Students completed the FSA Writing this past week and did an amazing job with our schedule and putting forth great effort on the assessment. There were a few minor glitches with the 8th graders testing on the computer, but overall everything ran pretty smoothly. Thank you to everyone who helped by proctoring an exam!
With the addition of District Determined Assessments (DDAs), we have drastically increased the number of proctors needed. If you are available, please sign-up. We are in desperate need of your help. The link to our Sign-Up Genius is below in the Volunteer section.
We found out last night that we placed 3rd place in the jeans drive competition!! Congratulations to the Leadership class, Mrs. Huber, and to all the Raiders who brought in jeans. Overall, the competition collected 42,346 jeans for homeless people around the country. That is pretty amazing! Everyone should be very proud of our efforts and what we have done to help those in our community. The 3rd place prize is a donation of $500 to a charity of our choice.
10th place - 930 jeans - Cumberland HS
9th place - 999 jeans - Troy MS
8th place - 1,200 jeans - Alice Deal MS
7th place - 1,555 jeans - United Township HS
6th place - 1,788 jeans - Linked Together (community group)
5th place - 2,910 jeans - Hardin HS
4th place - 4,260 jeans - Taft HS
3rd place - 6,382 jeans - Swiss Point MS
2nd place - 6,569 jeans - South Ancorage HS
1st place & 3 time champs with 7,279 jeans - Harriet G. MS
Remember that this Friday, March 13th is a planning day, which starts Spring Break for our students. Classes will resume on Monday, March 23rd. The school will be open Monday through Thursday of Spring Break from 7am until 3:30pm.
We started End of Third Quarter Exams today and they will run through next Wednesday.
Friday, March 6th (Silver Day) & Monday, March 9th (Black Day)- regular bell schedule
Students will take Language Arts & Science Exams.
All students will take the District 3rd Quarter Language Arts Assessment on the computer.
6th & 7th graders will take their Lang Arts exam during their computer class.
8th graders will take their Lang Arts exam during their Lang Arts class in an assigned computer lab.
All 6th & 7th graders will take their Science DDA on paper during their Science class.
All 8th graders will take the 3rd Quarter District Assessment on paper during their Science class.
Tuesday, March 10th (Silver Day) and Wednesday, March 11th (Black Day) - regular bell schedule
Students will take Math and Social Studies
All students will take the District 3rd Quarter Math Assessment on paper during their Math class.
6th & 8th graders will take their Social Studies DDA on the computer. 6th graders will take the test during their computer class. 8th graders will take the test during their US History class period in an assigned computer lab.
7th graders will take the 3rd Quarter District Assessment on the computer during their computer class.
Review of Different Tests
FSA (Florida Standards Assessment)
FSA Writing - all grades - 6th & 7th paper pencil, 8th on the computer. The exam is 90mins plus an extra 30mins if needed for this year.
FSA Reading - all grades - administered on the computer
2 sessions - 80 minutes each administered over 2 days
FSA Math - all grades (excluding Algebra & Geometry)
3 sessions - 60 minutes each administered with session 1 on day 1 and sessions 2 & 3 on day 2. All sessions are administered on the computer.
FCAT 2.0 Science - 8th grade only - administered paper/pencil. Both 90 min sessions are administered on one day.
EOC (End-of-Course) Exam
State exam administered in MS Civics, HS Algebra, and HS Geometery. The exam counts 30% of the student's overall course grade. The exams are administered on the computer.
DDA (District Determined Assessment)
District created exam for core courses not tested under the State testing system and all non-core courses. The exam will count as 1 summative grade for the student and will count for at least 40% of the teacher's final evaluation.
Testing Dates
PLEASE mark your calendar with the dates below that your child will be testing. Attendance is extremely important on these testing days.
DDA for 6th & 7th grade Science
Friday, March 6th & Monday, March 9th - paper/pencil test through their science class.
DDA for 6th & 8th grade Social Studies
Tuesday, March 10th & Wednesday, March 11th - administered on the computer. 6th grade will take through their computer class. 8th grade will take through their US History class in a computer lab.
DDAs for year-long non-core courses all grades
Wednesday, March 25th through Monday, March 30th - all will be administered on the computer. 6th & 7th graders will take there exams through their computer class.
FSA Reading 6th grade
Monday, April 13th & Tuesday, April 14th
FSA Reading 7th grade
Wednesday, April 15th & Thursday, April 16th
FSA Reading 8th grade
Friday, April 17th & Monday, April 20th
FSA Reading Make-up exams for all grade levels
Tuesday, April 21st & Wednesdday, April 22nd
FSA Math 6th grade
Thursday, April 23rd through Tuesday, April 28th
FSA Math 7th grade
Wednesday, April 29th through Monday, May 4th
FCAT 2.0 Science 8th grade
Thursday, April 30th
FSA Math 8th grade
Tuesday, May 5th through Friday, May 8th
Algebra EOC
Monday, May 11th & Tuesday, May 12th
Geometry EOC
Wednesday, May 13th & Thursday, May 14th
Civics EOC
Friday, May 15th & Monday, May 18th
DDAs for semester non-core courses
Tuesday, May 19th through Wednesday, May 27th
4th Quarter District Assessments
Friday, May 29th through Wednesday, June 3rd
4th Quarter District Assessments - make-ups
Last day of school, Thursday, June 4th
FSA Portal
To learn more information about the FSA Writing, Reading & Math exams, you can visit the FSA Portal on the FL Department of Education website.
Link to FSA Portal