Catching Up with the Coyotes

• Sat 8/23: PTO Pancake Breakfast, Lunch Arbor, 8-10:30 am
• Sat 8/23: Last Day for Free Shipping on Coyote Gear!
• Tues 8/26: Best Pizza and Brew Dine Out
• Mon 9/1: Labor Day, No School
• Tues 9/2-Fri 9/5: Start with "Hello!" Week
• Thurs 9/4: Team CV Meeting
• Wed 9/10: Picture Day
• Fri 9/12: Around the World Night
• Fri 9/19: Movie Night - Red Envelope Kick Off

*Participation in fundraising and social events are voluntary and not required.

No School on Monday, September 1 in observance of Labor Day.

Dear Coyote Families,

Here are a few highlights from our fantastic first week of school! Our students have been learning the school rules and routines. We are so proud of the Canyon View C.A.R.E.S. behavior that we are seeing from students throughout campus. Thank you for your support with this! Our first through fifth grade classes had Back-to-School night on Thursday. If you were not able to make it, look out for communication from the teacher with information that was shared.

This week, we had some high-heat days and made adjustments to our routines to ensure that students kept cool. Afternoon playtime was moved to the air-conditioned MPR, all students ate in the shaded lunch area, PE activities were moved indoors or to the morning, and we made announcements each morning to remind students to drink water and keep cool!

Let's Make it a GREAT week!

Warmly,

Erica Edmonston

Principal, Canyon View Elementary School

eedmonston@powayusd.com

858-484-0981

The San Diego County Office of Education is excited to share a new Mindfulness Series for Parents and Caregivers coming this September. "Learning to Relax Through Mindfulness" are free online classes designed for parents and caregivers of school-aged children offering insights on stress management and relaxation tips and techniques. Please see the flyer for more information.

Based on feedback from families and staff, the district is working on improvements to make the volunteer process more efficient and user-friendly.

While our new system is being finalized, we are still welcoming volunteers. For now, anyone interested in helping on campus can do so as a visitor until our updated process launches, tentatively scheduled for mid-September.

We encourage you to take this time to complete your TB assessment so you’ll be ready when the updated system is in place. We will share more details as we get closer to launch. You can learn more about this process by visiting our website.

Thank you for your ongoing support. Our volunteers truly make a difference in the lives of our students.

Under California’s Universal Meals Program, all PUSD students continue to receive school breakfast and lunch meals at no cost. The Application for Free and Reduced-Price Meals, however, is still very important for meal reimbursement purposes and for LCFF funding. Because income eligibility guidelines change annually, families must reapply every year. Please encourage households to apply online at MySchoolApps.com, or to complete a paper application. Students that meet income criteria for free or reduced-price meal eligibility may qualify for additional benefits, such as discounts on after-school care, AP testing fees, transportation, home internet, and some utilities. Families with questions about the meal application should call PUSD Food and Nutrition at 858-668-2570.

We need your help! Each year, we rely on PTO membership donations to keep our amazing events going strong!

How You Can Help:
• Become a PTO Member - Every membership makes a difference. Your membership dues are used to fund our events and pay for operating expenses. You also become an official member of the PTO which gives you voting rights and discounts at several community businesses through our PTO Discount Card, and even some of our school events!

• Sponsor an Event - Love Trunk-or-Treat, the Coyote Round Up or our annual Spring Dance and want to make sure we keep it going? Families and businesses can sponsor a specific event with name recognition or choose to give anonymously.

Join or donate today at: bit.ly/teamcvmembership2025 or bit.ly/teamcvsponsor2025 . Your support ensures students continue to enjoy the activities and programs that make our school special.

Participation is voluntary and not required.

We are excited to bring back our 7th year CV takeover at Great Wolf Lodge! This fundraiser offers a Canyon View group rate with check-in on Sunday, September 28th for a 1-night stay till Monday the 29th, a no-school day due to Staff Professional Growth. A portion of all bookings will go back to support the Canyon View Foundation. Come as early as 1 pm on the 28th and stay to play till close on the 29th and take full advantage of the water park. Space is limited and available on a first come-first served basis until September 10th or when rooms sell out, whichever comes first. Please see the flyer for details.

Registration opens at 12 noon on Saturday, August 23rd. To register, please complete the registration form by visiting https://www.bit.ly/CVESatGWL2025 . Payments are non-refundable and only accepted via Zeffy this year. The registration form will automatically close after we sell out. In the event of other online promotions, the rate will not be adjusted.

Participation in this fundraising opportunity is voluntary and not required.

Come Dine With the Pack at our first Family Dine Out of the Year at Best Pizza & Brew in Carmel Mountain Ranch (11489 Carmel Mountain Rd.) from 11 am to 9 pm on Tuesday, August 26th. Show this flyer or mention "Canyon View" when ordering and 33% of your bill will be given back to support the Canyon View PTO. It's tasty, easy and fun to be part of the Coyote Grub Club! Participation in our social and fundraising events are voluntary and not required.

Team CV (PTO & Foundation) invites all our new PTO members to attend our next Team CV meeting on Thursday, September 4th. The Foundation meeting will occur from 6:00 to 7:00 pm and the PTO will follow from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. The meeting will be held in Room 23 on campus or via Zoom. If you are a member, you will receive the meeting info and Zoom log in a few days prior to the meeting. Team CV meetings are held every first Thursday of the month at 6:00 pm. Mark your calendars! Hope to see you there!

