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Free Webinar Series


Science of Success: Igniting Early Literacy Success in
Kindergarten
 

3-Part Webinar Series
 

Part 1: District Leader Perspective
Wednesday, May 14, 11:00 am MST
 

Part 2: School Leader Perspective
Wednesday, May 21, 11:00 am MST
 

Part 3: Teacher Perspective
Wednesday, May 28, 11:00 am MST
 

REGISTER HERE


Part 1 Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Throndsen, Education Leader, Author, and
Consultant with Guests Kathy Hall, K-5 Elementary Literacy Coordinator
and Amy Mitchell, Executive Director of Elementary Education of
Washington County School District
 

Part 2 Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Throndsen, Education Leader, Author, and
Consultant with Guest Julie Smith, Principal of Coral Canyon Elementary in
Washington County School District
 

Part 3 Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Throndsen, Education Leader, Author, and
Consultant with Kindergarten Teachers of Washington County School District
 

Join us for a powerful three-part webinar series featuring educators from
a 36,000-student district, with approximately 30% of students experiencing
economic disadvantage, that consistently achieves 95% of
kindergartners mastering all letters and sounds by November 1. Learn
how they turned this ambitious goal into a district-wide reality—and how
you can apply these same principles in your own schools.
Grounded in implementation science, this series offers a step-by-step look
at how lasting literacy gains were achieved and sustained across 27
elementary schools. Each session is led by the people who made it
happen—district leaders, school administrators, and classroom
teachers—sharing practical insights and actionable strategies.
 

Who Should Attend:
District leaders, school administrators, instructional coaches, teachers,
and other champions committed to early literacy success.
 

What You'll Learn:
• How a clear, shared vision and aligned actions led to remarkable
early literacy outcomes
• The specific strategies used to overcome barriers and build systemwide
consistency
• The long-term impact on student learning as cohorts advance
through the grades
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain inspiration, tools, and a replicable
model for accelerating literacy in your schools.

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Summary:
 

In 2020-21, the district provided Newsela, a K-12 online instructional content platform offering articles at five different reading levels with quizzes and writing prompts, to all schools to support online learning while we were remote. We continued to provide Newsela using ESSER funds through the end of the 2024-25 school year. Newsela is a supplement to core materials.
 

Our district-wide contract expires at the end of this year. If you would like to continue using Newsela at your school, the cost is:
 

If you have questions about usage at your school, please click here to see your school’s use and which teachers are using the program so you can speak with them about it.
 

If you would like to continue with the program at your school, there is an order form on Tab 3. The district will place one order to get the legacy partner discount. If you do not want to continue with Newsela, please indicate “decline” to stop any further follow-up.
 

Expectations for Implementation:
 

  1. Communication:
    If you are going to purchase Newsela, please fill out the order form by MAY 16, 2025.
     
  2. Collaboration:
    Tiffany Hall, 801-578-8406

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Summary: 

We are excited to announce that the Science Materials Committee has completed a review of available curriculum and resources to adopt for grades 6-8. After reviewing all the submitted programs, the committee has selected two finalists. There will be a public open house for any educators or parents interested in previewing the materials.
 

The review committee included science teachers from grades 6-8, parents, and content area specialists.
 

  • What:  Science Programs for 6-8th Grades Open House
  • When:  Monday, May 5, 2025, from 3:00-7:00 PM
  • Where:  Riley Elementary School, 1410 South 800 West
  • Why:   Materials under recommendation from the 6-8 Science Materials Committee will be available to the public for viewing. After the open house, the cost of both programs will be scored and a final decision on one program will be made. It is anticipated that the materials will be in classrooms at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year.
     

Expectations for Implementation:


1.  Communication:

  • The information has been sent to all 6th grade teachers and middle school science teachers.
  • The district will send this information to parents.

2.  Collaboration:

  • Candace Penrod, District Science Supervisor, 801-578-8301

3.  Timeline:
 

  • The Open House will be held on Monday, May 5, 2025.

