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Red sky at night ooo Journal photo by Kevan Moore "Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning." A beautiful sunset takes place over the Olympics and Hood Canal recently, as seen from the Union boat launch. Forecasters call for temperatures in the 80s and low-90s through the rest of the week. Date HighLowPrecip Aug. 31 70 50 .00 Sept. 1 73 48 Sept. 2 73 44 Sept. 3 84 39 Sept. 4 88 42 Sept. 5 82 46 Sept. 6 87 46 .00 .oo .00 .00 .... .00 ' ,! .00 Measurements are recorded for the National Weather Service at Sanderson Field. Thursday should be sunny with a high near 88, cooling down to alowof47 at night. Friday should also be sunny with a high of 87 with a calm wind. Friday night should be clear with a low of 50. Saturday will also be sunny and hot, with a high of 86. Saturday night will be clear with a low of 53. Sunday will be sunny with a high of 84 and Sunday night will be clear with a low of 51. Monday will be sunny with a high near 79 and a low of 53. .o We're scheduling tee-times for our GRAND OPENING WEEKEND September 16th, 17th & 18th Salish Cliffs Golf Club is a brand new 18-hole championship golf course crafted by award-winning architect Gene Bates and owned and operated by the Squaxin Island Tribe. • Premier championship golf course • Full service golf shop, restaurant & banquet facilities • Driving range, putting green & short game areas The par 72 course plays nearly 7,300 yards from the • Golf instruction offered by PGA championship tees vet offers 4 additional sets of tees to offer playability'and enjoyment for all levels of professionals golfers. While traversing the course, players will • Premium rental clubs offered encounter over 600 feet of elevation changes, dramatic 360 degree views of the Kamilche VaHek; lush forestrv and serene wetlands. • GPS enabled golf fleet September 17th special event clinic with FRED COUPLES, SR PGA CHAMPION & FORMER MASTERS cHAMPION To book call 360-432-7043 Schedule tee times 10 days prior to your reservation. Call 360-462-3673 or book online at www'sahsh'chffm'c°m Hood Canal scores reflect slow improvement By ARLA SHEPHARD While some Hood Canal students shine, others con- tinue to struggle, as reflect- ed in the school's results on the state standardized Mea- surements of Student Prog- ress (MSP) exam. released last week. Last year's third-graders performed the best on the assessment, with 84.8 per- cent of the class passing the reading portion and 45.5 percent passing the math of the exam Csee box). Fourth- and seventh- graders fared worse, earn- ing the lowest scores in reading and math at the school. Those same grades also took the writing portion of the exam, with only 10.3 percent of fourth-graders passing and 23.4 percent of seventh-graders making the grade. "We are ... concerned about our writing achieve- ment in fourth- and sev- enth-grade," said Superin- tendent and Principal Tom Churchill. "This clearly needs to improve and we need to provide a stronger emphasis on writing in- struction on a daily basis with our students." Across the board, more than half of all the students in each grade did not pass the math test, with less than a 30 percent pass rate in all but third- and fifth-grade. "We are still clearly concerned about the level of achievement in math," Churchill said. Parents and guardians should ensure that stu- dents practice and master basic math skills such as adding, subtracting, multi- plying and dividing so that the teachers can go beyond these basic skills at school, Churchill said. Despite the large areas of concern, the school is cel- ebrating some success, like high reading scores in third- grade. "This provides evidence that the reading program in our primary grades is effective and that families are reading often with their children," Churchill said. "This is an area of real cel- ebration for our school." Overall, more students in grades three, five, six and eight passed each of their exams than students in those grades last year, and fourth- and seventh-grad- ers fell short of the scores achieved by students last year in each of their exams. Fifth- and eighth-grade students also took a science portion of the MSP, and both classes improved over scores last year. "Though they are not as high as we would like them, they represent a siificant improvement over the past few years, so it shows that our concerted efforts in this area are starting to show results," Churchill said. "We are making progress at Hood Canal but still have a long way to go to be satis- fied." By percentage ot 3rd 4th 5th grade 57.9 6th grade 62:5 7th grade 31.9 8th grade 51.00 Page A-8 - 5 County Journa - Thursday, September 8, 2011