Week 11
October 19 - October 23, 2026
Emergency Preparedness: The Great American ShakeOut
Last week, we participated in the Great American ShakeOut earthquake drill. Our students and staff did a great job evacuating quickly, and our search-and-rescue team located students who had been selected to act as injured or distressed victims. We successfully completed the drill in 30 minutes! Afterward, teachers debriefed with their students to discuss our grows and glows—what went well and what we can improve—to help ensure we are prepared in the event of a real emergency.
Important Reminder: Identification Required for Student Check-Out
As required by district policy, all parents and authorized adults must present identification when checking out a student early. This requirement remains in place during an emergency. Please make it a habit to carry your physical ID card with you whenever you visit campus. As an additional precaution, consider keeping a photo of your ID on your cell phone in case you do not have your physical card available. Thank you for helping us keep all our students safe!
Elementary
Elementary students are dismissed at 2:23 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and at 1:23 p.m. on Tuesdays. We need your help with two important reminders:
Please avoid picking up students early unless necessary. Whenever possible, please schedule appointments outside of the school day. Early pickups interrupt classroom instruction and disrupt learning for both your child and their classmates. We appreciate your help in allowing students to remain in class until dismissal.
Please pick up your child on time. We do not have supervision at the gate after 2:30 p.m. Students who have not been picked up will be escorted to the main office to call their families. Elementary students may not wait unsupervised for their middle school siblings to be dismissed. If your elementary student needs to stay on campus until their older sibling is dismissed, please enroll them in the after-school program.
Thank you for your cooperation and for helping us maintain a safe, supervised environment for all our students!
1st Annual Spelling Bee! 🐝
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We are thrilled to announce that our school is officially enrolling in the Scripps National Spelling Bee program for the current academic year! This prestigious competition helps students in grades 4 through 8 improve their spelling, expand their vocabularies, and develop robust public speaking skills.
Our school-level competition is the first step on a journey that can lead our student champion to regional qualifiers and potentially the National Finals. The school-level competition will be held in the library during the first week of December. To ensure a successful program, please complete this brief interest survey and submit it by October 19th.
Thank you,
Ms. Kopp
Librarian and Spelling Bee Coordinator
Our music teacher, Ms. Scott has agreed to host choir afterschool on Wednesdays from 2:20-3:20. Students must be picked up promptly at 3:20 at the main gate. She will begin November 4th and have class each Wednesday until Winter Break. If you are interested in joining our after school choir, please complete the interest form and we will send more information to you at a later date.
No Home-Made Food
If you would like to send treats for your child’s class to share, please make sure everything is packaged and store purchased. Send something your child might like to eat or play with themselves and please make sure there is nothing with nuts.
Teacher will help distribute the treats at the end of the school day; however, students will not be allowed to eat any of it at school, during or after. We are asking that students take treats home and go over the contents with an adult at home and you can make the final approval on what may or may not be consumed. Please support us in reiterating this message to your child. If you would rather your child not bring anything home at all, please communicate this in advance to your child’s teacher.
