Weekly Blog 10.17.26

Thank you!!! Serena and I are both so grateful to work alongside you every day. We see the hours of prep and planning you put in for your students, and we know how much energy, and intentionality it takes to run a classroom or support all aspects of the school.

Thank you for the smiles, the encouragement, and the conversations we have. We do this because we genuinely love it, and working alongside people like you is what makes it all so worthwhile.

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

If you leave your classroom with your students, please take your charged Walkie Talkie with you and have it turned on to Channel 2.

Happy Birthday - Nurse Emma (10/23) & Ms. Kristy (10/24)

PBIS Tier 2 training: Monday, October 19th at DO (Richard, Serena and Paige out - Kari Choy TIC)

Serena Out: Tuesday, October 20th with 4th grade at their PD

2nd/3rd Grade Field trip to RTAA:, Tuesday, 20th October 

Richard Out: Wednesday, October 21st at Leadership till 12:30pm

Staff meeting: Thursday, October 22nd at 2:20pm in the staff lounge

Trunk or Treat/ Fall Festival: Friday, October 23rd from 5 - 7pm

Last WPHS Football Player visit: Tuesday, Oct 27th from 8:40 - 9:40

Next Safety Drill: Secure - Wednesday, October 28th at 10:30am

TK/K/1 Foundational Skills: End of Trimester 1 skills due in ESGI BY October 30th.

PIE Grants: The application window for the RCSD Foundation PIE Grant is currently open! Be sure to submit your application by Friday, October 23, 2026, at 4:00 p.m

Dress-up Day: Friday, October 30th -  We are going to try something new this year and allow students to wear their costumes to school. Please see the flyer below for expectations. I'm trying to make this as inclusive as possible so please encourage students that don't participate in Halloween to come as their favorite book character. There will be No parade as there will definitely be students that can't or won't be wearing costumes. Thanks for trying this one out. We will reflect on how they do and go from there.

Morning announcement team will remind students of the expectations throughout the week prior to the event.

SSP: Please remember to let Brooke and Julie know when you have entered the data, so that they can proceed with the necessary documentation.

Too many flyers going out?: Several people have let us know that there is a lot of information going out and this tends to dilute the information as families are not reading it. The office has been very proactive on this and will be sending out ParentSquare messages on Wednesday and Sunday only. Teachers please continue to send your weekly info out on a Friday and let your families know of the update. Unfortunately we have no control over PeachJar so those will be sent whenever scheduled.

Conference Week: All conferences are to be in-person unless parents request to meet via Zoom/ Google meet. Please remember that we can not block Friday out.

Conference Week Bell Schedule

Here is a reminder of the PE Conference week schedule. 

Music class sign-ups for Conference Week will be sent out next Wednesday during PLC. They will be 20-minute time slots on your usual day of the week.

November 2nd PD: We will be onsite from 8-3pm. In the morning we will be doing some PBIS and PLC work and then PCOE will be with us after lunch from 12 - 3pm. All IA's are with us that day. 

Clothesline Math: Thanks Stephanie for sharing these math resources. If you want to know more please reach out to her and she will happily assist you.

Duck Challenge: Keep sending me your Duck adventure pictures!

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.