5/9 Early Release at 12:40 p.m.

5/15 PTA Meeting at ESC at 9:00 a.m.

5/16 EC/WELE Fun in the Sun Event

5/16 Primary Play Date

5/19 & 5/20 Frog Lady (PTA Funded-thank you!)

5/20 Kindergarten Dual Language first grade visits

5/21 Mono kindergarten first grade visits

5/22 Kindergarten Field Day

5/23 Smile into Summer Begins

5/27 Say YES to PLAY day

5/29 EC/WELE visits K

6/2 Last Day for all Primary students

Special Friday Release Dates and Times for the 2024-2025 School Year

We are so proud of our two social workers, Mrs. Zavala and Mrs. Hyatt, along with Mr. Assmann, our School Psychologist and our Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Mrs. Cusenza, for being nominated in the Mental Health Educator Category. They were recognized at the Educator of the Year ceremony for Lake County. We couldn't be more proud of them and the work they do each day to support our students! Congratulations!

We hope you have enjoyed attending our Primary Play Dates this year! Mrs. Carruthers and Mrs. Garner have done a fabulous job of planning these events to bring our students together with great opportunities to connect and practice play skills. Plus, it's great to see parents coming together, too!

Don't miss our last one!

The Primary Staff would like to thank our families for all of the thoughtful cards, pictures, flowers, treats and more that were sent in this week to make their day. You put a smile on our faces and we all felt the love!

Thank you to our PTA for providing our staff with lunch this week-such a nice treat!

We have a great home-school connection and we hope you know how much your support and kind words mean to us. Thank you!

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, when we celebrate and pay tribute to the rich history, culture and contributions of generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States. We think using stories can spark great conversation with our students. Stories can help children learn about others and themselves, we love stories told in authors and illustrators “own voices.” These stories can offer kids both “mirrors” (to feel seen) and “windows” (to open up to and understand others).

Below are two stories that celebrate the storytelling traditions of Asian American and Pacific Islanders.

In this New York Times bestseller, a child notices that the shape of her eyes is different from her peers’. As she begins to notice all of the wonderful ways in which her eyes kiss in the corners and crinkle into crescent moons, she discovers how the shape of her eyes connects her to the important women in her life.

Storyteller Phuoc Thi Minh Tran (Minnesota’s first Vietnamese librarian) authors this award-winning collection of Vietnamese folklores and legends, including "The Story of Tam and Cam" (the Vietnamese version of Cinderella), "The Jade Rabbit," and "The Legend of the Mai Flower." The stories are beautifully illustrated by Nguyen Thi Hop and Nguyen Dong.

Medication Drop Off for ALL schools will be on Monday, Aug. 11 at the Middle School from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 3 - 7 p.m.

Please bring nonexpired/labeled medications and updated forms (a new form signed by a doctor and parent is required every school year). Updated forms include the following: Asthma Action Plans, Food and Allergy Plans, Seizure Action Plans, Medication Authorization Form.

Nurses and health assistants from each school will be on hand to take medications, physicals, vaccine forms and discuss health needs prior to the first day of school.

DID YOU KNOW? Several grade levels require an updated physical and vaccination record for the 2025-2026 school year! View Requirements.

The deadline for vaccines and physicals is Oct. 15. If you do not have the proper documentation on file in the Health Office, your student will be excluded from school. Please contact the Health Office at your student’s school if you need assistance in meeting these requirements.

We are so proud of our students and the hard work they have put in this year. We want to celebrate them with our fun Smile Into Summer days for the last 6 days of the year. Click below to see the fun we have planned! Smile Into Summer starts on May 23rd.

PTA Calendar Art Contest! The PTA is accepting artwork submissions for our 25/26 Calendar NOW - 6/4. More details!

COMING SOON!

Supply Pack Sale! Be on the lookout for the annual supply pack sale. You can preorder your supplies for next year and have them delivered directly to your home in August. Take the stress out of back to school shopping and support the PTA at the same time!

We've added a new media forum to keep you in the know! We post on X, Snapchat and now Instagram! Find us and follow us to see lots of great pictures and happenings around Primary.