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This week, we will also be working on a lot of classroom community builidng. We will do this through assignments, classroom circles and games. We played a few of those games today, so please ask your student about them!

Each trimester, we will be reading a class novel. Our fist novel is, "Danny, Champion of The World." This is a book from famous world author Roald Dahl, who has writtnen classics like, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and The Giant Peach, and Matilda. We do a combination of online and in classroom work on the novel.

Our first reading logs went home today. This is a weekly reading log that needs to be signed on Thursday nights. We are asking for 20-30 minutes of reading a night.

Please read the following volunteer update. We are expecting a lot of confusion about these new rules.

As we prepare for the 2026–27 school year, a new state law (Senate Bill 848) requires that volunteers in California schools complete:

• child abuse
• mandated reporter training
• Volunteers will also need to complete a tuberculosis (TB) risk assessment or test.

If you are a current volunteer with San Juan Unified, you should have received communication regarding the need to indicate if you wish to remain active or not.

It is very important that all current volunteers complete the form, regardless of which option they choose.

Volunteers who indicate they wish to remain active will receive additional information regarding their next steps, including a link to self-register for required child abuse prevention/mandated reporter training. Only volunteers who opt to remain active will receive access to the training materials and instructions for a TB risk assessment/test.

Should you have any questions, please reach out to the volunteer desk via email at volunteer@sanjuan.edu or call (916) 971-7935. You will also find additional information at www.sanjuan.edu/volunteer.

With a new school year comes a new adventure!. For our 5th Grade trip at Schweitzer, we attend Westminster Woods Science Camp. This trip happens late May- Early June. There is a lot of planning going on already, and we will have a parent meeting soon. We are looking forward to a great time at Westminster Woods! If you are looking for more information about Westminster Woods, please see the links below.

Wildcat Weekly is a weekly newscast run by students. This is a club, and students apply to be involved. All students in 5th grade are welcome. We will begin this in about two weeks.

If for any reason you need to contact me, please do so via Email.

brent.fanchar@sanjuan.edu

Also, my website will be uploaded all year long with important dates, info, projects, and field trips.

https://sites.google.com/sanjuan.edu/fanchar

9/3- Back To School Night

9/4- Minimum Day- 1:10 Dismissal

9/7- Labor Day No School

9/14-9/18- Book Fair

9/17- Lunch with a loved one

9/24- Vision Screening

9/30- Fall Picture Day

10/2- Class Oktoberfest

10/5- No School

10/13- Progress Notices

10/16- Fall Festival

11/11- Veterans Day No School

11/12-11/13- No School

11/16-11/20- Parent Conferences- Minimum Days 12:10 Dismissal

12/21-1/4- No School- Winter Break

1/18- Martin Luther King Jr. Day- No School

1/19- Progress Notices

1/29- Schweitzer Fun Run

2/2- Hearing Screening

2/15-2/19- President's Week- No School

3/12- Family Dance

3/16- Spring Picture Day

3/16-3/19- Spring Parent Conferences- Early Dismissal- 12:10

3/22-3/26- Spring Break- No School

4/17- Parent's Night Out

4/23- No School

5/5- Progress Notices

5/27- Open House

5/31- Memorial Day- No School

6/8- Last Day of School

6/11- Report Cards Viewable Online