SLVHS Academic Support - After School and Lunch

Teachers from several departments will be offering time for students to get extra help and support with their work.

Students can drop in to Academic Support and/or they may be asked to come by their teachers.

The schedule is below and attached to this email. It will be updated as other teachers or departments set up a day and time.

Free Online Tutoring

The state-wide free tutoring site is now live. 

California students now have 24-hour access to various resources, including live 1:1 tutors. 

The link is below. This should be a fantastic resource for our students and families.

https://www.brainfuse.com/highed/helpNow.asp?a_id=6BE9380D&ss=&r=

SLVHS Student Learning Outcome (SLO) of the Month

Demonstrate Integrity and Responsibility

• Each month we will be featuring one of our Student Learning Outcomes (SLO's) and this month's SLO is Demonstrate Integrity and Responsibility
• This ties in with last month's SLO - Act as a Caretaker of the Environment - as we will need to Demonstrate both Integrity and Responsibility as we switch to a more environmentally conscious trash, recycling, and food waste cans.
• New Trash Cans! We will soon have trash cans for Recycle, Compost (Food Waste) and Landfill.
• To be able to demonstrate these SLOs, take a moment to learn about what each can's purpose is for:
• Compost: Food scraps, soiled paper, & yard trimmings go in the compost cart – this includes anything from coffee grounds and napkins, to spoiled foods and peels.
• Recycle: Paper, cardboard, glass bottles, aluminum/tin cans, hard plastics, bundled plastic bags & thin (film) plastics
• Landfill: Chip & Candy Bar wrappers / bags, pens and pencils, Plastic items mixed with metal or rubber. This should be your -last- option as most things you will throw away at school can be recycled and composted!
• For more information, check out this helpful resource
• To help with how to figure out what goes where, the University of San Francisco students developed a fun game that can be found here!

Last year's CAASPP Scores for this Year's Senior Class of 2023 are Now Available

Last spring, Juniors took the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English Language Arts, Math, and Science. These tests are only one indicator and are combined with other measures like report card grades, classroom work, and teacher observations to give families and teachers a more complete picture of each student's learning. These results help to identify where one is doing well and where one  might need more support.

You can access your score report through the PowerSchool parent portal by clicking "Score Reports" and selecting 2021-22 from the dropdown menu.

You should have received a letter that has directions on accessing PowerSchool. The letter contains your individual access codes and where to reach out if you need help.

Your score report provides information about how well they met the expectations of the grade level. 

This information is helpful for teachers to understand how they can better support students in the classroom, as well as how families can support their learning at home.

To learn more about your scores, go to the Starting Smarter website at https://ca.startingsmarter.org/

There, you will find information about test results, sample test questions, and free resources to support learning.

PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR STUDENT'S REGISTRATION FOR 22-23 IF YOU HAVE NOT YET DONE SO

An email containing the link to our online registration update has been sent out several times. 

The subject was “SLVUSD PowerSchool Enrollment (Online Registration)” and the sender listed as  [email protected]. 

If you have not received it and do not find it in your Spam or Junk folders, it may be that we have an incorrect contact email for you.  Please email the Registrar as soon as possible at [email protected] and we will send the email again to the email address we know is working for you.  Remember, this is a yearly requirement for all SLV families.  

Feel free to contact the Registrar with any questions or concerns you may have.  

 4.0 Grade Scale Information

 Our teachers have a choice of using the traditional 100 point grade scale with a 50% floor or using the 4.0 grade scale.

 The 4.0 grade scale is similar grade-point averages. For those unfamiliar with this scale, I have attached a conversion chart to this email.

 This chart can show you what the numbers in the 4.0 scale correspond to in the more familiar 100-point grade scale.