Hawk Updates

November

3: Kindergarten Field Trip. See classroom teacher for details.

3: School Site Council Meeting. 3:45 pm

6: Community Gathering and Veterans' Day Celebration

10: TWIN DAY!

11: Veterans' Day. NO SCHOOL

16: Parent Teacher Conferences. NO SCHOOL

17: Minimum Day. All students dismiss at 12:45 pm

18: Minimum Day. All students dismiss at 12:45 pm

18: CAPES Meeting. 5:30 pm

19: CAPES Cliff Notes. 9:00 am

19: Regular Thursday Schedule. All students dismiss at 1:25 pm

20: 2nd Grade Balloon Parade. 9am on the track.

20: Minimum Day. All students dismiss at 12:45 pm

23 - 27: THANKSGIVING BREAK. NO SCHOOL

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Hawks,

As we enter cold and flu season, we are seeing an increase in the number of students coming to school feeling ill. We understand that families have busy schedules and that missing school can be challenging; however, we ask for your help in keeping our school community healthy by ensuring that children are well enough to return to school after an illness.

Our Health Office supports a school community, with one Health Technician available to assist students who become ill or injured during the school day. When many students are experiencing symptoms of illness, it can be challenging to provide timely care to everyone who needs assistance.

Please help us reduce the spread of illness by:

• Keeping your child home when they are sick. If your child has a fever, vomiting, diarrhea, or symptoms that prevent them from comfortably participating in school activities, please keep them home.

• Waiting until symptoms have improved and your child is ready to return. Please follow school district guidelines for return to school, including any applicable fever-free requirements.

• Encouraging good hygiene. Remind your child to wash their hands frequently, cover coughs and sneezes, and avoid sharing food or drinks.

• Monitoring your child throughout the day. If your child is not feeling well before school, please consider whether they are ready to participate in a full day of learning.

We recognize that some symptoms, such as a lingering cough or runny nose, may persist after an illness. Please use your best judgment and follow school guidelines when deciding whether your child is well enough to attend. Our shared goal is to maintain a healthy learning environment for all students and staff while ensuring that students who need care during the school day can receive appropriate attention.

For more information, please follow our Health Services webpage.

Thank you for your understanding, cooperation, and consideration for the health and well-being of our entire school community. We appreciate your partnership in helping keep our students healthy and ready to learn.

CHES

Earlier this month, the California Department of Education released last year’s California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) results for schools across the state. We are incredibly proud to share that Chaparral students earned the highest performance level—Blue—in all three core academic areas: English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science!

This achievement reflects the hard work of our students, the dedication of our teachers and staff, and the continued support of our Chaparral families. Way to go, Hawks!

Parents and Families,

We need everyone’s help keeping our students, families, and staff safe as you travel to and from school and through our parking lots. With more than 800 children arriving and leaving school each day, please anticipate that drop-off and pick-up will take some time. A little patience goes a long way toward keeping everyone safe.

Please remember:

• Staff parking lots are for staff only. Please do not park in these lots, even for drop off and pick up.

• Use designated drop-off and pick-up areas only. Students should always be dropped off and picked up safely along designated curbs.

• Extensive Supports curb spaces are reserved for those students and families. If your child is not part of our Extensive Supports program, please do not pull into, stop, or park in these designated spaces.

• Please follow all traffic laws and directions. Rushing through lines, illegally passing other vehicles, or dropping students off away from a curb creates unsafe situations and increases the chance that someone could get hurt.

• Slow down, slow down, and slow down! Saving a minute or two is never worth putting a child, family member, or staff member at risk.

We know arrival and dismissal can be busy, and we truly appreciate everyone planning ahead, being patient, and doing their part to keep Chaparral safe.

Thank you for putting safety first!

Families who are dropping off for Melody Makers before school, please remember there is no parking in our staff parking lot. Thank you for your support.

At the beginning of each school year, while parents and family members are completing their volunteer clearance, we allow individuals to sign in as visitors when helping on campus. However, visitor status is intended for occasional or one-time volunteer situations.

If you plan to volunteer regularly on campus, whether in a classroom, the garden, at school events, or in any other capacity, we ask that you complete at least your Level 1 Volunteer Clearance as soon as possible.

Thank you for helping us keep our campus safe and for all you do to support Chaparral!

10/13 - Grade Level Color Day

11/10 - Twin Day

12/1 - Decade Day

12/15 - PJ Day

1/26 - Mismatched Day

2/23 - Sports Day

3/16 - Teacher/Student Swap Day

4/6 - Anything But a Backpack Day

5/4 - Disney Day

5/25 - Aloha Day

This year PUSD is asking all volunteers to take an online course called "How to Protect Our Schools".

You can access is below and then upload it into your volunteer application.

Chaparral Website: https://chaparral.powayusd.com/

Attendance Hotline (24hr): 1-858-673-9548

Attendance Information: CLICK HERE

We understand that being a parent comes with a lot of information to navigate — and too often, schools and districts fall short in providing it all in one convenient place.

At Chaparral, we’re working to change that. We've created a Parent Resource Guide designed to consolidate essential information and make it easier for you to stay informed and engaged.

You can access the guide here: PARENT RESOURCE GUIDE

Celebrate your student's birthday by putting up their name on the school marquee! It's a $25 donation to CAPES. Your student's first name and last initial will be published on the back gate or front gate marquee during the selected week. Space is limited! Only two available sign ups each week for each marquee.

PUSD provides breakfast and lunch to all students free of charge pursuant to the California Universal Meals Program. Free meals are available to all families, regardless of their free or reduced-price meal eligibility status. Breakfast service will begin at 8:25 am and end at 8:40 am. Students will report directly to the playground after eating breakfast. Students not eating breakfast need to arrive when the playground opens at 8:25 am.

Meal program details are provided on the Food and Nutrition Department website at PUSD Food and Nutrition. Families are still encouraged to submit a school meal application for free and reduced-priced meal benefits because this information may be used for other programs such as Federal and State funding for your school, reduced registration fees for academic tests, free or discounted fees for bus passes, ESS childcare, and athletic programs, discounted rates for internet service and many more! The application can be found online at https://www.myschoolapps.com/ . Applications must be submitted on an annual basis.

Obviously, the best environment for any student to learn is the school environment. Whenever possible, families are strongly encouraged to avoid taking vacations and other trips that results in their students missing extended periods of time from school.

However, when these trips are unavoidable, parents can request an OCIS contract. Details of OCIS contracts can be found below.

Off Campus Independent Study (OCIS) Contracts

This contract allows the student to complete work that he/she would be doing if they were in class and helps the school to continue to receive funding from the state. The student needs to work with his/her teachers closely to submit the assignments.

The threshold for implementing an OCIS contract is limited to a minimum of 3 days through a maximum of 14 school days. The 14-school day limit for OCIS contracts is cumulative for the entire school year.

At least 5 school days of notice is required to set up an OCIS Contract.

*A family who plans to keep their student out of school beyond the 20 days must enroll their child in Poway Home Education Program (PHEP: TK through 8th grade)

Please refer to the PUSD website for more information and contact the student’s counselor.