National University Classes - Continuing Education for Teachers!

Online or CD-Rom based courses that can be taken by education professionals for recertification or salary advancement purposes. If you are having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. The following online or CD-Rom based courses can be taken by education professionals for continuing education units (CEUs). Behavior is Language: Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behavior Harassment, Bullying & Cyber-Intimidation in Schools Reading & Writing in Content Area Why DI?: An Introduction to Differentiated Instruction Visit www.virtualeduc.com/national for a complete course listing. Call 1-800-628-8648 ext. 8600 if you have questions. Sign up for VESi's Teachers' Resource E-Newsletter at www.virtualeduc.com/newsletter to receive information you can really use. You'll get everything from informative articles, to current education news and recommended Internet resources for teachers. VESi recommends that you check with your school district and/or state licensing agency to verify these course offerings will meet your district and/or state requirements for salary advancement and/or state certificate re-licensure. Virtual Education Software, inc.

Central Valley Home School - Welcome Back!

Fundraising

Do you shop at SaveMart, FoodMax, Lucky, or S-Mart Foods? These grocery stores generously donate to our school, in cash, up to 3% of your total purchase.  Just swipe your S.H.A.R.E.S. card! 

Forestiere Underground Gardens Field Trip

On Thursday, Sept. 12, students will travel to the Forestiere Underground Gardens.  They are a California State Landmark, a Fresno City and County Historical Site, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  Students will see:

• A hand-built network of underground rooms, courtyards and passageways reminiscent of the ancient catacombs
• Unique fruit producing trees, shrubs, and vines growing underground -- some over 90 years-old
• Ancient Roman architecture - arches, vaults and stone-built walls
• Underground micro-climates - temperature variations from 10 to 30 degrees
• Underground home of Sicilian visionary and self-taught
  artist/builder Baldassare Forestiere

CVHS Opening Day
On August 23, students and their parents toured the Kingsburg Historical Park.  Tours were given and everyone enjoyed getting to know the history of Kingsburg.

Washington Elementary School - Welcome Back!

Welcome to all students and families in our early intervention preschool, state preschool, transitional kindergarten, and kindergarten.

Washington T-Shirts
Child T-shirts will be coming home soon.  The child’s t-shirts cost the school $7 each and we would be glad to accept any donations to off-set the cost.  Adults T-shirts can be purchased for $10.  Let the teacher know what size and please send the money with your order.

TipNow: You can download this app on your smart phone to report any type of information you feel the district should be made aware of.

Washington Parent Club will have meetings very soon.  This club is for all parents!  Please join or support their efforts.  The Parent Club will do special events for parents.  They also help with the Santa Lucia float.  It isn’t too soon to start planning.

The major event put on by the Parent Club, is the Spell-A-Thon held in January.  We need several prizes for students, so if you would like to donate a gift card, small toy, or a gift certificate to the Parent Club, they will give them as prizes for raising funds and spelling correctly!  Let’s work together!  If you have questions about the Parent Club, contact the Washington office Secretary Heather Schofield, 897-2955.

Upcoming Events

Grandparent Day

September 6

 

SSC/ELAC Orientation Meeting
September 19

Johnny Appleseed Assembly

September 20

Picture Day Make-ups

September 25

 

Reagan Elementary School - Welcome Back!

Sports at Reagan!

 
There will be school sports here at Reagan for the first time starting this school year.  In the fall we will have flag football and girls volleyball for 5^th and 6^th grade students.  For the winter season there will be boys and girls basketball for 5^th and 6^th grade students and then to finish off the year in the spring, there will be track for all three grade levels.   Please look for more information coming home soon from our Athletic Director, Mr. Rodriguez.
 

Every Friday on the Reagan campus we have “Spirit Day” class competitions where students in each class wear the various Reagan shirts available or t-shirts with our school colors of navy and gold to demonstrate their school pride.  Winning classrooms that need to be congratulated for the first spirit competition of the year are 105, 203, and 303.  Great job Mustangs and keep showing that school pride!

 

September Events 

·        School Rally – September 6^th – Reagan Amphitheatre

·        Stampede-A-Thon Fundraiser begins – September 6^th

·        Flex Days begin – September 11^th

·        Character Counts Assemblies – September 13^th – 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. in Reagan MPR

·        Stampede-A-Thon Run – September 23^rd

 

October Events

·        Book Fair (October 14^th – 18^th)

·        Book Fair Family Night (October 15^th 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.)

·        Book Fair “Grandparent’s Day” (October 16^th – 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)

·        Parent Conference Week (October 14^th – 18^th)

·        Minimum Day Schedule (October 14^th – 18^th)

·        First Trimester Progress Reports go home – October 18^th

·        Red Ribbon Week (October 28^th – November 1^st)

·        Reagan/Rafer Johnson Band March-A-Thon – October 30^th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rafer Johnson Jr. High School - Welcome Back!

