GOLDEN HILLS NEWSLETTER

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Dear Golden Hills Families,

We’re thrilled to share that our attendance last month was outstanding! We love seeing our Eagles at school, ready to learn and grow. Our goal for the year is 95% daily attendance, and we’re getting so close! With only five weeks left in the school year—and so many exciting activities planned—we hope to see every student here each day to take part.

Our summer program filled up quickly! If your child is enrolled, you’ll be receiving more details very soon.

Students in 4th and 5th grade will be participating in the CAASPP assessments during the week of May 5th. This includes:

• Science (CAST) – 5th Grade only
  
  

• English Language Arts – 4th & 5th Grade
  
  

• Math – 4th & 5th Grade
  
  

To help your child do their best, please make sure they:

• Arrive to school on time
  
  

• Eat a healthy breakfast (at home or at school)
  
  

• Get a good night’s sleep
  
  

Feel encouraged and supported

We’re excited to invite you to our 4th Grade play, Gold Dust or Bust, on Wednesday, May 14th from 5:00–6:00 PM at the Oroville State Theatre. This is our first time performing at this wonderful venue, and all of our 4th grade students will be participating in the show. We can’t wait to see you there for this special performance!

One of our favorite traditions is almost here! During the Golden Hills Olympics, each class will create a team name and flag, then compete in over 20 fun events—from the bean bag toss to the mile run. We’ll begin each day together with the Pledge of Allegiance before jumping into the games. Students will be recognized with ribbons and medals during the closing ceremony.

A huge thank you to Mrs. Dailey and Ms. Zarzynski for organizing this special event once again!

Come celebrate your child’s hard work and accomplishments at Open House! Classrooms will be open for families to view student projects and see all the amazing learning that’s taken place this year. We will also be offering a farmers market, be sure to stop by for fruit and veggies.

Next year we will have a few staff changes.

We are excited for Mrs. Chapman to become our MTSS teacher. She will be supporting both grade levels in math and reading intervention.

We are excited for Ms. Collins ( she has been a 5th grade student teacher) to be our new fourth grade teacher!

We are so sad to announce that Ms. Zarzynski will be moving from the area and has resigned. She is such an amazing teacher who truly loves our students. We will miss her so much!

We are excited to announce Ms. Robertson will be our new fifth grade teacher. She attended the Palermo School District and is moving back into the area. She has taught fifth grade for 11 years and we are excited to have her join the Golden Hills Team!

Let’s finish the school year strong—we can’t wait to celebrate all the fun and growth ahead!

Warmly,
The Golden Hills Team

Warmly,

Kristi Napoli

Please join us in celebrating National Teacher/ Staff Appreciation week the week of May 5th-9th! Our staff works very hard all year long for your student’s success!

We have a small Parent Teacher Group and we could use your HELP! Our next meeting is on Thursday, May 15, 3-4 pm

May 5-9thh: Stock the Staff Room! It would be very appreciated if fourth grade families donated drinks and fifth grade families donated snacks!

Thank you for supporting our AMAZING staff at Golden Hills!

Mr. Grigoruk our music teacher will lead grade level shows to show off all the learning that has been happening in music class! Our students attend music class weekly!

Golden Hills Band will be showcased too!

The Golden Hills Spring Sing:

4th Grade Thursday, May 13th at 9:30 am

5th Grade: Tuesday, May 14th at 9:30 am

* The shows will be held in the Golden Hills cafeteria!

Congratulations to the following students whose art will be displayed:

4th: Dakota, Elora, Louie, Zane, Winnie

5th: Holden, Natalia, Kayley, Hudson

Thank you Ms. Rayome, Golden Hills art teacher, for making this happen for our students!

Golden Hills has partnered with Butte County Public Health for a few fun events at Golden Hills:

4th & 5th Grade: May 16th Walk to School Event ( families invited to join us)

4thGrade: Bike Safety Lessons & Bike Rodeo

5th Grade: Pedestrian Safety Lessons

There will be optional Summer Packets available to take home during the last week of school. These are going to be a little bigger than the regular monthly homework packets. In an attempt to save paper you must contact Mrs. Webb, (530) 552-1631, if you would like one sent home with your student.

Yearbooks are for sale in the school office for the low price of $15.00. The yearbook features a soft cover, color pages, and contains pictures of all the students, teachers, staff, and fun memories at GH. Students who purchase a yearbook will receive their copy the last week of school.

Due to the nature of our program at Golden Hills, where students may have several teachers in a given day, we don’t take teacher requests. Instead, we value your input on the specific needs your child may have that will assist us in making appropriate placements. Please feel free to pick up a form in the Main Office at Golden Hills between April 1st and May 15th. Forms are due May 15th.

