Royal Herald
Volume 1, Issue 29 -- Monday, February 23rd 2026
- Sub Committee Budget Mtg - Monday 2/23 - 3pm
- Faculty Mtg - Tuesday 2/24
- Stadium Groundbreaking - Tuesday 2/24 - 3:30pm
- Early Release & Wake Up Wednesday - Wednesday 2/25
- Parent FAFSA Night - Wednesday 2/25 - 6-8pm
- Orchestra Concert - Thursday 2/26 - 7pm - Auditorium
- No Classes - Institute Day - Friday 2/27
- Improv Show - Friday 2/27 - 7pm - Black Box
- SD Meeting - Tuesday, March 3rd
- 5 Essential Survey 3rd hr - Tuesday, March 3rd
- Vision & Hearing - Wednesday, March 4th
- Band Concert - Wednesday, March 4th
- Band Concert - Thursday, March 5th
- Huge shoutout to Margaret Palmer, Kelli MyhreBahwell, and our entire VPAA dance academy for putting together an amazing BABTL event! The show was incredible and hundreds of elementary school students, families and staff members got to enjoy it! Thank you all for your hard work and immense talent!
- Shoutout to Heather Carey, Megan Johnson Morado, Nicole Pavoris, Meghan Pierson, Kathya Morales, any other staff member I missed, and our amazing students for coming in 2nd place this year for the High School Bell Ringer challenge with the Salvation Army. Your hard work and contributions to our community are to be commended. Please see below for a picture of our students accepting their award.
**If you have a staff member you would like to shout out, please email me by Friday each week**
i‑Ready Training Opportunities on February 27th
We’re excited to offer two i‑Ready learning sessions on February 27th designed to support teachers with practical, ready‑to‑use strategies:
• Literacy Tasks K-2 educators
A hands‑on look at how to use Literacy Tasks to deepen comprehension, spark discussion, and strengthen instructional decision‑making. (Think Benchmarking and progress monitoring).
• Understanding and Responding to Student Growth K-10 educators
A clear, supportive walkthrough of growth data, what it means, and how to use it to guide next steps for students.
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As we approach Ramadan (February 17–March 19), we are sharing the Ramadan U-46 Info Sheet 2026 to support schools in creating welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environments for students, families, and staff who observe this month. The info sheet provides an overview of Ramadan, suggested supports for students across grade levels, and a collection of resources that may be helpful to share with your staff. Principals are also encouraged to use the Ramadan Supports and Activities 2026 spreadsheet to capture the ways your school is supporting students, staff, and families during Ramadan.
This is the last week for February's Peer Observation Challenge. Social Sciences is in the lead with 9 observations and ELA/ESL is in second with 7 observations. Please remember to fill out the Google Form if you open your room to be observed or observe another teacher.
Wednesday Claudia and Kylie will be visiting classrooms during 3rd and 5th period.
Instructional Collaboration Menu
Here is Kylie's link: https://calendar.app.google/L4hzVbMyqJAgeVEF9
Here is Claudia's link: https://calendar.app.google/HvaQjDgGEbpU5t9v7
Teacher Parent Conferences will open for parents to sign up on Monday, March 2nd. If you are not available for conferences, please let your AP and also let me know so that I can remove your name from My Conference Time. ~ Donna
Paydays in February - 13th & 27th
Jacqueline Brown - 2/23
Adam Baxter - 2/25
Luz Anguiano - 2/27
Lourdes Fletes Perez - 2/27
Kiara Holmes - 3/1
Students should be given permission slips two weeks (14 calendar days) before the date of the trip. Please note this link will make a copy for you to type the field trip information into the doc. The form is provided in English and Spanish and recommended to print double sided copies for all students.
Slips will be due to the coordinating staff member at least one week (7 calendar days) before the trip. Coordinating staff members are strongly encouraged to require all classroom teacher signatures on the permission slip. Classroom teachers are asked to utilize the comment section of the permission slip to share concerns about students attending the trip. The coordinating teacher will then determine which students can/should attend the trip.
One week (7 calendar days) prior to the trip, coordinating staff member MUST email AllHLA Staff with a complete trip list.
New this year! If you are going on a field trip, and you require sack lunches from the cafeteria you must complete this form. This form must be completed 2 weeks in advance of your field trip to ensure you have the proper number of lunches for the students. If you have any questions please see Kiara Holmes in the Larkin kitchen.