Ms. Sandakli's Blog

Dear Parents and Families, 

The Scholastic Book Fair is open! Join your kids in exploring titles and plots and discovering inspiring characters. Empower them by letting them choose the books to purchase—and bring on the joy of reading! 

Remember, every dollar you spend will benefit our school directly (25% back in rewards!). 

Be sure to visit the Fair during our allotted dates: 

November 9th – November 22nd

Visit our online fair at: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/snowschool

Some amazing features of our online store:

• Over 6,000 items, including new releases, best sellers, and value packs
• A Virtual Fair shopping experience
• All orders ship direct to home
• FREE shipping on book-only orders over $25

We can’t wait to “see” you at the Fair!! 

Thank you,

Snow PTA

Good Morning families, 

Happy Monday. I hope you all had a restful weekend. There are a couple things I wanted to inform you about:

1. There will be a supply distribution on Wednesday November 4th for Benchmark and Eureka math supplies. I kindly ask that all parents are present upon supply distribution (masked and following social distancing). This will be held on the Houston Street side of Snow School, from 12:30-1 p.m.

2. Parent teacher conferences will begin this week and will extend throughout the next 2 weeks as well. There is a sign-up genius created, please use the following link to sign up for a day/time that works for you (Nov. 5, Nov. 10, and Nov. 17):

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A084EACAE2EA2F94-parent

3. I’ve created a parent check-in form I hope you could all complete. With this form, I will learn what is working best and gain an insight into what might help with distance learning experiences in the upcoming Marking Period:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2LPDVycyvzjRqMK226s_6iYIvyrO1AZv65PlD7pJcamT6aA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Thank You,

Ms. Sandakli

Support Snow Elementary School!

Check out the link for auction items, porch drop off to all winners!
– Greenfield Village tickets
– Ring doorbell
– Ice Skating Lessons at the DISC
– Birthday Party at Lincoln Park Skating 
– Guitar Lessons at Dearborn School of Music
– Campfire class at Glass Academy
– Detroit Kid City play pass
– Automotive Hall of Fame tickets
– PumpItUp Taylor jump passes 
– Wheel of Fortune gift pack
– Top Golf drawstring bag & goodies
– Arab American Museum passes
– DNR Outdoor Adventure family pack 
** Let the bidding begin!! 
https://www.32auctions.com/snowpta
Thanks! Snow PTA

Hello Snow Community,

There will be no in person open house at any of the Dearborn schools due to the current pandemic. There will be extra time added to parent teacher conferences which will be held virtually to allow more time for teachers to meet with parents. Our wonderful staff here at Snow has proactively created a bitmoji slideshow to share with parents and students. I hope you all enjoy the show and share it with your children please click the link below.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Xtv5-4sODN18sA78KEnJdbSxZDv_QdG6H3pTKEgz0W0/preview

The PTA is looking for new families to join to support our school.

There is also a membership push in hopes of encouraging more families to get involved:

• Top three teachers with the most memberships in their class will win scholastic dollars
• There are two baskets that will be raffled off for families who become members

Greetings from Ms. Sandakli

This document will help you prepare your child to take the MAP Growth test. Please be available at the following times to support your child’s testing: 

Week of September 28, from 10:30-11:30 am

What is MAP Growth?
MAP Growth helps teachers understand what students know today, so goals can be set to improve growth throughout the year. Students cannot pass or fail this test.	This test will not affect grades. In fact, it’s normal for students to only answer about half the questions correctly. Please don’t help them!	Given the challenges of learning from home, MAP Growth test results are especially helpful for us this year. These results will help us know what students are ready to learn.

Test Preparation

Prior to Test Day

1. Make sure your device has an internet connection 
2. Disable pop-up blocking on your internet browser
3. Make sure your device meets testing requirements using the Workstation Diagnostic Tool
4. Watch the MAP Growth introduction video 
5. Practice the test at practice.mapnwea.org
   (Username: grow, Password: grow) 

On Test Day

1. Minimize distractions for your child as much as possible
2. Provide a quiet testing environment 
3. Allow the teacher/proctor to open the session first
4. Log in at test.mapnwea.org
5. Make sure you have a way to communicate with the teacher/proctor during the test
6. Follow any additional instructions from the teacher/proctor

أعزاءنا أولياء الأمور الكرام،

سيساعدك هذا الدليل على كيفية إعداد طفلك لأخذ اختبارات MAP Growth – الرجاء الاستعداد في الأوقات التالية لمساعدة طفلك لبدء الاختبار:

