Rincon Community News #15

Greetings Rincon Community,

Welcome back! I hope you all had a restful Thanksgiving break and enjoyed special moments with family and friends. As we dive back into our school routine, I want to emphasize the exciting weeks ahead as we approach our winter holiday break.

These next three weeks are a wonderful time to be present and engaged in our classrooms and activities. We have so much to look forward to, including our upcoming winter concert, the vibrant ASB winter dance, and the delightful book fair. Each event offers a unique opportunity to celebrate our hard work and to come together as a school community.

Additionally, we will be recognizing our achievements in the upcoming trimester awards Principal breakfast in a few weeks, where we will honor the dedication and accomplishments of our remarkable students. It's a time of celebration, reflection, and gratitude for all that we have achieved in our first trimester.

Let’s make these weeks count by supporting learners regular school attendance. Your support and enthusiasm enrich our school community. I look forward to celebrating with all of you as we embrace the spirit of the season together!

Our iReady Assessment windows are coming up! Please help your student be prepared by ensuring they attend school every day, get plenty of sleep, and eat nutritious meals. Remember—Rincon offers free breakfast and lunch to fuel their brains!

Encourage your student to do their best, take their time, and make their best educated guess if they’re unsure.

Testing Dates:
• Reading: Dec 2 & Dec 5 (schoolwide)
• ELA Reading: Dec 4
• Math: Dec 9 & Dec 12 (schoolwide)
• Math Class Testing: Dec 4
• Make-ups: Week of Dec 15

Thank you for supporting your student during iReady testing! Let’s finish strong, Bulldogs!

On the Friday before break, we were so glad to end the day celebrating our amazing BULLDOG students for: Perfect Attendance AND No Tardies with an ice cream social. All these students received an early 15 minute dismissal ticket to hang-out with friends and enjoy a cool treat. Each month our students continue to increase the perfect attendance and no tardies, September there were 202, October 222, and November 270! WOW! Keep up the hard work Bulldogs. Stay tuned to hear all about the next attendance challenge.

Thank you once again for your continued support. Together, we can make this a fantastic year for our students! Together we are better in setting up our Bulldogs up to B.A.R.K (Believe, Achieve, Respect, and Kindness) for success!

With gratitude,

Principal Meglich

Hello Rincon Bulldog Families!

You're invited to our Rincon Parents’ Rummage Sale Japan Fundraiser on Saturday, December 6, 2025 from 8am to 12pm — the perfect chance to find great holiday gifts and help our students travel to Japan this summer!

Shop a variety of items such as home goods, crafts, succulent plants, and more. All proceeds support our Bulldogs’ educational trip to Japan — a life-changing cultural experience.

Thank you for helping make this dream a reality for our students!

Ida Batiste

School Social Worker and Japan 2026 EF Tour Leader

Our first EUSD GATE Collaborative will take place on Tuesday, December 2nd from 4:00–5:30 PM in the Boardroom at the District Office. The GATE Collaborative brings together parents, teachers, and administrators to share insights, offer feedback, and support the continued development of EUSD’s GATE program. These meetings also include presentations on GATE-related topics designed to support both families and educators.

You are cordially invited to attend the three GATE Collaborative meetings this year as a teacher of GATE-identified students for the 2025–26 school year. Teachers who participate will be compensated at the non-instructional rate for their time.

For our first meeting, we are pleased to offer a special presentation titled “Gifted Students and Motivation.” This session, led by Tina Page, one of EUSD’s social workers, will provide practical strategies and insights to help educators and families better understand and support gifted learners who may appear unmotivated or disengaged

Register Here

Principal Breakfast

Join us for the Bulldog Awards Breakfast honoring our GPA award recipients on

8th Grade - Tuesday, December 9th

7th Grade - Wednesday, December 10th

6th Grade - Friday, December 12th

7:30 - 8:20 a.m. in the the MPR

An electronic postcard invitations and email reminders will be sent. We look forward to celebrating your student!

On Thursday- December 4th at 6:30pm in our Multipurpose Room the Rincon Middle School

Band and Choir Concert will be performing.

6:00 call time, 6:30 performance
in the Rincon Multipurpose room

Come support our students!

Please come and support PTSA Fundraiser at Yogurtland on Thursday, December 4th 2025 from 12:00- 9:00 PM

25% of our sales from supporters will be donated back to the Rincon PTSA

Yogurtland Escondido
Promenade Center
1284 Auto Park Way
Escondido, CA 92029

yogurtland.com

Please join your student during their lunch period for a family lunch day full of fun and games

Gates will open 15 minutes before the lunches start

Lunch 1 starts 11:48 am (6th and 1/2 7th grade)

Lunch 2 starts 12:37 pm (8th and 1/2 7th grade)

Please read the district Wellness Policies for your convenience!

