From The Principal
Dear Flickinger Families,
Thank you to all of the support you provided for our school’s showcase at the UCS School Board Meeting. It was a wonderful celebration of our students’ academic talents.
March was filled with creative and motivating ways to increase our students’ time reading. Thank you
for your continued support at home encouraging and praising your child as they strive to reach higher
levels of achievement through reading. The student body exceeded one of our school goals of reading
100,000 minutes by the third week of March.
One skill we are working on across all curriculum areas is incorporating elaboration of evidence in our
written responses. This means the topic is developed and supported with evidence such as relevant facts,
definitions and quotes or examples from the text. A few tips for strong elaboration include organizing
your facts into topics then organizing your topics into subtopics. The writer can use things the subtopics
have in common to tie them together so it doesn’t seem like a string of facts.
During the months of April and May, our students in grades 3 through 6 will be given the Michigan
Department of Education’s summative assessment called Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress
(M-STEP). This assessment will measure student knowledge in the specified content area through the
grade level they are in. All grades will be evaluated in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Fifth
graders will have additional assessments in Science and Social Studies. We ask that you help us by
seeing that your child has enough sleep each night, a good breakfast and arrive to school on time. Your
support has a tremendous impact on your child’s overall experience.
The last quarter of the school year contains off-site learning experiences for many grade levels, music
concerts and Parent Group activities. If you are planning on attending a field trip with your child, please
make sure you have a UCS Volunteer Background Check completed at least 2 weeks prior to the activity.
This is something you only need to complete once.
Find out more about what is going on at Flickinger by checking out our April Newsletter
Click HERE for 5K Registration Form!