Published for the Arts Based School Community
May 18, 2023
End of Grade Testing (EOG)
It’s that time of year again. The flowers are blooming, the days are longer, and the tests are coming! ABS students in grades 3-8 will be taking the North Carolina End-of-Grade tests during the last ten days of school.
The North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests are designed to measure student performance on the goals, objectives, and grade-level competencies specified in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. The End-of-Grade tests in reading comprehension and mathematics are administered to students in grades 3-8 as part of the statewide assessment program. End-of-grade tests in science are administered in grades 5 and 8.
Parents, please help your child do his or her best by following these guidelines:
- Help your child get 9 hours sleep throughout the weekend and each night before the test.
- Make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast, including more proteins and fewer carbohydrates.
- BE ON TIME to school. Rushing around creates anxiety. Latecomers must take a make-up test.
- Exercise. Go outside and run and play. You will rest better, think better, and feel better.
- Help them arrive at school with a positive attitude.
Testing Schedule
May 23 EOG Reading 3rd & 4th grades
May 24 EOG Math 3rd & 4th grades
May 25 EOG Science 5th and 8th grades
May 26 No Test- Early Dismissal for conference prep
May 29 No School Memorial Day
May 30 EOG Reading 5th -8th grades
May 31 EOG Math 5th -8th grades, Math I EOC
June 1 EOG Reading Make Up Tests & RtA-3rd
June 2 EOG Math Make Up Tests
June 5 EOG Science Make Up Tests
EOG results will be shared with parents at the third trimester conferences- June 9 and 12.
“January” Jam in May! Friday, May 19th
January Jam is back! January Jam is an after-school dance party open to 5th-8th grade students. The dance is from 2:45 to 4:00 and admission is $5. Snacks will be sold. Permission slips and money are due by 3pm on May 18th. They will not be accepted on the day of the event. Students will be dismissed from inside the 7th Street building. You must park in a marked parking spot and come inside to pick up your child. There will NOT be an outside pick-up line.
End of Year Checklist
- Pick up medications from the front office.
- Be sure all fees and lunch balances are paid. (Reach out to Ms. Garner to check your balance.)
- Let us know if you will not be returning to ABS next year. If your child is transferring to another school, please let us know where to send your child’s records by emailing Principal Hollis [email protected]
- Tuesday, June 6th is the last day of school, with early dismissal. K-4 dismisses at 11:45. 5-8 dismisses at 12pm.
Field Day
Field Day will be held on Tuesday, June 6th this year. It’s a half-day and we need volunteers to help the classes run their games. Please contact your class rep if you can help. This is one of the last opportunities of the year to earn volunteer hours.
We will serve pizza on Field Day, June 6 and it is an early dismissal! Don’t forget to order the day before.
ABS 8th Grade Graduation
Let’s celebrate our 8th graders! Graduation is scheduled for Monday, June 5 at 12 noon in the ABS Alex Ewing Theater. Seating is limited to 4 tickets per graduate. Thanks to MIXXER to allowing the use of their parking lot for overflowing parking during graduation ceremony.
ABS Yearbooks
Yearbook pre-orders are coming home today. If you did not pre-order you will be able to buy one at each campus front desk, beginning May 15. There will be limited availability.
- Sales will be on a first-come, first-served basis. We are unable to hold.
- Limit of 1 yearbook per transaction to make it fair for everyone that may have forgotten to order.
- Cost: $25, Cash only
Interested in working for ABS?
The Arts Based School (ABS) is a popular and successful K-8 public charter school in Winston-Salem, offering competitive salaries and NC State health plan and retirement benefits to full-time employees.
Warm collegial relationships and a high level of collaboration are consistently noted by teachers as favorite aspects of working at ABS. We accept applications year-round from licensed teachers. Ideal candidates are passionate, energetic, creative, and innovative. ABS teachers are team players who plan together across arts and other disciplines to deliver uniquely integrated curriculum. This contributes to our cheerful, vibrant, learning community, and results in accomplished, confident students.
Our campus, located in downtown Winston-Salem, includes two updated brick tobacco warehouses: a colorful K-4 building with a blackbox theater, dance studio and art room, and an “industrial chic” 5-8 building with a drama studio, an art room bordering an outdoor sketching garden, a modern, light-filled music room, and a large, open courtyard.
For more information and application, check our website: https://www.artsbasedschool.com/apps/pages/employment
Current Openings: Middle School Science, Middle School EC, Teaching Assistant, Part-time K-2 Music
Around Town
UNCSA Preparatory Dance Spring Festival Performance
Saturday June 10th at 2pm
Freedman Theater, UNCSA campus (1533 South Main Street)
Come watch the UNCSA Preparatory Dance Program, as they celebrate the completion of the academic year. The talented preparatory students will perform with their classes in the balletic ‘Defilé’, followed by character and contemporary works choreographed by Preparatory faculty. The program will end with the junior and senior performance ensembles dancing in the premier of ‘The Red Reform’, choreographed by Alberto Blanco.
All ABS students and parents get a 15% discount on tickets with code CHILDBALLET - more info here.