Choir
Choir has grown!  There are 47 girls and 27 boys in choir.  Ms. Broderick has planned an exciting year. 

RJJH is excited to present the musical, "Once Upon a Mattress" November 14-16.  The auditions were last week and we have a great cast!

Olympians will be learning our school expectations throughout the month of September.  We will abide by Olympian Pride.  Pride stands for Patience, Respect, Integrity, Determination, and Excellence.

Our year at RJJH is off to a great start!  We have fully implemented the new Common Core standards and you can feel a renewed spirit of learning in both our students and our staff.  We have lots of changes this year and we are excited about the direction we are headed.

We have several new staff members that I will look forward to introducing to you at our new school board meeting.  They are all doing great and have quickly become part of our Olympian family.

On September 13^th we will have our first spirit rally of the year.  The students don’t know it yet but Mr. Rafer Johnson called me on Friday and he will make a surprise visit that day.  He had committed to come and visit “his students” four times this year. 
 
Our campus is looking better than ever.  James Scott and his maintenance and grounds staff have worked hard painting, pouring concrete, and making sure that our campus is at its best.  We appreciate all that they do.

We had a great Back to School Night.  We tried something different this year.  We held our Back to School Night the night before school started.  We had a phenomenal turnout from our 7^th graders.  We decided to do it the night before school starts to relieve the nerves of our incoming 7^th graders and their parents.  This was a great sacrifice on our teachers part but it really paid off the first day of school.  We had a very smooth start and we are looking forward to amazing things this year!

 

Roosevelt Elementary School - Welcome Back!

The start of the school year has been very smooth, and I am pleased to report that our students are very happy at their new school and in their new classrooms.  I am thrilled to be here and see them learning from their teachers and sharing their knowledge with classmates!

The Importance of First Grade:

It all begins here.  First grade is the first grade level that is a requirement for all students to attend.  First grade is where students continue to learn how to read and write well.  First grade is where students understand basic math facts.  In fact, we will have a math facts program at our school that is part of the district math facts requirements.  Because of the importance of first grade, we are grateful to you for your involvement in your child’s education.  We are working on our beginning of the year assessments as well as CELDT testing in the next two weeks.  We look forward to getting these results as it will help us better meet the needs of our students!  As you can see, we are moving and shaking at Roosevelt!

Upcoming Dates:

9/6              Character Counts Assembly 1:15

9/9              Parent Club Mtg. 6:00 PM, Auditorium          

9/11           Title I parent Information Night @ 6:30

9/13           SSC/ELAC ballots due by 4:00 in the office

9/23-27 Book Fair (family night on 9/26 6-7 pm)

9/24           Bus Evacuation drill

Lincoln Elementary School - Welcome Back!

 
 

 

Character Counts! Education will start at Lincoln Elementary!

          Lincoln Elementary won the Bonner Character Education recognition several years ago, and we are now increasing our efforts to improve our character education program.  Each month, the students will be exposed to lessons, activities, and/or literature that promote one of the Character Counts Six Pillars of Character-Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship.  Every month each class will have a Student of the Month, and a different trait will be recognized-September is trustworthiness.  Also, students can receive character slips for demonstrating any of the character pillars.  Getting slips results in praise and small prizes for students.   We will kick off the year with a motivating Character/Anti-Bullying assembly on September 13^th!

 

Fundraisers

Lincoln will continue to have our very successful school wide fundraiser, the Jog-a-thon, in February.  We are proud to have a fundraiser that promotes physical fitness. You will get more information as we get closer to February. 

 

Throughout the year we participate in the General Mills Box Tops for Education program.  Box Tops are found on the packaging of General Mills products, such as cereal, snacks, and paper products.  They are worth at least ten cents each and sometimes more.  If you purchase items with the Box Top logo, please cut them out and send them to school with your student.  Each classroom has a collection jar.

We will also continue the Shares program, which is a card you use at any Save Mart store, as well as at Food Maxx.  We will be providing Shares cards to families of our new second graders very soon.  If you have a friend, neighbor, or relative who would like a card, please let us know and we will provide an extra one.  Each time you shop, slide the Shares card at the cash register, and 3% of the money you spend goes to our school!  If your child is a third grader you can continue to use the same card as last year. If you have a relative that would use the card, just let us know and we will send an extra one home.  Our school earned over $4,500 last year from our participation in the Shares program. 

 

Important Dates for September

September 11^th-First Flex Day of the year-school is dismissed at 1:30 today and all other Wednesdays (except foggy days.)

 

September 24^th-Title I Parent Meeting-6:00-7:00 in the cafeteria

September 27^th-Photo retakes