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Dear Athletic Directors and those who submit field trip requests,

As we approach the final six weeks of school, I wanted to send a reminder regarding field and activity trip requests. Due to the high volume of submissions, many of which are coming many weeks in advance, we are quickly reaching the limits of what our department can support.
Please note that the following dates have already exceeded our transportation and logistical capabilities and are therefore blocked out for any additional trips:
 

April: 18, 23, and 29
May: 01, 07, 21, and 22
 

To help us manage resources effectively, please adhere to the following trip request guidelines:

  • Requests must be submitted at least 10 school days in advance.
  • Without special consideration, trips will only be scheduled during the following timeframes:
    o    9:00 AM - 1:30 PM and 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM Monday through Friday

I would also like to remind you that when a bus arrives at a school for a trip pickup, it is imperative that student/athletes get on the bus at the scheduled time. This has been especially problematic with athletic trips when we are trying to get teams to their competitions before afternoon bus routes. When the teams arrive late to the bus, that bus will also be late picking up students to return home after school. This turns into a domino effect now making that bus late for their second school.
 

Transportation will contact the school 5-minutes after scheduled departure time to inform them the bus has been waiting and will leave at 7-minutes after scheduled time. At the 7-minute mark transportation will contact the school to inform them the bus is leaving without the students due to late arrival.
 

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated as we work to support all programs equitably during this busy time. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or need clarification.

Respectfully,

Ken Martinez Transportation Director

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Hello Administrators,

It is time to order Eureka Math materials for the 2025-26 school year. Just like last year, the district will pay 50% of the cost for K, 1st and 2nd grade student consumable materials. Licenses for Eureka inSync, which includes Equip, are $5.25. Information about ordering inSync licenses will be coming in a later email.

 K-5 English and Spanish student materials are organized in three types of workbooks.

  1. The Learn workbooks contain Application Problems, Problem Sets, Templates, and Exit Tickets.
  2. The Practice workbooks contain Sprints and Fluencies.
  3. The Succeed workbooks contains Additional Problems for Homework and printed Homework Helpers.
  4. Schools can purchase just the Learn and Practice books together or the Learn, Practice and Succeed books together.
  5.  

6th grade English and Spanish materials follow the Learn, Practice, Succeed organization but are compiled in a single workbook for each of the 6th grade modules. 

Follow the instructions below to complete the attached Eureka Math Buy Guides 2025-2026.  Email completed Buying Guides to Morgan Crossley by Monday April 28, 2025. Morgan will place your order. Your math coach is ready to help gather the ordering information to make this a quick process.

Instructions For Completing Eureka Math Buy Guides

  1. Open and save the attached Eureka Math Buy Guide Excel workbook. Make sure to save the Buying Guide with your school name in the title.
  2. There are 5 tabs for school use in the workbook. 4 tabs are for student materials. These are grouped K-2 English, K-2 Spanish, 3-6 English and 3-6 Spanish. The 5th tab is for Teacher Editions. It is unlikely you need to buy additional TEs but a tab is included for your convenience.
  3. K-5 Student Workbooks can be purchased in two ways: Learn and Practice or Learn, Practice, and Succeed (which contains the additional problems for homework and printed homework helpers). Type in the quantity needed for your incoming students and the price will calculate automatically.
  4. 6th grade Student Workbooks are only available organized in a Learn, Practice, Succeed workbook for each module in the year. Type in the quantity needed for your incoming students and the price will calculate automatically.
  5. A Eureka Math Homework Helpersdigital license is free for every student with a Student Workbook purchase and for the classroom teachers. Add the number of grade level students and the number of grade level teachers (include your general education, resource, behavior support, academic support, diagnostic K, diagnostic 1st grade teachers, and Dual Language teachers at the appropriate grade level) and enter it in the quantity box.
  6. The Eureka Digital Suite for Teachers is a free, 12-month, online subscription. Order one for every teacher (include your general education, Pre-K, resource, behavior support, academic support, diagnostic K, diagnostic 1st grade teachers, and Dual Language teachers at the appropriate grade level) and every administrator in your building. The order line for the Digital Suite is on the Student K-2 English page and the Student 3-6 English page. Teachers and administrators should only be counted once and not on both pages.
  7. Provide the school’s budget account number to be charged 50% of your order for K- 2nd grade student consumables and the school’s budget account number to pay the full amount of 3rd - 6th grade student consumables and Teacher Editions.
  8. Click in the School Information Entry Field box to activate the drop-down arrow. Use the drop down to select your school’s information.
  9. Repeat this process for the other pages in the workbook, as necessary.

