• 5/22 Open House at 5:00
• 5/23 Minimum Day - Dismissal for grades 1-12 at 12:05
• 5/26 Memorial Day - No School
• 6/5 Hoppy Hour Transition Planning at 9:00
• 6/9 Graduation Ceremony at 10:00
• 6/10 Minimum Day/Last day of the regular school year - Dismissal for grades 1-12 at 12:05
• 6/23 First day of Extended School Year (ESY)/Summer School
• 7/4 No School
• 7/18 Last day of Extended School Year (ESY)/Summer School

We had a fabulous I Am Week! We have such special students at our school, it's really nice to celebrate their individuality! Our PTA wrote all of their names on the sidewalk, so that everyone walking through the hallway could see who they were. Each day the students had a fun time experiencing a fun activity. I think the alpaca from the petting zoo was one of my favorites.

If you have been by the campus, you may have noticed that a portable was taken away last weekend. Our bunnies are safe and weren't harmed in the move. The remaining portable will be removed after school is out.

Open House will occur on May 22, in the MP room. Dinner will be free for our families. California Burrito and Jeeroz Food Truck are catering this event. We will have a Rifton bike as a raffle prize and a silent auction for many different restaurants and local businesses. Please let us know if you would like an interpreter at the event.

On June 5, we will be having Herman Kothe from Alta Regional Center here during Hoppy Hour to share information about students' options following transitions after they turn 22. This workshop is intended for students who are high school or older, but welcome to all, to help inform parents and prepare for the future.

School Hours will be Monday - Friday 8:00 - 11:00 for preschool and 8:00 - 12:00 for everyone else for four weeks this year. The dates will be June 23 - July 18. There will be no school on July 4 due to the holiday.

Congratulations to everyone that was awarded a Golden Ralphie Award! Here are a list of the recipients this year:

Beth Von Striver

Prince Sumagang

Leanne Yuke

Summer King

Naima Reddick

Jim Parr

Mindy Bates

Janice Finneran

Tara Melavic

Jazmin Verdugo

Jamileh Piran

Teri Broadhead

Melanie Gilmore

Amanda Morgan

Kelly Babitz

Janice Powell

Thank you for all that you do!

• Items are displayed and participants write their bids on a sheet of paper.
• Participants can continue to out-bid each other until the auction is over (two hours).
• At the end, we will collect the sheets and the winners are announces, who then pay for their items.

There will be a graduation ceremony on June 9, at 10:00 to honor our high school graduates and our students who will be transferring out of the Ralph Richardson Center. If you would like to attend this special event, please RSVP to Brian Smith by phone at (916) 971-7411, by email at brian.smith@sanjuan.edu, or by submitting an RSVP below.

Do you have concerns if your child is swallowing safely? Sacramento State has a Pediatric Swallowing/Feeding Assessment Clinic where children can be evaluated. Your child can be screened over the phone and then assessed at the clinic by Dr. Lisa D'Angelo and speech program grad students. If you are interested in having your child evaluated, please call Dr. Lisa D'Angelo at 530-400-1970.