ES May Newsletter 2015 - Evergreen Elementary School

Evergreen Elementary
May 2015
Principals Message~
Some of you, and many of our students, are counting down the
days until the end of this school year. I am still having trouble wrapping
Important Notes:
my head around the fact that the year is already almost gone. This year
has flown by! As you will read in this newsletter, we have many fun learning experiences filling the month of May. With all of the activities, the
School Hours:
K-2nd
warm weather, and summer quickly approaching, it can sometimes be dif-
8:20-2:00
ficult for our children to stay focused on the learning that still needs to
(1:15 on Fri)
3rd-4th
be done this year. Our staff will continue to provide rich, rigorous in-
8:20-2:55
struction throughout the next few weeks. We appreciate all of your help
(2:10 on Fri)
with keeping them in the “School Routine” of reading every night and getting a good night’s sleep.
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Campus opens at 7:45.
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Students arriving earlier
the new, Smarter Balanced Assessment. The test is significantly differ-
than 7:45 am need to be
ent than the previously administered state test (CST). This new test is
signed up for our Morning
Daycare.
Our third and fourth graders are in their second week of taking
done on the computer, requiring keyboarding skills, reading focus, expressing opinions and answers in writing, and more. I am so proud of our
students for persevering and trying their best. I am also so thankful to
our teachers for preparing our students for this rigorous task. If you
School Website:
http://www.evergreenusd.com/
are interested in seeing a sample of the test, you can go to
http://login4.cloud1.tds.airast.org/student/V109/Pages/LoginShell.aspx?c=SBAC_PT.
School Phone: (530)347-3411
School Fax: (530)347-4639
Teamwork
Kristy Nobles-Principal
Communication
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
If you have not already registered your
student for kindergarten for 2015-16, it is not
too late! Students must be five on or before
September 1st, 2015. Please register students
with birthdays between September 2nd and December 2nd as transitional kindergarteners. If
you have any questions, please call the school office at 347-3411 extension 7520.
Effort
Important Dates to Note
May 1-Mother/Son Game Night
May 8-Pancake Breakfast
May 12-Nutritional Olympics
May 13-Spring Festival 1st & 2nd Grade
May 14-Spring Festival 3rd & 4th Grade
May 21-Open House/Book Fair/Spaghetti Feed
May 22-5th Grade Orientation
May 22-29-Student Placement Requests
May 25– Memorial Day-No School
May 22-29-Student Placement Requests
June 11-Last Day of School
“Evergreen School-Where everyone knows your name!”
Our lost and found is overflowing! Please encourage your student to check for any missing
items as soon as possible before the items get donated to a local charity.
Unwanted Personal CD players needed
If you have any old personal CD players laying around the house that you are not using, we
would love to have them to use with our primary students for personal listening stations to
enrich our reading program. If you would like to donate a player or two that would be great,
too. Thank you so much for your help with this.
Five Miles: Maurice Bishop, Ember Brown, Gunner Church, Taylor Clarke, Mikayla Cole, Juliet Covert, Ari Cowen, Audrey Hookham, Aubrey
Iwen, Gemma King, Gerardo Navarro, Alivia Ray, Bryson Ray, Logan Shafer, Trenton Silas, Lily Sullivan, Kyndal Whitehouse, Lily Wilcox.
Ten Miles: Mia Booze, Tatiyana Croy, Miguel Diaz, Chloe Dolton, Aiden Looper, Mathew McGathy, Hannah Owens, Hunter Payment, Brennen
Ryan, Peyton Winders,.
Fifteen Miles: Aaron Baldwin, Kaylee Bariteau, Liam Coenen, Jack Finnegan, Aryana Geisman, Owen Guierrez, Emma Inman, Cash Jones, Ethan
Jordan, Peyton Kirby, Trenton Knight, Skyla Kromfols, Ariannie Licea, Conner Lynde, Athena Massey, Morgan Mueller, Riley O’Bannon, Rafael
Ontiveros, Avery Rosecrans, Connor Schanuth, Sebastian Smith, Joseph Wagner,.
Twenty Miles: Bre Arrowsmith, Greanly Bailey, Emily Baldwin, Madison Clendenen, Jenna Colgate, Noah Edwards, Christopher Fain, Brian Galvan, Chase Houchins, Gracie Hunt, Madilynn King, Eleanor Roberts, Evelyn Romero, Bracken Ruth, Brandon Rushing, Payton Schmitt, Bella Smith,
Frejya Son, Liliona Sorling, Kayden Wampler,.