Email the completed Eureka Math Buying Guides to morgan.crossley@slcschools.org  by 5:00 p.m. Monday April 28, 2025. Morgan can also be reached at 801-578-8256 to answer ordering questions. We really appreciate early orders and will process them as soon as they are received.  Ther Eureka Math Guide can be found here.

Please let me know if you have questions.

Thank you!

Holley McIntosh

Holley McIntosh, M.Ed. (she/her/hers)

Administrator-Mathematics Supervisor

Salt Lake City School District 

MESA Supervisor, MathCounts Supervisor

Office: (801) 578-8295

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Stakeholder Feedback Surveys

SLCSD stakeholders will begin to receive notices of their access to the stakeholder survey. All surveys must be completed by May 2. Please encourage everyone to participate.

In case any questions arise, here is the information you should know:

  1. This survey is OPTIONAL, no one should feel compelled to take it. However, it is incredibly useful feedback, and we strongly encourage all our stakeholders to participate.
  2. This survey is CONFIDENTIAL, and participants should be encouraged to complete it at a time and location where they feel comfortable giving honest feedback.
  3. Survey links will be sent out to adults via EMAIL. If they do not see the link, they should check junk/spam folders or reach out to jeffrey.lutz@slcschools.org.
  4. Students can access the survey through Clever. To increase response rates, we encourage you to work with your teachers to provide time for students to do their surveys while they’re in school.
    1. Students may see more than one survey when the go into Clever. There is the USBE Stakeholder Survey and the Teacher Feedback Survey. Please encourage them to complete BOTH.
     Parents/Students
  5. A student must have been enrolled for at least 40 days to receive a survey.
  6. Students and parents will be asked to provide feedback on each individual course/teacher they have as well as the administrators in their building.
    1. They may skip any sections they wish
    2. Parents with multiple children in the district may receive separate survey emails for each child.
  7. Class information is pulled from PowerSchool so if a student is in an afterschool program or a class that they know by a different name than what is in PowerSchool, please help them determine which class that is (i.e. After School might be Chess Club).

Alli Martin, Ed.D. (she/her/hers)

Director of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Prevention Services

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Dear Team:

We are writing to inform you of the finalized school start and end times for the upcoming academic year. Given that this has been a topic of considerable interest and discussion in recent years, we wanted to ensure you had this information in advance, anticipating that questions may arise from members of our community.

We are solidifying a two-tier schedule where every school follows either the Tier 1 start and end times or the Tier 2 start and end times.  These tiers specify the bell schedule for each school as well as early dismissal times and Fridays as early dismissal days.  The two tiers’ bell schedules are presented below.

Bell Schedule Overview:

  1. Tier 1: 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM
    Early Dismissal: 1:30 PM
    1. Schools:
      (18 Elementary) Ensign, Emerson, Rose Park, Liberty, Franklin, Meadowlark, North Star, Edison, Indian Hills, Washington, Nibley Park, Mountain View, Whittier, Newman, Parkview, Backman, Uintah, Escalante
      (5 Middle) Bryant, Clayton, Glendale, Hillside, Northwest

       
  2. Tier 2: 8:45 AM – 3:15 PM
    Early Dismissal: 2:15 PM
    1. Schools:
      (5 Elementary) Bonneville, Wasatch, Beacon Heights, Dilworth, Highland Park
      (6 High Schools) East, Highland, West, SCORE, Innovations, Horizonte

       

