A Message From the Principal

Dear Sunrise Drive Families,

As a staff, we would like to thank our Faculty and Family Organization (FFO) for supporting our efforts to enhance the learning experience and community at Sunrise Drive. We are grateful for the enormous support and efforts of the FFO leadership and general membership as we work with our students each day.

Your contribution to the Spirit of Sunrise directly impacts our students at Sunrise Drive. Since August, your contributions are supporting field trips for our students, second-grade artists in residence, Fifth Grade Legacy Project, and the Sunrise Drive Garden. You may make a donation to the Spirit of Sunrise using the FFO website:

http://sunriseffo.org/donate/

Thank you for helping to make Spiders & Cider a success! It was wonderful to see our students enjoying the games and activities at Spiders and Cider last Friday. The success of this incredible event produced by our FFO and volunteers is a result of the incredible commitment of our Spiders and Cider Co-Chairs, Alli Swanson, Rachel Hollander, Jeannette Hartshorne and Bethany Jaramillo. Thank you to each of you who donated your time and resources to this special student event. Please visit  http://sunriseffo.org/spiders to check out the raffle prize winners, teacher costume contest, photo booth, a survey and a thank you to volunteers!

In the Spring, we will conduct standardized testing. The testing windows for AZ MERIT and AIMS are defined by the Arizona Department of Education. The testing window for administering the AZ MERIT Writing tests for grades 3-5 begins when we are on Spring Break and ends on Friday, April 13, 2017. We will begin AIMS testing during the week prior to Spring Break for fourth grade and continue with AZ MERIT on the first day back from Spring Break, Monday, April 9, 2017.

3rd Grade:

AzMERIT Writing Wednesday, April 11

AzMERIT Reading/Math Part 1 Wednesday, April 18

AzMERIT Reading/Math Part 2 Wednesday, April 25

4th Grade:

AIMS Science Wednesday, March 28

AzMERIT Writing Tuesday, April 10

AzMERIT Reading/Math Part 1 Tuesday, April 17

AzMERIT Reading/Math Part 2 Tuesday, April 24

5th Grade:

AzMERIT Writing Monday, April 9

AzMERIT Reading/Math Part 1 Monday, April 16

AzMERIT Reading/Math Part 2 Monday, April 23

We look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming events:

·      Steppers – Every Friday during your child’s lunch recess

·      FFO General Meeting - November 17 at 8:10 AM

·      Talent Show – November 17 at 6:00

·      Strings Concert – December 7 at 7:00 at Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium

·      Spelling Bee – December 8 at 3:15

·      Band Concert – December 19 at 6:00 at Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium

Sincerely,

Andrea Davidson

Principal