Mr. Weldy's Spring 2009


Announcements!	Special Northpoint Notes and Information		Important Links
Benjamin School Updates www.unit5.org/benjamin or email Mrs. Bennington at benninmm@unit5.org to get information regarding progress at our new elementary school	I have some free upper bowl tickets for the ISU men's game on Feb. 24th . Tip at 7:05 PM. First come first served! call us at 663-4669!		Illinois State Board of Education
What will next year look like at Northpoint when some of our current students will move on to Benjamin School? All hirings for Benjamin have put on hold indefinitely until specific budget cuts have been figured out. What is next? Updates coming from Mrs. Bennington What is our projected enrollment? Projected at around 600 students for 2010-2011. Higher class sizes are expected due to State and Local budget woes. More coming later!	NO SCHOOL- March 22-26 - Spring Break!!!		Illinois Interactive Report Card
ISAT- 2010 March 1-March 12 Grades 3,4,5- Please refrain from taking students out for appointments during this time frame! Thanks!	Other no school days: March 22nd-26th-Spring Break, April 2- Board Holiday, April 30th- Teacher's Institute Day, May 26th-Teacher's Institute Day(floating day off-pending end of school)May 27th Last Hour of school		Northpoint School Report Card
HSCI- Thanks to the Northpoint kids for raising well over $1,600 dollars for the Humane Society of Central Illinois and the Red Cross for Haiti relief aid.	Order your yearbooks today! Be sure to go to www.jostenyearbooks.com and place your order! Simply create an account, id our state, type in Northpoint, click on Northpoint, purchase, check out. If online is not your thing, then please look for our order form in the January newsletter.		Illinois State Standards

Have fun this winter but play safely!
St. Jude's Mathathon is coming! In February, Northpoint will be sending home information regarding our St. Jude's Math-a-thon. Stay tuned!	ISAT Results- 2009 3rd grade 3^rd grade-Reading Meets/Exceeds = 91.6% 3^rd grade-Math Meets/Exceeds = 98.3%	*ISAT Results-2009* 4th grade 4^th grade –Reading Meets/Exceeds = 96% 4^th grade- Math Meets/Exceeds = 97.6% 4^th grade- Science Meets/Exceeds = 99.2%	*ISAT Results- 2009* 5th grade 5^th grade- Reading Meets/Exceeds = 90.2% 5^th grade- Math Meets/Exceeds= 97.1%