Picture Day is coming! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 10. Great Expressions Photography will be on campus taking your child's individual and class photos. Payment is not needed at this time. You'll receive proofs and instructions to order photos in a few weeks. A make up photo day for individual photos will be available on Tuesday, September 23, but if your child is absent on September 10, they will not appear in the class photo. Purchase of photo package is voluntary and not required for your child's photo to be included in the yearbook.

Join us for our next Coyote Grub Club family dine-out fundraiser of the year at the Kebab Shop in Carmel Mountain Ranch (11122 Rancho Carmel Dr, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92128) on September 16th from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Simply call or place your order in person with a server and mention Canyon View, or enter code "Fundraiser" when ordering online, and 25% of sales will go back to support our school. Participation in fundraising events is voluntary and not required. We hope you come dine with the pack!

Run Club will be restarting at Canyon View! Open to all Coyotes in Grades 1 through 5, this program gets their hearts started and ready for the day. Daily from 8:20 am till 8:40 am. We need volunteers to run and supervise this activity, including cone set up, tear down and lap counting. Please contact Casey at caseymac81@gmail.com for info or to sign up.

Interested in helping in the Canyon View Frienship Garden? We are looking for one or more parent volunteers per classroom to be a class garden helper. Share the joy of gardening with students in the your child's classroom by joining us for short garden lessons, planting, harvesting, and caring for our school garden. Minimal time commitment on your schedule, however all volunteers in the garden need to be cleared as volunteers through the district. For more information, or to sign up, please contact Terri Wrider at terri.l.lane@gmail.com

Place an order for Coyote Gear by August 23rd and receive free shipping to the school. Orders will be delivered the week of September 12th to your child's classroom. Visit https://shop.teamcanyonview.org/ and check out our new collections including pink gear, glitter and gear to represent the Dad's Club. Purchase is voluntary and not required.

The Canyon View Elementary School Dad's Club mission centers around increasing fathers' involvement in their children's education and lives, fostering stronger family bonds, and building a supportive community. We aim to provide positive role models, strengthen relationships with the school community, and create opportunities for fathers to connect with each other. The CVES Dad's Club works to support the school through volunteering, fundraising, and organizing social events. Join the Canyon View Dad's Club is planning some great things this year, including social events, campus repair and beautification, and social gatherings and they'd love for you to join! Sign up today at bit.ly/cvesdadsclub

Introducing our Team CV Board Members! Team CV consists of the Canyon View Foundation and PTO. Team CV is 100% volunteer run and provides all of our social and fundraising events. What's the difference between the Foundation and the PTO? The Canyon View Elementary Foundation is dedicated to fundraising for Canyon View to provide our children with the best education possible. The Foundation organizes the school's fundraisers such as Red Envelope, Gift Cards, Jog-A-Thon, Coyote Gear, Silent Auction, and E-Waste Recycling. These fundraisers support programs such as Science, Music, Art, PE, IMPACT Reading, STEAM Enhancements, Technology & Software Licensing, Health, and Safety which are not currently funded by state or federal budgets. The Canyon View PTO strives to positively impact the lives of children and families through fun family events, like the Pancake Breakfast, Ice Cream Social, Family Game Nights, Spring Dance and Coyote Round-Up, as well as provide educationally enriching programs like Red Ribbon Week and the Science Fair which are funded by PTO Membership Dues and Sponsorships. Because both groups share the ultimate goal to provide a memorable and enriching experience for our children, the two organizations work hand in hand to ensure we are meeting the needs of our school community. These board members ensure all of the gears are turning behind the scenes, but we know we could not do this without your support. We'd love for you to stop us when you see us and introduce yourselves!

We are celebrating #StartWithHelloWeek from September 2 through 5 to build a culture of inclusivity and empathy! The goal of this program is to teach students to build connections, end loneliness, and help each other by fostering an environment filled with kindness and belonging. Kids are invited to participate in theme day activities during lunch all week long with our Coynselor Mrs. Cedillo (formerly Ms. Gamelson).

For more information about Start With Hello! Week, you can visit https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/our-programs/start-with-hello/

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• Please do not park along Adolphia Street between Black Mountain and the school entrance. Parking in that location pushes out the line of stopped cars waiting to get into the school, and blocks the only traffic lane, which then causes the stopped cars to back up all the way out onto Black Mountain Road. It is very dangerous!
• No curb parking along the perimeter of the lot.
• If you are driving to pick-up, use our pick-up lane. Meeting up in alternate areas in or around the parking lot is a safety hazard and is not permitted.

Green Cone Zone:

The Green Cone Zone is located on the east side of the parking lot. This area is reserved for loading/unloading of students in our preschool and Special Day Classes who require additional assistance ONLY (Ms. Marty, Ms. Morrison, Mrs. Ruble, and Ms. Dobson's classes). This is not a parking area for TK.

Visit the link below for more information. Please reach out to Erica Edmonston, Principal, at eedmonston@powayusd.com if you have any questions.

The Poway Unified School District (PUSD) is an equal opportunity employer/program and is committed to an active Nondiscrimination Program. PUSD prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, nationality, immigration status, ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For more information, please contact: Title IX/Equity Compliance Officer, James Jimenez, Associate Superintendent of Personnel support Services, Poway Unified School District, 15250 Avenue of Science, San Diego, CA 92128, 1-858-521-2800, extension 2121, jjimenez@powayusd.com. For students, you may contact Title IX Coordinator/504 Coordinator Jamie Dayhoff, Director of Attendance and Discipline, Poway Unified School District, 1-858-521-2840, jdayhoff@powayusd.com.