Dear Rainier Families,

All of the Rainier teachers were inspired by the work of students during Expeditions. Not only did the students create amazing projects and performances in their Expeditions courses they also did an impressive job of passing 491 assessments and turning in 350 projects in just 5 days with only two hours of academic classes each day! We are excited to see this momentum continue through the end of the school year.

This week's college night for 11th grade families, but open to all families, is devoted to finding the best fit college for your student. There are an overwhelming number of options when it comes to college and Thursday night's meeting will be another step in the direction of narrowing down those options. We hope to see you at 6:30pm at Rainier.

After three years of having a uniform policy at both Summit San Jose schools, both Rainier and Tahoma have agreed to revisit this policy and make a decision about our dress policies next year. We have not made a decision yet but we have heard from many students, teachers, and families that the current policy leads to inconsistent enforcement and frustration and we want to fix that. Our plan is to gather input on this decision over the next two weeks and share a final policy with families at the PIVOT meeting on June 5. If you would like to take a closer look at the process we are using the make this decision, that can be found through this link. We are hosting students who want to share their thoughts on uniforms in room 1218 during lunch on Thursday and parents can do the same on Friday morning in the main office any time after 7:30 am. We've already heard a lot from students and parents about the uniforms but we'd love to hear from you if you want to add your voice.  

CAHSEE Results

CAHSEE results are being mailed home this week for students who took the test in March.

MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) Testing

Students will be taking the MAP test next week. MAP scores are used to monitor student growth and the date is used to help drive instruction. The schedule looks like this:

Lunch Payments

All lunch balances need to be paid by Thursday, June 5 in order to receive a report card. Payments can be dropped off in the office.

Parent Survey

If you have not completed the parent survey announced in the email earlier this week, please take a few minutes and do it now. We want to hear from all our parents about what we're doing well and what areas you suggest for improvement.

Your kids have been doing amazing work lately, let's celebrate that work while continuing to push for more! 

Sincerely,

Jesse Roe, Executive Director

Kevin Bock, Assistant Director  

Summit Public Schools: Rainier

• Start date for all students, 8/18/2014
• Thanksgiving Break 11/24-11/28/2014
• Winter Break 12/22/2014-1/5/2015
• February Break 2/16-2/20/2015
• Spring Break 4/6/2015-4/10/2015
• End date for all students, Thursday, 6/11/2015