You are ONLY allowed to bring food for your student. No food can be shared with students who are NOT YOUR CHILD.

• Please click on the EUSD Board Policy (BP 5030) — Student Wellness (PDF) to read more about the wellness policies.

• Please click on the EUSD Administrative Regulations (AR 5030) — Student Wellness to read more about the STUDENT Wellness policies.

Spring Break: SEA CAMP for 8th Grade Students

EUSD is offering an overnight camp experience at Mission Bay with SEACAMP San Diego for 8th grade students during spring break. This 4-night/5-daycampexperience takes place at SEACAMP San Diego, a marine science camp that combines hands-on labs and workshops with interactive, highly physical field activities such as snorkeling, a boat trip, kayaking, and boogieboarding.

Who: 8th grade students

What: 5-day/4-night camp experience

When: April 6-10, 2026 (EUSD Spring Break)

Where: Fiesta Island (Mission Bay)

Details:

• Interactive and highly physical marine-based learning experience

• Non-educational, for profit entity

• Invitation emailed to families next week

• Schools should send flyer to 7th/8th grade students

Complete the interest form here. Form closes December 5, 2025

Questions? EUSD Extended Learning, intervention, & Enrichment Department 760-432-218

Updated English flyer

Updated Spanish flyer:

During Spring Break 2026, sixth graders will have the chance to explore Cuyamaca Outdoor School in the Cleveland National Forest. The program incorporates trail experiences and citizen scientist projects to create hands-on learning that is meaningful, memorable, and fun. For many students, the weeklong, overnight experience transforms how they feel about science and themselves as learners

Spring Break: Camp Cuyamaca - 6th Grade Camp

Who: 6th graders

What: 5-day/4-night camp experience

When: April 6-10, 2026 (EUSD Spring Break)

Where: Camp Cuyamaca in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park (close to Julian)

Details:

• SDCOE Outdoor Education

• 200 6th graders

• Certificated and classified staff attend

Complete the interest form here. Form closes December 5th, 2025

2526 Camp Cuyamaca Flyer English

2526 Camp Cuyamaca Flyer Spanish

Rincon Middle School PTSA is selling Spirit Wear! Don’t miss out—Order your BULLDOGS B.A.R.K. apparel today! Please return order forms with payment. Orders will be delivered to student’s Advisory or first period teacher and or the student/ parent can pick up from the Snack Shack window.

1. Hoodie $30
2. T-shirt $15
3. Long Sleeve (Limited Edition) $15
4. Baseball Style Shirt (Limited Amount) $20
5. Hat (Limited Amount) $10

To place your order, go ahead and click on PLACE ORDER

PTSA is still in NEED of two board member positions to be filled.

• President = Veronica Nagao
• Treasurer = Angie Carrasco
• Secretary = Victor Franco
• Auditor= Dana Mayberry
• Parliamentarian = NEEDED
• VP of Student Activities = Daniella Nagao
• Historian - Real Bedolla

If you are interested in being a parent volunteer for PTSA please email: rinconptsainfo@gmail.com

Please consider being a member of our Rincon PTSA. Your membership support this leadership group in achieving goals this year. Or click here to join PTSA

A portion of every membership goes right back to our students. Please join today!

A very quick update, our after school SNACK SHACK is NOW OPEN EVERY DAY(except Wednesday's) afterschool. Everything is a $1.

If you are interested in being a parent volunteer for PTSA please email: rinconptsainfo@gmail.com

ESCONDIDO HIGH SCHOOL invites you to EXPLORE their Campus!

Please click on WWW.EHSCOUGARS.COM to learn more about Escondido High School

COME AND LEARN WHAT EHS HAS TO OFFER

TOUR DATES:

Saturday November 15th & Wednesday December 3rd

Times:

10:00–12:30AM

5:30–7:30PM

Monday, December 1

AVID Rocks! Wear college gear
City of Escondido Community Forum, MPR with Councilman, Joe Garcia 6 pm

Tuesday, December 2

I-Ready Reading School-wide testing, per. 5
Drill per. 3

Wednesday, December 3

Lunch Bunch both lunches
Mrs. Smith's Class Gathering Blue Family Night 5:30 pm

Thursday, December 4

I-Ready Reading content testing
Winter Concert 6th grade per. 2
Winter Concert 7th grade, per. 3
Winter Concert 8th grade, per. 4
Winter Concert Evening Performance 6:30 pm

PTSA Yogurtland Fundraiser 12 - 9 p.m.

Friday, December 5

I-Ready Reading School-wide testing, per. 5
Rincon Family day at lunch 1 & lunch 2

Saturday, December 6

Rincon Parent Rummage Sale 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.

PTSA brings the Scholastic Book Fair Week of December 8th