The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) is part of Florida's effort to improve the teaching and learning of higher educational standards. The primary purpose of the FCAT is to assess student achievement of the high-order cognitive skills represented in the Sunshine State Standards (SSS) in Reading, Writing, Mathematics, and Science.

The Edgate Corporation created Copernicus, an educational gateway to the Internet.  This site has links to educational sites for teachers, students and parents.

McGraw-Hill School Division has a website with information and activities for children and parents that correlate with the new Reading Series.

NEW CHILD SAFETY PROGRAM . . . . SMILESAFE KIDS
In our continuing commitment to support the safety of our community, Hector A. Cafferata, Jr. Elementary School is pleased to announce our participation in SmileSafe Kids, a new child safety program developed in partnership by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Lifetouch National School Studios.
In January, your child will be given a pair of Safety ID Cards, provided free of charge, featuring your child's current portrait and an introduction to the program.  For more information please visit www.smilesafekids.com.

If your child is ever missing and you do not have a current portrait for use in search efforts, you can call NCMEC's toll-free hotline (1-800-THE-LOST/1-800-843-5678) and provide the ID number featured on the cares for 24/7 assistance.
 

AR BookFinder . . .
Now you can find quizzes by Title, Author, Points, and Book Level.  You can even search by key words to find books on interesting subjects like "horses" or "airplanes".  AR BookFinder is designed to help you and your children find a book to read that fits your child's reading level and interests.  And since it is now on the website, you can search from home, or the public library. Just click on the icon to the left-- you can put the title of your book as a "quick search" or apply more information as an "advanced search".

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