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Jan 27: Smencil Grams go on sale *flyers being sent home on Tuesday)

Jan 29: 100th Day of School

Jan 30: Kindness Kick Off Assembly

Feb 4: Hearing Screening (1st, 2nd, 5th)

Feb 6: 1st Grade to Fairy Tale Town

Feb 11: Red Robin PFO Family Night

Feb 9-13: Kindness Week

We are so excited to welcome NorCal Gift From the Heart Foundation to Dewey this Friday! As part of our focus on kindness and community service, students will be creating Valentine cards and collecting new blankets for children receiving care at Shriners Children’s Hospital.

February is recognized as National Random Acts of Kindness Month, a time to intentionally spread compassion, empathy, and care for others. This partnership gives our students a meaningful opportunity to show kindness in action and make a real difference for children who may be spending Valentine’s Day in the hospital.

More information—including how families can participate in the blanket drive—will be coming home after our launch assembly on Friday. Thank you for helping us share love, warmth, and kindness beyond our campus!

Warm regards,

Sabrina Parsley, principal

Our fourth grade students took on an exciting engineering challenge by designing and building structures to protect an egg from breaking when dropped from a height. Design and construction took place in the Maker Lab, while students explored the science behind gravity, force, and impact in their classrooms.

Students tested their designs during a live egg drop, observing results and reflecting on what worked and what could be improved. This hands-on experience strengthened problem-solving, collaboration, and perseverance while showing students how science and design work together.

The San Juan Unified School District has renamed its annual district climate survey to the School Experience Survey. This new name better reflects what the survey is about: your experience at your school.

San Juan Unified would like to invite parents, students and staff to take the school experience survey. Your feedback is vital and informs school leaders of the changes needed in their communities. The deadline for the survey is Feb. 6.

Surveys are available online in English, Spanish, Persian (Farsi/Dari), Russian, Pashto, Ukrainian and Arabic at:

• Parent Survey - www.sanjuan.edu/parentsurvey

• Student Survey - www.sanjuan.edu/studentsurvey

We greatly value your feedback and thank you in advance for your participation. Paper copies were sent home last week if you'd prefer to fill it out paper/pencil.

Dewey Fundamental School yearbooks are on sale now! Don’t wait—order your yearbook by April 25 to take advantage of the early price of $30. Yearbooks are a wonderful way to capture memories from this school year, and quantities are limited.

Order online at https://plicbooks.com/go/CJLLD7 or click the button below to place your order. You won’t want to miss out!

Dewey Dinner Auction tickets are NOW ON SALE! This is our largest PFO fundraiser of the year and we are so excited to have it return thanks to our wonderful volunteers. This is an adults only event that will include live and silent auctions, fully catered Mexican dinner, photo booth, dessert dash, dancing, and more! We are still looking for donations for the event. If you or someone you know is interested in making an auction donation or being a sponsor for the event please contact Christina Labio at christina@cpof.org or 916-873-5504.

We're halfway through the school year, and it's exciting to see how teachers have been putting their RaiseRight funds to work in the classroom! So far this school year, teachers have used their accounts to purchase:

• Classroom books and library additions
• Essential classroom supplies
• Materials for specific projects and activities
• PE equipment and supplies
• Prize box goodies
• Math learning aides
• Vocabulary learning aides

Best of all, these are resources that didn't have to come out of teachers' personal pockets!

What is RaiseRight?

RaiseRight turns your everyday shopping into earnings for your child's classroom. When you purchase gift cards through RaiseRight, a percentage comes back as earnings—80% goes directly to your child's teacher's classroom account, and 20% goes into your family account to use toward school expenses like field trips. It's never too late to join!

For help getting started, email Danielle at pfoharrydeweyscrip@gmail.com.

If your child or family is in need of support, we are here to help. Our school social worker can assist with a wide range of needs—from social-emotional support for students to connecting families with community resources and services.

If you would like support, please click on the Family School Social Worker Support Form to submit a request, and we will follow up with you promptly. Family School Social Worker Support Form

Maker's Lab Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1WB5TBUTXCFMJ?ref_=wl_share

We need 2 liter bottles for upcoming projects. Thank you!

TK/Kindergarten: 8:55-12:15

DHH/ASD Kindergarten: 8:55-12:55

1st -6th Grade: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 8:55-3:30

*Thursdays: 1st-6th grade 8:55-2:15