Week of September 28, from 10:30-11:30 am

ما هي اختباراتMAP Growth ؟
نظرًا لتحديات التعلم من المنزل، فإن نتائج اختبارات MAP Growth مفيدة بشكل خاص لنا هذا العام. ستساعدنا هذه النتائج في معرفة مستوي كل طالب وما هو على استعداد لتعلمه.	لن يؤثر نتيجة هذا الاختبار على درجات الطالب في المواد الدراسية. في الواقع، من الطبيعي أن يجيب الطلاب على حوالي نصف الأسئلة فقط بشكل صحيح.  من فضلك لا تقدم المساعدة اثناء الاختبار!	تساعد اختبارات MAP Growth المعلمين على فهم وتحديد ما يعرفه الطلاب في وقت اخذ الاختبار في مادتي الرياضيات واللغة الإنجليزية. وبالتالي يمكن تحديد الأهداف التحسين النمو لكل طالب على مدار العام.  اختبارات MAP Growth ليست اختبارات نجاح أو رسوب.
الاستعداد للاختبار
يوم الاختبارقلل من مصادر الإلهاء لطفلك قدر الإمكانوفر بيئة اختبار هادئةانتظر حتى تتلقي اسم جلسة الاختبارSession ID و كلمة السر  Session Password من المعلم او المراقب أولاًقم بتسجيل الدخول في رابط الاختبار test.mapnwea.org تأكد من وجود طريقة للتواصل مع المعلم او المراقب اثناء الاختبار اتبع أي تعليمات إضافية من المعلم او مراقب الاختبار	قبل يوم الاختبارتأكد من اتصال جهازك بالإنترنتقم بتعطيل النوافذ المنبثقة Pop-ups في متصفح الإنترنت تأكد من أن جهازك يتوافق مع متطلبات الاختبار باستخدام هذا الرابط Workstation Diagnostic Toolشاهد فيديو مقدمة عن اختبارات MAP Growth تدرب على الاختبار من خلال هذا الرابط practice.mapnwea.org Username: grow – Password: grow

Dear Parents/Guardians of Snow Elementary,

It is with great pleasure and an honor to serve you as the new principal of Snow Elementary School beginning October 1^st of this year. I look forward to meeting all of you and working alongside the community.  I am honored to have the opportunity to lead a school with such a rich legacy of success and so many points of pride. I have dedicated my career to the students of Dearborn for the last 16 years. I started my career as an elementary classroom teacher then moved on to an elementary resource teacher/instructional coach at Salina intermediate. I then moved on to be a middle school bilingual resource teacher and have spent the last four years as Assistant principal at Woodworth Middle School. I am eager to dedicate my skills to the Snow community. 

As all of us embark on the upcoming school year we do so for the first time with high levels of uncertainty due to the current international crisis we all know as Covid-19. This has affected all of us in so many ways. Our students and community as a whole have had to encounter many hardships as a result. However, this will not deter our mission to make this school year the best one ever. I plan on working with parents, teachers, students and the entire Snow community to ensure that our students are safe and learning at high levels. Together we will continue to provide experiences that are rigorous, relevant and with relationships based on trust to prepare them for their future endeavors. As your new principal it is important to me to greet everyone who enters the school with the utmost respect. I have an open door policy and value every stakeholder’s opinion. Please feel free to contact me to discuss any concerns you may have or any points of pride you would like to share. 

I look forward to our work together in the years to come and establishing a team committed to the Snow community. Please stay safe and have a great school year.

Sincerely,

Mohammad Abdelfattah

Snow Elementary Principal

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A084EACAE2EA2F94-draand

Hello Parents.

We will be testing (DRA and iReady) 3 students at a time (practicing social  distancing). Please choose the time/date your child can come in (THE LINK ABOVE). Write the name of your child in the comment section of an available slot.

You will be dropping your child off at the main entrance (door 10) and sign a waiver form for COVID screening. Your child will meet their teacher in the lobby. Please have your child go to the building with their chromebook and a pair of headphones.

Please stick to your scheduled time to keep everyone on track. Also, make  sure your child is wearing a mask. If you have any concerns, please email  me at sandakl@dearbornschools.org.

Thank You.

Hello 3rd grade parents and students!

We will have our first Zoom meeting tomorrow (Thursday, September 3rd) at 9:00 a.m.  The meeting should be less than an hour long. If you’re okay with using Schoology, the link is already up. Or, use the link to join the Zoom meeting that is listed below:

Lana Sandakli is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Sandakli’s Zoom
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting
https://dearbornschools-org.zoom.us/j/87832021129?pwd=ZkJaUjZCYnRiS2NBaVp1c3dzVGJ3Zz09

Meeting ID: 878 3202 1129
Passcode: 9FHYns

Students should know their Username to log on:  (student number)@dearbornschools.org.  Passwords are the same as last year.  If your child is new to Dearborn schools, their password is their birthdate (MM/DD/YYYY).