Twenty-Five Miles: Robyn Bonser, Gracie Bray, Bailey Breshears, Niko Carpenter, Allie Enyart, Phoenix Gifford, Cameron Heisler, Melody Herrington, Elizabeth Lewis, Kayleina Magana, Jaiden Munoz, Zander Oller, Christian Rego, Natalee Ross, Ellie Stephens, Gavin Stockmyer, Annabelle Zimmerman,.
Thirty Miles: CJ Bartsch, Zane Bates, Beau Beahan, Gannon Boyes, Logan Brown, Skyler Case, Juan Castillo, Garrett Chain, Tyeli Dixon, Quinn
Eaton, Collin Ellyatt, Andrew Elsea, Hayden Erickson, Shia Gaston, James Harris, Jessica Harvey, Sam James, Zack Jones, Ethan Martinson,
Lucas Roberts, Summer Ryant, Lincoln Seal, Amber Webb, Riley Wilcox,.
Thirty-Five Miles: Alexander Crosslin, Randy Gove, Alexander Hanson, Brooklynn Hougland, Nyla Khanthavong, Bre Looysen, Dylan Oleachea,
Kynzie Pierce, Ethan Phillips, Cade Sanders, Cammie Wilson.
Forty Miles: Johnny Bell, Carlos Martinez, Jacob Mueller, Derek Rulon, Drew Shelstead,.
Forty-Five Miles: Thaddeus Donaldson, Drew Shelstead.
Look at all these amazing runners!. We are so proud of all of you!
No person shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis of sex or gender, ethnic group identification, race, national origin, religion, color,
mental or physical disability or any basis that is contained in the prohibition of hate crimes set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 422.6 of the
Penal Code in any employment, program or activity conducted by or on the property of an educational institution that receives, or benefits from
state financial assistance or enrolls pupils who receive state financial aid. For complete copies of our Title IX notification and our nondiscrimination policies, please visit the link on our District home page titled Title IX and Uniform Complaint Procedures at www.evergreenusd.org.
We are beginning the first ever Evergreen Roadrunner Spring Training reading incentive program. Be on the
look out for a reading log booklet that your child will keep track of his or her number of minutes read, or read to,
during the week. Your child will then turn the booklet in on Friday morning to be logged in and be given the chance
to win some cool prizes. Students will be rewarded every week if they have met their individual reading goal.
Kindergarten through 2nd grades= 100 minutes per week to be a “Triple A“. (130 minutes per week to be a “Major
League“).
3rd and 4th grade= 130 minutes per week to be a “Triple A”. (160 minutes per week to be “Major League”).
We greatly appreciate your support by encouraging students to read and/or you reading to your child. Please be
sure to remind your student to fill out their log, sign your child’s log, and turn it in on Friday for the minutes to
count!
If you would like our staff to consider the information for student placement please return the completed Parental Input for Student Placement form by May 29th. You may pick this form up at the office and turn it in between May 22-May 29th
only. Forms will not be accepted after May 29th.
One of the most critical and time-consuming tasks during the next few weeks is class placement for next year. The
staff at Evergreen Elementary works hard to make sure each classroom in balanced according to boy-girl ratio, academic performance, social-emotional development, special learning needs, and independent work habits.
We, as professionals, feel that we keep the best interests of children always in our minds as we work for appropriate
placement. You, as parents, know your children very well and you may wish to share some information about them that will help us
make that decision.
The Box Top Contest ends May 1st . Please send in all that you have on or before May 1st. Thank you for all your
support. A special thank you goes out to all those that helped collect them!
Parents, Check out this great link for Eureka Math Modules
http://greatminds.net/parents
WHAT-Basketball Camp for 2nd– 4th Grade Boys and Girls
WHERE-Elementary School Gym
WHEN-Tuesday, June 16-Thursday, June 18th from 8:00am-10:45am
WHO-Mr. Gallagher will be teaching the camp
Sign-ups will be available soon!
We have many fun activities planned for the week of May 4th –8th. Friday, May 8th is
the Rodeo Dress-Up Day and Play Day. The school wide pancake breakfast will begin at 7:45am
on Friday. Parents are invited to have breakfast for only $2. Students will be free!
You are all invited to join us again for the annual Evergreen Elementary participation in
the Cottonwood Kiddie Parade on May 8. The theme is Outlaws and Overalls. More info will be
coming. Mark your calendar. We’d love to have as many students come as possible to represent our little school.
