The following letter will go home with students on Monday, March 1, 2004.

March 1, 2004



Dear Parents:

During the dates of March 2, 3, 8, & 10, 2004, your student(s) will
participate in the statewide Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT).
The FCAT is part of Florida’s overall plan to increase student achievement
by implementing higher standards (called the Sunshine State Standards) for
public school students.

The FCAT measures achievement levels for reading, mathematics, and writing
in relation to the Sunshine State Standards. FCAT also includes science in
the 8th grade.   While the FCAT uses multiple-choice questions, it also
contains questions that require students to think, write and solve
problems.  Called performance items, these questions might require the
student to write an explanation, justify an answer or show how he or she
solved a mathematics problem.  You will receive your child’s results on the
FCAT in May or June.

In order for your student(s) to do well, please make sure that he/she:

  1. has a good night’s rest each night;
 2. has breakfast in the morning;
 3. brings two #2 pencils;
 4. brings glasses, if needed.

It is also important that you, as parents, participate in the success of
our students and our school.

If you have any questions about the FCAT, please call our guidance office,
488-3363.

Sincerely,