Key Considerations for Implementation:

  1. SLCSE-Bryant Middle School Schedule Adjustment:
    SLCSE-Bryant Middle School will transition to Tier 1. This change resolves a key audit finding related to wait times for students at West High School.
  2. Universal Tier Assignment for All Schools:
    Regardless of current transportation needs, all schools will be assigned to either Tier 1 or Tier 2. This is essential, as transportation services must be available for any student who may require it, including those that may be subject to an Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
  3. Aligned Early Dismissal Times:
    Early dismissal dates and times have been adjusted across schools to align with transportation schedules. This alignment will help minimize disruptions to instructional time, ensuring greater efficiency and continuity in the learning process.

We anticipate that seven schools will be adjusting their bell schedules for the upcoming year. SLCSE-Bryant Middle School will transition to the Tier 1 bell schedule, while Uintah, Bonneville, and Escalante will be placed on a designated tier. Meadowlark and North Star will have a revised early release time, and Rose Park Elementary will shift its early release day to Fridays instead of Wednesdays.

We trust that these adjustments will positively impact our schools and the wider community. If you have any questions or would like further clarification, please do not hesitate to reach out.

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Safe Walking Route Maps

Hello School Administrators,

Your school website will soon have a new and improved Safe Walking Routes map.  To access your map, try this:

  1. Go to your school website and click on the "OUR SCHOOL" tab near the top of the page.
  2. Click on "Maps & Transportation."
  3. Click on "Safe Walking Route" under "Resources."

Please note the following:

  1. This map allows you to zoom in and zoom out - it is not a pdf.
  2. The tile in the bottom left corner of your map (just click on it) allows you to see it as a FOOTPRINT MAP or as a SATELLITE IMAGE MAP.
    1. The satellite image map is very effective when viewing with your community, SCC, or staff.  That's because you can see the actual crosswalks, street widths (these vary a lot around our city), and recently added structures in your community.
    2. Some of you will notice that the footprint map is a bit dated:  For example, it may show the location of your old building before rebuild (see Edison as an example).  I looked into getting the footprint maps updated but that is proving difficult.  The satellite map is much more recent.
  3. We did not include all the features that the Safe Routes UT site had because the icons won't scale down when using the zoom feature; the resulting mess of piled-up icons made the maps too confusing.  We went with a more simplified, easy-to-read-and-navigate approach.
  4. Please look over your new map and share any concerns, questions, or necessary changes with me.
  5. Please share this map with your parents/community.
  6. Please do NOT refer parents to the Safe Routes UT website (that site still doesn't have maps that outline our school boundaries).
  7. You can use this map for all sorts of reasons like navigating through your yearly safe walking routes updates or for mapping school walking field trips/fun runs.

Thank you,

Sam Quantz

Chief Information Officer, Information Technology

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Dear Team,

Please be advised that all schools and buildings are expected to participate in the Great Utah ShakeOut on Thursday, April 17 at 10:15 AM. There will then be a radio check test at 10:30 and further information will be shared about that shortly.

This statewide earthquake drill is a valuable opportunity to engage our students and staff in a real-world emergency preparedness scenario. To maintain consistency across the district, we ask that everyone begins the drill at exactly 10:15 AM.

What You Need to Do:

  1. Conduct the drill with full participation from staff and students at 10:15 AM.
  2. Focus on engaging your school or building in meaningful emergency response actions.
  3. Report any successes, challenges, or concerns to your assigned Area Director after the event.

Important Resources:

Before planning your drill, please visit https://www.shakeout.org/index.html.
The website includes:

  1. Step-by-step guidance for organizing your drill
  2. Flyers and information in multiple languages to support your school community
  3. A place to register your school as a ShakeOut participant and record your activities

We strongly encourage every school to register and take full advantage of the tools provided.

If you need assistance or have questions, please contact Christina Diaz in Facilities at christina.diaz@slcschools.org  or (801) 886-8927

Thank you for your attention to this important effort and for helping ensure we’re all prepared.

Isaac

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