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Hi all, Wow, what a cold week. Don't recall consistent negative double digits ever. While I know it is supposed to warm up, please make sure your children are dressed appropriately; we have students showing up in shorts and t-shirts, particularly in middle school. Not really acceptable since they are outside everyday. Friday is the [...]

Hi all, Wonderful break for all I hope. Kids seem enthusiastic to be back. Campus looks quite different will all the snow; please make sure your children are dressed appropriately. ** Looking for a parent representative for Measure A. Meetings are the second Tuesday of every other month from 3:30-5 pm at either Truckee or [...]

Hi all, Winter break coming up, but only after our wonderful Celebration of Learning evening on Thursday. This is your child(ren)'s opportunity to share what they have been working on the past several months and where they are going with their learning. A very important night for the students so please make sure you can [...]

Hi all, A big thank you to all for our wonderful Gratitude Dinner. Organizers did a superb job and our community turnout was fun to see. We are now officially into our Capital Campaign. I have attached our Campaign brochure and some general talking points; we encourage all of you to send these out to [...]

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Hi all, Off to a spectacularly rainy December. Lets hope for snow soon. We have a couple of big events coming up this month leading into our Winter Break: Friday, Dec 7 Gratitude Dinner – see attachment for more info Wed, Dec 12 Minimum Day Friday, Dec 14: last day to grab any remaining items [...]

Hi all, Hope everyone's break went well and all are relaxed and rested. The McMains Crew has partnered with the Humane Society of Truckee Tahoe for their MathDogs expedition. They want to assemble gift baskets to be given to families who adopt dogs, as well as for the volunteers to use with the dogs who [...]

Hi all, Everything going along smoothly these days. Students are engaged in their learning and continually impressing staff with their respectful behaviors. Thanks for all your support in both academics and character building. Amazing performances from SELS students at Dia de los Meurtos on Friday. Great job and congratulations to Rubi Sanchez in preparing them [...]

Language Arts Language Arts continues to be centered around reading and discussing good books, reading and writing letters, knowing letter sounds, reading and writing sight words and writing sentences about our pictures. The letters we’ve focused on are b, e, g, h, l, n, r, and our newest sight words are go, we, to. Please [...]

Hi all, Hope all are enjoying this beautiful sunshine. Students seem to dress appropriately for early Nov: t-shirts and shorts – ha. Many thanks for all the great work behind the Bear Walk – a very successful tradition for us. Lots of parents showed up to help with refreshments, lap marking, and share their support. [...]