10/17 PTO meeting 6:00 PM in the cafeteria

10/23-10/27 Red Ribbon Week

10/27 Fall Fest 5:00-8:00

10/31 Halloween Spirit Day and Elementary Costume Parade

11/1 No School Staff Development Day

11/3-11/9 Trimester 1 Conferences-minimum days

11/10 No School-Veteran's Day

Come join us this Friday, October 27th, for our Fall Fest! Costumes are welcome but must be appropriate for families and no weapons please. The event is from 5-8. There is no general admission fee this year but a $10 wristband is required to participate in the activities. We do ask that all minors be accompanied by an adult. There will be carnival games, inflatables, a cake walk, a silent disco and more! There will also be an amazing performance by our advanced orchestra, 6th grade intermediate band, and advance band.

Straw Hat Pizza, Dad’s BBQ, Menchie’s and Gathering Grounds will also be available for purchase. If you are interested in helping our PTO with the event, please sign up at https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0D4BA4A82CA5F5C43-orchard1 or email them at
OPS4PTO@gmail.com

The PTO is also asking for candy donations for the event. They ask the peanut free candy be dropped off in the main office, up until the 27th. Please make sure they are clearly labeled that they are donations for fall fest. They are also asking for baked goods to be donated for the cake walk. They ask that those be dropped off only the 26th and 27th to ensure they stay fresh. Baked goods must be store bought and individually wrapped.

Elementary Halloween Parade

October 31 Beginning at 8:30AM

The map of the parade route is below. Middle School classes will not be participating in the parade, but can dress up that day.

• The parade will start in the Kindergarten yard and proceed according to the map.
• As the parade passes, classes will join at the end of the line (like a conga line)

Parents are asked to watch from the visitor gallery set up at various locations around the school (see map). Please do not go in any other area.

Halloween Costume Guidelines for All Grade Levels

Students may wear their costume to school as long as the costume adheres to the following guidelines.

• The school and District dress code outlined in the Parent/Student Information Booklet will be enforced.
• Appropriate footwear as described in the school dress code must be worn.
• Costumes are not to be too revealing. Knees to shoulders are to be covered.
• Costumes are not to be overly scary in nature (gory make-up or masks are not appropriate).
• Weapons, wands, or other items that can be injurious in nature or suggest violence are not be brought to school.
• Costumes are not to be offensive in nature or advocate a criminal life style.
• Inflatable costumes are not allowed.
• Costumes will need to be worn all day. Students will not be able to change into and out of costumes.

Teachers will be contacting families to set up a conference time to discuss student's progress. Elementary teachers will meet with all students. Middle school teachers will not be meeting with all students. They will be contacting the families of students they would like to meet with. If you did not get contacted and would like to meet, you can message one of your student's teachers to set up a conference.

Nov. 3-Nov.9

TK-8:05-11:30

Kindergarten 8:05-11:40

1st-3rd grade 8:05-11:50

4th-5th grades 8:05-12:00

6th-8th grades 8:05-11:45

Click on the link below for more detailed information. this club is for 1st-8th graders. As a reminder, all students showing up to Running club must participate. Siblings and friends cannot hangout after school to wait for the other student participating. All students that are not participating will be asked to exit campus and go home.

Please call in all absences to 925-779-7445. Absences that are not reported are considered truant. Three truancies start the SART/SARB attendance process. For more information on attendance, please visit our district webpage Attendance | Antioch Unified School District (antiochschools.net)

"School is more bootiful with you here"

Students with perfect attendance will receive a Halloween treat.

The winning classes for last month's attendance challenge "You otter be in school" were:

Dexhimer

Boland

Samsel

Lee

Ghriggeri/Chatham

Contreras

Albanese

Hurtado

It is time for 8th graders to start thinking about what high school would best suit their educational needs. Ms. Guker will be speaking with all 8th graders on choosing their pathway. The application window will open in Aeries October 23rd and will run through December 1st. There will be two parent information nights: October 24th at DVHS 6-7pm, and October 26th at AHS 6-7pm. You can also look on the district website for more information https://www.antiochschools.net/o/ausd/page/career-pathways

1. The parking lot entrance is the one by the marquee and the exit is the one by the multiuse room. Please do not enter or exit in the wrong driveways.

2. If you would like to park and walk up to meet your child after school, please use a parking space.

3. If you would like to park and wait with your child before school, please use a parking space.

4. The curb area along the loop is for drop off and pick up. This is not a parking area. You cannot leave your car unattended here.

5. Neither lane in the loop is a place to park, especially the passing lane. Please do not park and block everyone behind you.

6. Please pull up to keep the flow of traffic moving.

7. Do not double park and allow your child to run across the parking lot to get to class or call your child to run across the parking lot to get to your car or park across the street and have your child run across traffic. These are both safety issues.

8. If a staff member asks you to pull up or move your car, please do so. They are doing this for either the safety of the students or to keep the flow of traffic moving.

9. Please do not speed through the parking lot for the safety of our students, staff, and families.

10. School drop off and pick up times are busy at any school. Expect the process to be a little time consuming.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Morning Routine:

• Students should not arrive at school before 7:50 AM. Since formal supervision does not begin until 7:50 AM, any elementary student who must arrive earlier is to wait in the main courtyard area only on the yellow line. Students are not to be on the playground before 7:50 AM.
• All elementary students arriving between 7:50 and 8:00 AM should go directly to the playground.
• Middle school students who arrive before 7:50 should wait at the picnic table area outside the cafeteria.
• All bikes, scooters, skateboards are to be walked at all times on campus.
• Breakfast is served in the cafeteria daily from 7:30-8:00.

After School Pick-Up Routine:

Formal supervision ends 15 minutes after the dismissal bell rings. Please be on-time to pick up your student because staff has meetings and other duties to attend after school lets out.

· Kindergarten: Top of the Loop in front of the Kindergarten Classroom

· 1-3 Grades: Loading zone adjacent to Primary Loop/Main Office

· 4-8 Grades: Loading zone adjacent to Multi use room/Library

Elementary and Middle School siblings should meet at the lunch tables outside the cafeteria and be picked up at the older siblings pick up area. Elementary and middle school students are not to wait outside siblings classrooms.

For the safety of students and staff, all AUSD campuses are closed campuses. Therefore, parents/guardians will need to say their morning goodbyes at the gate and/or wait at the gate for pick-ups. Anyone without a visitors pass, will be asked to leave campus. We thank you in advance for complying with our safety policy.

PTO is a great way to support the school and/or get involved. The next meeting is October 17th at 6:00pm in the cafeteria.

For more information about our school's policies and procedures, please view our handbook.

https://tinyurl.com/56jaewxr

As a reminder, students may not carry medication of any sort on them including over the counter medications like allergy pills, aspirin, or even cough drops. If you would like to have medication available for your child at school, please contact the office for our procedures on doing this.