We had a great first month, and I am looking forward to an even greater second month of school. We've had many students earning Positive Referrals in their classrooms, earning PE Good Sport Awards, earning Coyote Cash for positive behaviors, and we just had our donut party for the August Students of the Month. I am really proud of how these students are stepping up to meet our academic and behavioral expectations. They should all be proud of themselves.

9/15/23 Progress Reports will be sent home

9/19/23 PTO Meeting at 6:00 PM in the multi-use room

9/20/23 Running Club starts

9/29/23 Crazy Hair Spirit Day

October 2nd-6th Fall Break

Progress reports are a snapshot of how your child is doing so far. If you have a question about the progress report or feel your child is struggling in an area, whether academically or socially, please contact your child's teacher for ideas on how you can help support at home. The better connect we are, the more your child will succeed.

Click on the link below for more detailed information. this club is for 1st-8th graders. As a reminder, all students showing up to Running club must participate. Siblings and friends cannot hangout after school to wait for the other student participating. All students that are not participating will be asked to exit campus and go home.

Please call in all absences to 925-779-7445. Absences that are not reported are considered truant. Three truancies start the SART/SARB attendance process. For more information on attendance, please visit our district webpage Attendance | Antioch Unified School District (antiochschools.net)

"You Otter be in School"

The elementary classes at each grade level and the top two middle school homeroom classes with the highest attendance average will earn an Otter Pop party at the end of the month.

It is time for 8th graders to start thinking about what high school would best suit their educational needs. Ms. Guker will be speaking with all 8th graders on choosing their pathway. The application window will open in Aeries October 23rd and will run through December 1st. There will be two parent information nights: October 24th at DVHS 6-7pm, and October 26th at AHS 6-7pm. You can also look on the district website for more information https://www.antiochschools.net/o/ausd/page/career-pathways

1. The parking lot entrance is the one by the marquee and the exit is the one by the multiuse room. Please do not enter or exit in the wrong driveways.

2. If you would like to park and walk up to meet your child after school, please use a parking space.

3. If you would like to park and wait with your child before school, please use a parking space.

4. The curb area along the loop is for drop off and pick up. This is not a parking area. You cannot leave your car unattended here.

5. Neither lane in the loop is a place to park, especially the passing lane. Please do not park and block everyone behind you.

6. Please pull up to keep the flow of traffic moving.

7. Do not double park and allow your child to run across the parking lot to get to class or call your child to run across the parking lot to get to your car or park across the street and have your child run across traffic. These are both safety issues.

8. If a staff member asks you to pull up or move your car, please do so. They are doing this for either the safety of the students or to keep the flow of traffic moving.

9. Please do not speed through the parking lot for the safety of our students, staff, and families.

10. School drop off and pick up times are busy at any school. Expect the process to be a little time consuming.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Morning Routine:

• Students should not arrive at school before 7:50 AM. Since formal supervision does not begin until 7:50 AM, any elementary student who must arrive earlier is to wait in the main courtyard area only on the yellow line. Students are not to be on the playground before 7:50 AM.
• All elementary students arriving between 7:50 and 8:00 AM should go directly to the playground.
• Middle school students who arrive before 7:50 should wait at the picnic table area outside the cafeteria.
• All bikes, scooters, skateboards are to be walked at all times on campus.
• Breakfast is served in the cafeteria daily from 7:30-8:00.

After School Pick-Up Routine:

Formal supervision ends 15 minutes after the dismissal bell rings. Please be on-time to pick up your student because staff has meetings and other duties to attend after school lets out.

· Kindergarten: Top of the Loop in front of the Kindergarten Classroom

· 1-3 Grades: Loading zone adjacent to Primary Loop/Main Office

· 4-8 Grades: Loading zone adjacent to Multi use room/Library

Elementary and Middle School siblings should meet at the lunch tables outside the cafeteria and be picked up at the older siblings pick up area. Elementary and middle school students are not to wait outside siblings classrooms.

For the safety of students and staff, all AUSD campuses are closed campuses. Therefore, parents/guardians will need to say their morning goodbyes at the gate and/or wait at the gate for pick-ups. Anyone without a visitors pass, will be asked to leave campus. We thank you in advance for complying with our safety policy.

PTO is a great way to support the school and/or get involved. The next meeting is September 19th at 6:00pm in the cafeteria.

For more information about our school's policies and procedures, please view our handbook.

https://tinyurl.com/56jaewxr

As a reminder, students may not carry medication of any sort on them including over the counter medications like allergy pills, aspirin, or even cough drops. If you would like to have medication available for your child at school, please contact the office for our procedures on doing this.