Yucca Elementary School

Dear Yucca Elementary School Families,

The entire Yucca School community extends its sincerest gratitude to our Parent Teacher Association (PTA) for their exceptional sponsorship and support of two wonderful recent events: the Scholastic Book Fair and our annual Fall Festival/Literacy Night. We appreciate all of our PTA volunteers who helped with the book fair & our fall festival/literacy night! These successful events truly enriched the lives of our students and families, and their realization was a direct result of the PTA's time, dedication, and tireless efforts. We deeply appreciate the many hours volunteers spent organizing the book fair, selecting titles, and planning the engaging, literacy-focused activities for the festival. Your commitment to fostering a love for reading and building a strong school community is an invaluable gift. Thank you for all you do!

ALAMOGORDO HIGH SCHOOL DRUM LINE

We were treated to the the Alamogordo High School Drum Line on Friday! Students and staff were able to watch our high schoolers perform. Great job, students! 🥁

🎉 Mark Your Calendars: Winter Concert Announcement!

We are thrilled to invite you to our annual Winter Concert!

• Date: Monday, December 15th

• Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

• Location: School Cafeteria

Come enjoy a wonderful evening as our students showcase the musical pieces they have been learning, with performances by different grade levels.

Students are encouraged to dress their best for this special event.

A huge thank you to Ms. Hannah Kerley, our dedicated Music Teacher, for her exceptional guidance and instruction!

GUEST SPEAKERS FOR CLASSROOMS

We are looking for businesses to be guest speakers in our classrooms. We would love to have you involved in our school to share your occupation and what it takes to do this work! If you have a business and are willing to speak to a class, please reach out to Christina.Trujillo@alamogordoschools.org or Tori.Thompson@alamogordoschools.org and let us know.

🌟 Partnering for Success: The Importance of Attendance

We are continually striving to create the best learning environment, and strong student attendance is key to that success!

We kindly ask for your continued support in ensuring your child is present at school every day possible. Consistent attendance is critical for keeping students on track with their learning.

• When to Stay Home: Please keep your child home if they are showing signs of illness and have a fever. Students need to be fever free for 24 hours without the use of medicine to return to school.

• Reporting an Absence: If your child is ill, please contact the school office right away to inform us. This ensures the absence is recorded as excused.

Our Student Attendance statistics are in the graph which follows.

Thank you for being our partner in your child's education!

Warmly,

Christina Trujillo, PhD

Principal

Our Thanksgiving Lunch will be on Friday, November 21st. We look forward to seeing your for this event!

The schedule of lunch times follows.

Parents & Guardians were invited to purchase lunch tickets & also to RSVP. The ticket sales deadline have already ended & there are no Thanksgiving lunch tickets on sale at this time.Please note that all lunches for students are free.

• All vistors, parents/guardians must show their identification card to enter our school. If your RSVP'd and provided your identification information, we have run the RAPTOR to have your ID badge ready. If you did not RSVP, we will need to run your ID through RAPTOR on Friday.
• You are invited to eat lunch with your child, and are permitted to bring your own food.
• If you have an older student & younger student attending Yucca, we ask that you attend the younger child's lunch time; we will call for the older child to join you.
• Please reach out if you have any questions, Noellen.Rogers@alamogordoschools.org or Christina.Trujillo@alamogordoschools.org.

Monday, November 17th- Picture Makeup Day; please email Ms. Rogers if your child needs to take their photo, Noellen.Rogers@alamogordoschools.org.

Friday, November 21st- Thanksgiving Lunches; All visitors need to show ID when entering the school.

November 24th - November 28th- No School - Fall Break/Thanksgiving Break 🦃

December 1st- Be Here Day- Fun activities are planned on this date! More information to come!

⚠️ Important Safety Notice: Pick-Up and Drop-Off Procedures

For the safety of all Yucca students, please adhere to these critical procedures during arrival and dismissal:

• Always use the designated crosswalks when walking your student to or from the school entrance.

• Students should never be dropped off in the main parking lot. This is a major safety hazard.

• If you need to enter the school, please park in a designated space and walk your child to the front entrance.

• If using the drop-off lane, please only allow your student to exit the vehicle once you have pulled forward to the designated zone near the crosswalk. Please do not have students exit from the driver's side of the vehicle.

Your strict adherence to these rules is essential to keeping our walkways and parking areas safe for everyone. Thank you for your continued partnership!