Providencia Press

I hope you are enjoying your Labor Day weekend! Thank you so much for attending our TB Clinic, Back to School Night and PTA's Back to School Family Picnic last week! Your participation at all of our beginning of the year school events is a springboard to building a strong home-school connection. We hope you learned a lot about your child's learning goals and grade level expectations for the school year. If you missed Back to School Night:

• please reach out to your child's teacher to share their presentation
• please click here to read and electronically sign the Parent-School Compact
• please check out these Parents' Guides to Student Success from the PTA website

This month, classrooms will be focusing their Social Emotional Learning lessons around our Character Trait of the month, RESILIENCE. Last week I did a schoolwide virtual read aloud titled "After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)." By talking about the book you can help instill resiliency in your child by describing it as the ability to "bounce back" from tough times and challenges, like an injury or a hard day, and to keep going. Being resilient means being able to handle problems, learn from them, and become even stronger for the next challenge, much like how a baseball player trains to get better!

Please scroll and read below to learn more about our upcoming Apex Fundraiser, Spirit Wear and Assembly and Coffee with the Principal and volunteer opportunities and training! Have a wonderful week!

Respectfully,

Principal Celeste

• Our school calendar has a new look with GoogleSheets! There is a tab for each month at the bottom of each sheet.
• Please know that the calendar is subject to change and more events will be added throughout the year.
• If you'd like to print the calendar, make sure you select "fit to page."

We're gearing up to raise funds for FOR MUSIC & ART INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, FIELD TRIPS & ASSEMBLIES and we need your support! Stay tuned for more details on how you can get involved and help make a difference. 💪 The linked video below was shared last week with students to get them excited for the next 2 weeks!

We are looking for cleared volunteers to help students sort their food scraps, liquids, recycling and trash during nutrition and lunch times. We are asking volunteers to commit for at least 1.5-2 hours between 9:15 am-1:30 pm for the next several weeks. Please click here or on the button below to volunteer!

Informing your child's teacher of their absence is a courtesy; the only way to clear your child's absence is to directly call the or email the school office. Thank you!

On the first Friday of each month, Principal Celeste hosts an in-person Coffee with the Principal. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, suggestions and/or ideas that you would to be addressed at the next Coffee with the Principal, please click here or below.

If you are a cleared volunteer and/or plan to become a cleared volunteer to help in the classroom, field trips or upcoming school day events such as Apex Fun Run, Book Fair and ceramics, please attend one of our in-person or virtual volunteer trainings.

With the new school year upon us, the Burbank Police Department would like to remind the

community that traffic safety around our schools is everyone’s responsibility. By following a few

simple rules and tips, parents and students can assist the Burbank Police in creating a safe

environment for everyone near our schools. The Burbank Police are providing the following “Do’s" for traffic safety near schools:

✓ Be patient, especially in heavy traffic. Slow down, plan ahead, and arrive early

✓ Use the safe delivery/valet drop-off areas when and where available

✓ Have your children exit your vehicle on the right (sidewalk side), away from traffic

✓ Always remember to pull to the curb when dropping children off at school

✓ Stay alert and refrain from using cell phones or anything else that might distract you

✓ Park your vehicle in the appropriate areas, obeying all posted parking restrictions

✓ Obey all traffic laws and speed limits

✓ Consider parking your vehicle away from congested areas and walk your child to school

✓ Always cross the street at the corners and use crossing guards for assistance

The School Site Council (SSC) is the group of elected staff and parents/guardians that help develop, evaluate and update Providencia’s Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA). SSC members discuss goals and actions to raise the academic performance of all students and provide input on our Comprehensive School Safety Plan.

Our virtual meetings are held once a month on the second or third Mondays of each month from 3:00-4:00 pm, and all are welcome to attend. This year we have 5 open spots on our School Site Council. It is a two-year commitment (unless you are a 5th grade parent, you only need to commit for 1 year). If you are interested in joining the SSC and/or would like to nominate someone, please click on the SSC Nomination Form no later than Sun., Sept. 15. Once names are collected, a voting ballot will be sent out. Thank you!

Calendars

2025-2026 Providencia Parent Calendar

2025-2026 Providencia PTA Event Roadmap

2025-2026 Burbank Instructional Calendar

BUSD Annual Notification to Parents

Medication Form

Menus for Nutrition and Lunch

Providencia Parent and Student Handbook

Previous Newsletters

School Supply Lists

Volunteer Application Form