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Hi all, Many thanks for the huge participation at our Gratitude Dinner; the event highlighted our wonderful community of families and staff. A big thank you to the PTC for organizing, renting the equipment, and taking care of set-up/clean-up – great job. A big thanks as well to Jenna Shropshire, her father, and Katie Pruski [...]

Hi all, Lots of very exciting news and happenings from our school community. Students have been doing a wonderful job of presenting their views on our SIERRA norms at Community Meetings on Friday mornings. Please come by and participate in the meeting and Coffee House (free coffee and snack for parents, plus an opportunity to [...]

Hi all, Just finished a very successful Bear Walk on Monday; thanks to all the parents for their hard work in set-up and stations and to the students for some strong running and walking. Please remember to send in your donations for laps walked. Some info to pass along: November 4, this coming Friday, at [...]

Classroom News Reading groups are up and running very successfully. Students are working hard at being independent during literacy centers, and because of this I am able read with groups every other day. When the students are not reading with me, they are involved in a variety of literacy activities. Their imagination and creativity is [...]

Hi SELS community, I want to update you all on events for the next couple of weeks. Oct 24-28 is Minimum Day week; elementary students are released at 1 pm and 6th graders at 11:45. There will be no Kinder After-School Care as all will have access to busing. Oct 24-28 is also Goal-setting Conferences [...]

Hi all, I hope everyone is enjoying our pleasant weather. I want to relay some recent changes in our school program: As of Monday, Oct 10, we will be receiving hot lunches for our students. The cost remains the same ($3.25, or $0 for Free/Reduced students) and are available to all. We will, however, need [...]

Classroom News      The past few weeks we have been very busy in class! We continue to learn about each other and how to act in school. I introduced the Mystery Person, and we have almost wrapped up our daily student interviews. We are discussing the SIERRA norms for behavior, focusing on respect and [...]

Welcome to a new year of Box Tops!  Last year we earned over $120.00, and this year our goal is to raise $250.00 for our school. The first submission deadline is at the end of October.  I will send a reminder out before then so we can collect as many as possible.  Here are five [...]

When attending Back To School Night on Thursday, September 15th, please stop by our No-Cost Fundraising booth. You can learn about our 4 current No-Cost Fundraisers: eScrip Scrip Box Tops Savemart Cards Last school year, our net earnings for eScrip were $1984.37 from July 2010 to July 2011. These earnings came from our 51 eScrip [...]

Welcome Holguin Crew!!! This year classroom newsletters will be posted on our very own crew page! This will be an important place to get all kinds of great information about the Holguin Crew. Please make sure to check it often so you don't miss any fabulous classroom happenings. There will also be a classroom calendar [...]