Dress-Up Days: Monday is Bandana Day, Tuesday is Boot Day, Wednesday is Cowboy Hat Day,
Thursday is Plaid Day and Friday is Dress like a Cowboy/Cowgirl.
In order to have all meal charges paid off by the last day of school, after May 8th, no
meal charging will be allowed. If your child is buying milk or on paid status, they must have
money prepaid on their account or they will be required to bring money for their meals.
Please remember, if you are pre-paying to the end of the year, be sure to include the last day
they will be eating. In the past, we have had a lot of students pay off their balance, but then
forget to bring money to pay for their last few meals. Negative balance letters are sent home
with your child bi-weekly, indicating any balance due. If you would like to know how much money your child has prepaid on their account, you may call the school cafeteria at 347-3411, op-
tion 2. They will be happy to give you the account balance. Report cards will be held for any
students that have money owed on their cafeteria accounts.
The Spring Scholastic Book Fair will be held at the Elementary School Cafeteria on May 21st
from 8:30am-3:00pm and 5:00pm-7:30pm. Hope to see you all there! Your support will help buy
new books for the library!
WOODSY OWL
Woodsy Owl and Rebecca Wilcox
paid a surprise visit to the preschool and first grade classes for
Earth Day. They reminded us how
important Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
and Rot are in helping us keep the
earth a healthy place to live.
Preschool is going buggy! Look out! Walking in their classroom you may find lots of little critters besides the ones seating at their tables. Our preschoolers are learning all about
insects. There is definitely a natural love and curiosity there for insects. They are reading
books to learn about insects and doing lots of craftivities to show what they learn in a fun
way. We’re working hard on our numbers and all our Ready for Kindergarten skills. We want
to give a shout out to Grandma Sharon for coming into our classrooms every week and reading
us stories. It’s such a treat to have her! Great job filling out your Read Aloud Reading Logs,
too, preschoolers. We are so proud of you!
Sign-ups for the Anderson Aquagators competitive swim team will be Thursday, May 7, between 5:00 -7:00 p.m.at West Valley High School. Practices are offered (but swimmers are
not required to attend all of them) at WVHS, Monday through Thursday, from 5:30—7:00
p.m. from May 11 to June 4, then weekday mornings from 7:45—9:30 a.m.,
and Monday through Thursday evenings from 6:15—8:00 p.m. from June 9—August 1. For
more information, go to Aquagators.com or call Coach Soares at 242-6289.
Mark your calendars for our upcoming Spring Music Festival! On May 13th, first grade will
perform at 6pm and second grade at 7pm. On May 14th, our third graders will perform at 6pm
and fourth graders at 7pm.
MOTHERSON GAME
NIGHT
May 1st
Please join us Friday, May 1st, from 5:30—7:30 p.m. at
the middle school campus for an evening of fun and
games!
There is no fee to attend; there will be carnival style
games and activities.
Game and door prize tickets will be available for purchase that evening.
4 Game Tickets for $1
4 Door Prize tickets for $1
Hot Dog Meals (hot dog, chips, and a drink) will be
available for $5. Drinks will also be sold separately.
There will also be a photo booth available and pictures
will cost $5.
You are cordially invited to attend Evergreen Elementary’s Open House on Thursday, May 21,
2015. This is a great time for your child to share his/her classroom with you. Students will enjoy
showing you some of the wonderful things they have been doing this year. We will also have a
Spaghetti Feed and Book Fair.
Schedule of Events
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Classroom Visitations
Classrooms
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Spaghetti Feed Multi
Purpose Room
8:30am - 7:30pm
Book Fair( closed from 3:00-5:00)
Multi Purpose Room
Spaghetti Feed
MENU
Included in the price of your Spaghetti
Feed Ticket is spaghetti, bread, salad,
lemonade and a cookie. Meals are $5 for
adults and $3 for children. Sodas and
other beverages will be available for an
additional charge. Dinner will be served
from 5:30pm-7:00pm.
Spaghetti
Bread
Salad
Lemonade
Cookie
Adult-$5
Reminder
Due to safety concerns,
students may not be on the
playground or field during
Open House. Students
must remain with their parents. There will be no additional adult supervision
available.
Children-$3
You may park behind the Daycare Center, Preschool or Basketball court area, if there is
room. The back gates will be open. We have additional parking at the Middle School at the
south end of the track if needed. Parents will need to accompany their children up the hill using the stairs. Please DO NOT park along the fence in front of the school. We must keep this
free for emergency vehicles.
Don’t forget to check the lost and found when you are here for Open House please.
It is OVERFLOWING!