during our planning sessions.