On Monday, May 19th at 1:30pm the Third Grade classes will be touring Golden Hills School. We will assemble under the awning near the car pick- up area at Helen Wilcox at about 9:50 and walk over to the Golden Hills cafeteria/ multi-purpose room. Students and parents will have the opportunity to meet with the school principal, Mrs. Napoli and all the fourth grade teachers. They will have an overview of the Golden Hills routine, as well as time to ask questions. Students will then be given an opportunity to walk through the 4th grade classrooms as a way of becoming familiar with the school’s layout.

If you would like to join us, please meet at the Helen Wilcox awning. It is important that you allow yourself enough time to check-in at the school office, we would suggest you be at Helen Wilcox by 1:10. If you are unable to attend this meeting, your student will be bringing home a letter from administration at Golden Hills with an overview of what was discussed at the assembly. We hope you will be able to join us!

Mrs. Davis, the BCOE after school program coordinator will be there to hand out applications for the 2025-2026 school year.

Golden Hills After School Program Coordinator, Mrs. Davis, will be at the third grade orientation and at Golden Hills Open House on May 22nd with ASP applications for the 2025-2026 school year. If you cannot attend applications will be available in the Golden Hills office after May 22nd for sign ups.

Third Trimester Attendance Challenge is a field trip to the movies:

Students must have less than 16 absences for the entire year or less than 6 absences for the third trimester 3/10/25-5/23/25

Mrs. Napoli met with every student who has 12 or more absences to be sure everyone knows their absences. We want EVERYONE to be able to attend.

Movie Packs are $6.25 and will need to be preordered. To purchase a movie pack students must bring EXACT change to the office by Friday, May 23rd. !

April’s Attendance Party winner for the best attendance is: Mrs. Langone

Our Ironman Winners (class with the best attendance) for the month of April

4th Grade:

1. Mrs. Langone

2. Mrs. Chapman

5th Grade:

1. Mr. Sharp

2. Mr. Benson

If your child is absent please call the school office to let them know the reason so that your child can possibly be excused. Also, if your child will be absent you can request independent study. Your child will receive work to do and if the work is completed, your child will receive credit for attendance and will not be counted as absent. If you have questions, please call the school office.

Attendance is very important, if your student is not at school, they cannot learn. Thank you for your support!

Shady Creek is a three night, four day environmental camp. Our fourth grade class will be attending next year. In order to attend we must have parent volunteers to stay in the cabins with the students. These parents must be cleared through our district through the volunteer process. We will need to have the parents cleared before the end of this school year to commit to going! The reserved dates for Shady Creek are the week before our October intercession. Please begin the process so we can be sure we have enough parent volunteers.

Fourth Grade families, we will need you for next year! We need around 10 females and 10 male chaperones for the cabins. So far we have 11 volunteers. We have nine females and 1 male. At this time we will add females on a waitlist to go but we NEED males. We will need 7 males. We have requested the date of Sept. 30th- October 3rd, this will be confirmed before the end of the year.

Please click the link below to sign up to volunteer:

25-26 Shady Creek Sign ups

• Students should not be dropped off before 7:45 am, We do not have supervision until 7:45 am.

• We have minimum days on Friday’s and school gets out at 1:45. On Friday, May 23rd and May 30th we have early release, school gets out at 1:15 pm.

• Students should not bring items from home. We are not responsible for any lost, stolen or broken items.

• Cell phones are not allowed

Thank you for understanding our safety procedures. If you have any questions please call the office.

5/2 MS. T & Mrs. Beard Track Meet Field Trip & Ms. Russell Field Trip to Courthouse

5/5- 5/17 CAASPP Testing No field trips

5/7: Field Trip To Palermo for Peter pan Play

5/5-5/9 Staff Appreciation Week

“Stock the Staff Room”

4th Grade Families Donate drinks

5th Grade families Donate snacks

5/13: Fourth Grade Music Show at 9:30

5/14 Fifth Grade Music Show at 9:30

5/14 : Gold Dust or Bust at State Theater at 5

5/15 School Site Council/ PTG Meeting 3- 4 pm

5/15 Bike Safety Lessons for fourth grade & Olympics Opening Ceremony

5/15-6/2 Olympics

5/16 Walk to school event at 8 am ( Families join us to walk the playground) and pedestrian safety lessons fifth grade

5/19- Third Grade Orientation at 1:30 and 5th Grade Bowling Field Trip

5/19-5/23: Acadience / Iready Assessments

5/22 Bike Rodeo 4th Grade only & Open House 5-6 pm & 6th Grade Orientation ( 5th Grade Only)

5/23 Early Release 1:15

5/26 No School Memorial day

5/27 Movie Field Trip

5/29: Cal Skate Field Trip - PTG

5/30- Last Day of Olympics & Extra early Release 1:15

5/19-5/23: Acadience / Iready Assessments

6/2 Fore bay Field Trip

6/3 Olympic Closing Ceremonies at 9am

6/4: Yearbook Signing Party at 2 pm

6/5 BMX Bike Riders at 9 am & Last Day of School!