Dear Almond Families,

As I write this last message before the summer break I find it unbelievable to think that we only have four more school wake-ups. Time really does fly when you are having fun! So much of our work this year was focused on building school community, continuing to offer the rigorous and engaging learning experiences your children have come to expect and infusing it all with fun and joy. I cannot wait to return in August to continue on this path. I would also like to say a special thank you to everyone in the Almond community for being so welcoming in this, my first year at Almond school as the site leader.

Trimester 3 Report Cards will be emailed home by Thursday, June 13. Your child’s report card will be sent electronically via email. Please let the office know if you would like a hard copy of the report card sent to you.

Staffing for Next Year

I am excited to share our 2019-2020 tentative staffing! Please read below:

Kindergarten:

Joan O’Dell, Haley Graves, Laurie Lamb

1st Grade:

Savanna Goltzer, Brianna Lopez, Samantha Nguyen

2nd Grade:

Annie Daggett, Rachel Gassner, Tammy Reilly

3rd Grade:

Kathy Day-Bobb, Sarah Hall, Joann Martinez

4th Grade:

Kelsey Greene, Emily Simon

5th Grade:

Vicki Burke, Kaitlyn Pasket

6th Grade:

Bret Linvill, Jasen Stuart, Anju Vriksha

STEM IST- Alison Gentile 3rd-6th, Ricky Hu (K-2)

RSP- Melissa Powell

Literacy IST - Jill Croft

Speech and Language- Julie Chen

PE- Doug Core (1st-6th), Mary Alber (TK/K)

Please join me in wishing Leanne Kridle well as she seeks new adventures in Shanghai, China as a teacher at an international school!

Please join me in welcoming Alison Gentile who will be one of our STEM Instructional Support Teachers! She has been working at Santa Rita as their STEM IST this year and, prior to that, was a 6th grade teacher at Springer. You and your child will enjoy getting to know Alison as she joins Ricky Hu in supporting Almond in all things STEM!

One last note: please make sure to send your child with a hat, sunscreen and a thermos of water as we will be kicking off our first Almond field day! It is a minimum day so school lets out at 12:15.

Here’s to scavenger hunts, water races and a day of outside fun at field day tomorrow!

Raquel

Important Dates

• Fri, 6/7/19, FIELD DAY!
• MINIMUM DAY, 12:15 DISMISSAL
• Wed, 6/12/19, LAST DAY, Special Schedule, 8:30-11:30
• Wed, 6/12/19, 6th grade promotion!
• Wed, 8/21/19, FIRST DAY of next school year!

Next Year's School Supplies!

This year we are working with 1st Day School Supplies. They have kindly extended the deadline to June 30, and here is the School Store Link. If you order by the deadline, the supplies will be delivered to the school before the first day--so convenient!

Box Tops for Education

If you currently have any Box Tops saved, please drop them off in the collection bin in the office so that they can be included in the final submission for the academic year.

Please continue to collect the pink Box Tops for Education labels from General Mills products during the summer. It’s a simple and fun activity for your kids to get involved in fundraising for Almond. It can bring hundreds of dollars into the school with a minimal amount of effort- 10 cents at a time. The more coupons, the more money! Students in grades K-5 will receive collection baggies to help them store the coupons and return to the office in the fall. Thank you for your continued support!

For participating products, click on link:

https://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/participating-products

After School Activities for next year

Dear Almond Families,

We are very lucky to have a great school for our kids. We believe that After School Activities also play an important role in shaping our kid’s overall development. Our new After School Program Coordinator for the next year needs your input. This will help maintain the quality of good after-school activities and fill any gaps that we have.

Please fill in this short survey and email it to me at Almondactivities@gmail.com

• What after-school classes would you like to have at Almond? Do you know of any providers who do these activities well?
• What classes is your child currently attending? Where do you rate the class on a scale of 1-10? Why?
• Any feedback or suggestions for the activity providers or for me?

Thank you!

From the Office

LOST AND FOUND:

There is a TON of found items in our collection! This will all be donated to a charity after the last day of school. Please take a look to see if any of these treasures are yours!

PICK UP STUDENT’S MEDICATION - From School Office

Medications will be available for pick up from June 13th 2019 (last day of school) to June 18th2019. We cannot store medications over the summer. If you are leaving before school ends, please pick up medications early.

Yearbooks

The yearbooks will be distributed to the students that ordered them on Monday, 6/10. For those families that didn't order them, they will be for sale after school on Monday and Tuesday near the multi.