SHES Weekly Update

Good Afternoon SHES Families!

I hope everyone had a restful weekend. Our school is proudly participating in The Great Kindness Challenge, a week-long program dedicated to creating a culture of kindness and compassion in communities worldwide. In light of the life-altering global pandemic, we believe it’s more important than ever to give our students the opportunity to participate in this uplifting week of kindness. To help our students practice kindness and put their compassion into action, they will receive a Great Kindness Challenge checklist. We will encourage all students to complete as many acts of kindness as possible at school and hope they feel inspired to continue them at home! Together, we will lift each other up, cheer each other on and show the world that KINDNESS MATTERS!

-Mrs. Meris

We will be offering three different COVID testing sites this week. The Monday testing site at Joan MacQueen Middle will offer the saliva COVID test and Wednesday and Friday at Shadow Hills Elementary will offer the nasal swab COVID test. All sites are open to the general public.

Please pre-register:

• Monday: https://patient.mdiqhealth.com/#/
• Wednesday and Friday: https://www.covxlabs.com/prereg-form.

We are anticipating that we will have low attendance over the next few weeks due to COVID. Please remember to call the school office if your child has any symptoms. We will be providing work for all students who are absent and are asking that parents complete the electronic signature package as soon as you are able to do so and then to return the completed work as soon as your child returns to school. Thank you for your support!

It’s hard to believe that we’re already preparing for the second i-Ready® Diagnostic. The second Diagnostic is an important benchmark for understanding your student’s growth, which is why it’s so important they try their best. These results allow us to better support them in achieving their growth goals for the year.

The most important thing we can do is prepare students and motivate them to put forth their best effort.

Here are a few things you can do to help support your student:

• Make sure they get a good night’s rest before taking the Diagnostic!
• Talk to your student about why the second Diagnostic is important. You can say things like:
• The second Diagnostic helps you find out how much progress you’ve made since the beginning of the year.
• It allows your teacher and I to celebrate your accomplishments!
• Try your best, and do not rush—but don’t spend too much time on a question either.
• Remember, questions on the Diagnostic change based on your answers to earlier questions. You will see some questions you don’t know. That is okay! Just try your best.
• Let them know you’re excited to celebrate their progress.
• Thank you for your continued partnership in your student’s learning.

As most of you know by now, one of our AUSD families is in great need of our love and support. The Hayworth family has two students at BOES. In December of 2018, Luke was diagnosed with leukemia. The District and community came together like never before and rallied around Luke and his family. While Luke is in remission now, he is still undergoing treatment. On Christmas Day of this year, the Hayworth's baby girl, Ruby, was diagnosed with leukemia. This news is unfathomable and it is impossible to understand how this can happen to the same family twice. From the bottom of our hearts, we are asking that our school community surround the Hayworth family in love and positive thoughts.

The deadline to purchase your Father/Daughter dance tickets is January 25, 2022. Please turn in your forms and money to your child's teacher or the Shadow Hills office. We look forward to seeing you there.

• We Are Kind From Head to Toe - Wear silly socks, hats, and/or clothes
• Covid Testing @ JMMS, 7:30 am - 1:00 pm

• Kindness Makes School the Happiest Place on Earth - Wear a Disney themed outfit

• Covid Testing in bus loop, 7:30 am - 12:30 pm
• Round Up Kindness - Wear Western wear

• Let Kindness Shine - Wear neon colors and/or sparkly accessories

• Covid Testing in bus loop, 7:30 am - 12:30 pm
• Kindness Makes the Heart Grow - Wear Red
• 100th Day of School - Dress up as a 100 year old
• Father/Daughter Dance, 6-9 pm

• Instructional Assistant - Under the general direction of the Principal or designee and direct day-to-day work assignment and coordination of the classroom teacher, the classification of Instructional Assistant performs paraprofessional instructional activities; offers focused instruction and intervention learning for students; assists in the social-emotional well-being.
  

• 2/2 - Early Dismissal, 2:02 pm
• 2/2 - We Dream of Kindness! Wear your Pajamas!
• 2/3 - ELAC/DELAC Meeting, 5pm, Zoom

Email: mmeris@alpineschools.net
Website: https://www.alpineschools.net/o/shes
Location: 8770 Harbison Canyon Road, Alpine, CA, USA
Phone: 619-445-2977
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