School News

Our school will be partnering with BrightBytes, an educational software company, so that we can learn more about our school’s technology use for student learning. The purpose behind this survey is to gather metrics on our technology environment, access, and skills in order to better understand the connection between technology use and student achievement. The results will tell us if our recent initiatives and investments are having an impact on our students and also give us direction for next steps.  This will be done through a comprehensive framework called CASE that looks at the Classroom factors, Access to technology, teacher and student Skills and Environmental factors.

To gain these insights, we must provide BrightBytes with a complete picture of technology use at school and at home. We will be asking parents, students, and teachers to participate in this research.  Students in grades 3-8 will take a 10 minute questionnaire that asks them about their technology use in school and at home.  The questionnaire is anonymous and no identifying information is shared.

Sample questions can be viewed at the link below.

http://survey.brightbytes.net/s3/SAMPLE-Elementary-Student-Questionnaire

http://survey.brightbytes.net/s3/SAMPLE-Middle-School-Questionnaire

Our collection window will open on March 21st and close on April 1st.  Students will take the survey at school.  Parents can access the survey through our website or by going to www.bbyt.es and enter our parent access code. 

Our school’s parent access code is LA3RP

Thank you in advance for your insights!

The District’s 2nd annual S.T.E.A.M. Showcase 2016, on March 30, is a community celebration of student innovation and creativity in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics. It will feature works by our students and others from CUSD elementary and middle school.

When: Wednesday, March 30, 2016, from 4 – 7 p.m.

Where: Monroe Middle School campus, 1055 S. Monroe, San Jose

Information:  408-364-4200 or ask_us [at] campbellusd.org

A Message from Superintendent Andrew

Federal Court Judge Kimberly Mueller held a hearing to amend her recent ruling pertaining to the protocol for releasing personally identifiable student information by the California Department of Education (CDE). She noted that the large number of objections the court has already received did indicate a high level of concern from the public.

The amended protocol calls for a court-appointed special master for discovery who will have to approve which data the plaintiffs can receive from the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CaLPADS) database. More details are on the district website. (www.campbellusd.org)

The Campbell Union School District is on a mission to ensure each of our 12 schools is a “School of Choice” for our families and community. We want to know what influences your decision when choosing a school for your children. The responses will help us refine our programs to meet the needs of our students and parents by providing an educational experience that is “beyond the expected” at each of our schools and supporting programs.

Take the survey online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/campbellchoice.

For a printed copy, please call your child’s school or the District’s Public Information office.