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Weekly Blog 01.30.26



HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Christy Isaac and Laura Walker 02/04 

VESTS while on duty, BADGES at all times, & Doors ALWAYS Locked!

Library: Track B

Attendance Posters: Teachers, your posters were placed in your office cubby. Please discuss with your students and have them up in a prominent place in your classrooms to discuss daily.
To kick us off, Ms. Kristy will be contacting the class with the best overall attendance for the month of January to award them their popsicle party. Stay tuned!

Richard Out: Wednesday, February 4th at DO till 12:30pm

Next Staff Meeting: Thursday, February 5th at 2:20pm in Staff lounge

Love and Logic Parenting Classes: Starts this Thursday Feb 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th & March 5th
Time: 6pm-7:30pm. This is FREE to our families thanks to PTC funding. 
Please include these details in your weekly emails to your parents! 

Click here for parent signup.  Free Childcare will be available.

Topics include:  The Two Rules of Love and Logic ® Delayed or Anticipatory Consequences Using empathy and Love and Logic one-liners to neutralize arguing How to get more information about Love and Logic
This parenting program is designed to give you practical skills to implement immediately.

iReady Diagnostic #2: Closes Friday, February 6th 
Currently there are 119 students still to complete math and 56 to complete Reading

Sami Circuit Assembly: Friday, February 6th. Click here for the schedule
We will be eating either outdoors or in classrooms, depending on weather

No School: Monday, February 9th (Lincoln's Bday) or Monday, February 16th (Presidents Day)

Next Safety Drill: Evacuation Drill on Wednesday, February 25th at 8:00am 

Next Round Up Rally: Friday, February 27th at 8am - Integrity

Next PTC Family Movie Night: Friday, February 27th at 6pm in Barn

Inaugural PTC Heritage Night: Thursday, March 12th from 6 - 7:30pm in Barn
Please join us for this event!

Musical "Finding Nemo"Assemblies: Monday, March 23rd

Free Yearbook: Click here to signup for a free Yearbook courtesy of PTC

Cash Donations: Please do not collect cash for classroom donations. If at all possible create a shopping list of the needed supplies and have parents buy those directly. Thanks

Blue Pen Challenge: Keep sending those in! Come get a pen if you need another one. Thanks for the new submissions! 

Emergency Contact: If there is ever a reason that you need to get a hold of me please save my number. Feel free to text Richard Prestedge cell# 916-529-3255

**Please remember to check the LIVE Google Calendar as dates/times are subject to change.

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