Important Reminders:
Fri. Oct 7 * Recycling Day at drop-off (8:45 am)
Wed. Oct 12 * Diner's Night at Chevy's (remember your cash cards!)
Wed. Oct 19 * Picture Day grades: K, 1, 2
Thu. Oct 20 * Picture Day grades 3, 4, 5
Fri. Oct 28 * Halloween Parade on the blacktop 9:15 am
Fri. Oct 28 * Pumpkin Bust 5-8 pm
Tue. Nov. 1 * Next HSC meeting 9 am cafeteria
Home & School Club business
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Dean Nessen is working on labeling HSC purchases together with Moi and Cindy from the technology department.
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Membership drive money and matches are coming in.
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Members voted to add a line item for the RSP teacher, Misty Flores (the speech therapist), and Miss Chen (4/5 release teacher) to give them a budget for consumables and supplies they need.
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Volunteers needed for next year's board. Are you interested in serving on the HSC board? The positions of Vice president and Treasurer will be available for next year. Talk to the current board members, get a chance to shadow and learn what the position is all about.
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Volunteer recognition: A big thank you to all the Home & School Club representatives for their help with the membership drive. They are: Debbie Alton, Carolyn Amey, Christa Boncimino, Kristina Bowler, Stephanie Bullock, Holly Case, Sherry Chang, Christina Cotton, Manish Dharnidharka, Dawn Gringorten, Jennifer Liu, Lara Luna, Scott Meggs, Dean Nessen, Mary Paterson, Veena Raj, Thana Robertson, Cheryl Rosenberg, Alice Sappey, Alina Sargiss, Vickie Sochocki, Angie Stanton, Carol Wein, Shannon Xue,
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School directory. Mai Elardo talked about possibly switching to an electronic version instead of a printed one. Costs for setting that up and annual costs will have to be reviewed. More discussion to come.
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Pumpkin Bust t-shirts orders were a big success! 407 shirts have been ordered.
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Grown Up Gathering will have its first meeting in November, stay tuned.
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Walk-A-Thon 1) students can suggest a theme, stay tuned. 2) proposal to have a fundraising opportunity with home-based businesses during the walk-a-thon was brought up.
Technology
Cindy Toffey from the technology department explained the various software packages that children use at school. From home, parents can see the progress of their children through Renaissance Home Connect. Contact your teacher or the technology department if you have not received your username and password.
From the school website you can click on “classroom pages”, then “parents”, and then “Renaissance Home Connect”. For Accelerated Reading (AR) you can see the quizzes your child has taken, vocabulary quizzes, or find books through Bookfinder. Accelerated Math covers tests and practices for grades 2-7; with “Mathfacts in a flash” you can let your child practice at home.
Principal’s report
The annual Halloween parade will be on Friday October 28th at 9:15 on the blacktop. Your child can come to school in costume and change back to regular clothes after the parade and class party.
The school district is doing preventative maintenance on campus: installing a gate by the green play structure, painting lines on the blacktop for lining up in the morning, installing new filters in the A/C units. The big play structure is still waiting for a new platform for the slide.
Teacher's report
Liz Marino thanks the Home & School Club for the ELMO's that have been installed in all classrooms. They are a wonderful addition to the classrooms and make showing the children materials so much easier.
Library News
Diana Dahlin reports that the new library and textbook management system does not have parent accounts, so a solution has been found for parents who wish to check out books.
Parents can now check out books on their child's account. 8 books can be checked out in total per account. Checkout time is one week.
