Sunkist Elementary School

We appreciate all of you for helping make our parking lot safe in the morning. Just a reminder that we have breakfast starting at 7:30 a.m. All students are welcome. We truly have enjoyed having parents on campus in the morning.

Teachers have a Professional Learning Day October 9th. There will be no school or SHINE program on that day.

The week of October 10-13, all 3rd grade students will take the pre-GATE test. If for some reason, you don't want your child tested, please see Ms.Delgado in the office so she can honor your request.

Join us on Thursday, October 19 at 8:15am for our next Parent Reading Corner in the Library. We will be reading The Pout-Pout Fish and we will talk about how you can share this book with your child. Siblings that aren't in school are welcome to this event.

Special Invitation for Parents! We're thrilled to announce a series of workshops in collaboration with the University of California, Channel Islands. During four weekly sessions, they will share valuable insights into higher education and university life. The meetings will be conducted in Spanish where we'll discuss all things universities. Join us on Thursday, October 19 at 5:30 pm for the first session. Don't miss this opportunity to prepare your children for a bright future! Babysitting will be provided.

Dates- 10/19, 10/26, 11/2 and 11/9

I am writing you early this week because this Friday we will be having our first practice lockdown drill. It is an unfortunate reality that we need to prepare for something like this but it is important to do so. The way we explain it to our younger children is this: when we have a fire drill we walk in a line to the big playground, when we have an earthquake drill we go under our tables and hold onto a table leg, when we have a lockdown drill we go to somewhere safe in our classroom and are very quiet. We explain to them that something outside is happening and the grown ups need to make it safe again so we can all go outside. Please feel free to make an appointment with me if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Ms. Delgado

Principal

We will be celebrating Red Riboon the Week of October 23-27. More to come on how we plan to celebrate each day.

Students in Kindergarten to Second grade are participating in our district's Art Trek program. The students have it every Tuesday from now until December 19th.

Our students in grades 4 and 5 receive band every Thursday for the entire year. At the end of each Trimester, we will have a demonstration to showcase what the children have been learning. Upper grade parents will be invited to attend.