Dear Sequoia Families,

Today your "Principal Message" is coming to you from the Honorary Principal for the Day, 4th grader, Henry Jackson.

My Day In The Principal's Shoes:

"This is your honorary principal of the day, Henry Jackson!" I said into the loud speaker. Today was crazy! I got to be the principal for the entire day. My favorite thing I did today was getting to go into all the classrooms and give out green slips. The most interesting class I went to was Mrs.Laplante's 5th grade class. They got to free draw aliens as part of an activity. The most behaved class I went to was Mrs. Rose's kindergarten class.

Also, Mrs.Clark took me out to lunch. We went to Lepe's, I got the bella bowl. Then, we got donuts. We ended the day off by checking out the charter school. "As always, GO TREES!!!!!!!!" I said into the loud speaker to end the day!

Today was a great day with Mr. Jackson as my sidekick. Henry won the "Principal of the Day" auction item at the walkathon and we had such a fun time together. He made announcements throughout the day, did some yard duty and went into classrooms to give out "green slips" for positive behavior and learning. We went out to lunch, he wrote part of my newsletter (and made some color and background changes! Love it!) and he helped me do some maintenance checks around campus and on the playground. There was more to our day of course but those were some of the highlights! Henry is super helpful and has some great leadership potential. Thanks for a great day Henry!

I hope you all have a great weekend. Check out the announcements below for more info about updates at Sequoia and our 2nd episode of the Giant Insights Podcast!

Mrs. Clark

This episode is focused on building resilience in students and the adults who support them. Hope you enjoy the content. Please feel free to email us with feedback or future podcast ideas! bclark@rvusd.org or thockett@rvusd.org

If you are interested in helping to plan and coordinate our school yearbook, we could use your help! From pictures to layout, it's an exciting process. Even if you don't have a lot of experience, that's ok! We can help teach you what you need to know! Please contact Amy Niesen if you're interested at amyoniesen@aol.com.

Originally, January 6th was a non-student day but in an effort to make up some instructional time when ALL Rincon Valley schools were off due to the fires/power outages we will have school on Jan. 6th. Because the day ALL schools were off was a Wednesday, we will make up the same amount of time and therefore keep a Wednesday schedule. Please make arrangements to make sure your child is picked up at 1:55pm.

• December 16th - Band, orchestra and choir concert

• December 20th - Jan. 3rd - Holiday Break

• January 6th - Early release day - 1:55pm

• January 20th - No School: MLK Jr Day

Website: http://rvusdca.apptegy.us/o/sequoia
Location: 5305 Dupont Drive, Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Phone: 707-539-3410