Links

Title I Parental Involvement Policy and School Report Card link are listed below.
Phase 1 Testing
 Tuesday, March 23, 2010
 

Students will take the ELA Writing and the Math
Constructed Responses portions of the LEAP.
Make-up testing will be March 24 & 25, 2010.

Phase 2 Testing

i-LEAP and LEAP - will begin on Monday, April 12, 2010 until Friday April 16, 2010
8th grade students will take all remaining portions of the LEAP.
6th, 7th and LAA2 students will take all portions of the iLEAP and LAA 2.

It is very important that all students come to school for the tests.
The following sites may be helpful to prepare your child for the tests:

LEAP Sites

Louisiana Pass

Practice Test

Test Samples

Samples

More Practice

Samples

TASS

Tutoring 21

NY test samples

 
 

Test-taking Tips  State of Louisiana

1. Reassure your child that he or she does not have to answer all the questions
correctly to pass. It is not expected that students answer every question correctly.

2. Tell your child to attempt to answer all of the questions and not to leave any blanks. There is no penalty for guessing, and students can get partial credit on the open-ended items.

3. Remind your child that the test is important.

4. Explain to your child the importance of using time wisely. If your child gets stuck on a question, encourage him or her to make the best guess or place a mark in the test booklet by that item and go back to it after finishing that section of the test.

5. Make certain your child gets a good night’s sleep and a good breakfast before taking the test.

6. Try to make the morning of the test a pleasant one. Do not add to your child’s stress.

7. Get your child to school on time the day of the test.

8. Remind your child to listen carefully to the instructions from the teacher and to read the directions and each question carefully.

9. Encourage your child to stay focused on the test, even if other students finish early.

10. Remind your child that it is okay to mark in the test booklet as a help in taking the test -- i.e., underlining important words, etc. -- but to mark all answers on the answer sheet.

Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Practice Assessment

Parental Involvement and School Report Card link are listed below.
 

Title I - Parental Involvement Policy

                Section 1118.C of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires that each Title I School formulate a parental involvement policy based upon Title I Parental Involvement Policy adopted by the Tangipahoa Parish School System.

                The LEA and all Title I schools shall be in accordance with the following policy on behalf of parents served by the Tangipahoa Parish School System’s Title I Program.  Nesom Middle School’s Policy is in accordance with the Tangipahoa Parish School System Parental Policy to:

Convene an annual meeting at a convenient time to which all parents of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend.  Parents shall be advised and informed of their school’s participation in Title I and their rights to be involved within the Title I Program.
 

Offer a flexible number of meetings in the morning and/or evening.
 

Involve parents in the joint planning of school programs.
 

Provide parents with timely information concerning both Title I and other school programs.
 

Provide parents with school profiles and their individual child’s assessment results, including an
interpretation of these results.
 

Give parents a description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms of assessments used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet.
 

Arrange opportunities for regular meetings to share suggestions, provide training, communicate experiences with other parents, and participate as appropriate in decisions relating to the education of their children if parents so desire.
 

Provide parents with timely responses to parental suggestions.
 

Provide a website where parents can obtain information about the school and school activities.
 

If the LEA or school’s Title I Parental Plan is not satisfactory to one or more parents, parents may submit
comments to the Tangipahoa Parish School System’s Title I Director.

 

Principal's Report Card for Nesom Middle School 2006-2007