The Dolphin Whistle

November 12, 2020 Issue 15

MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL LAMBERT

Dear Parents,

Report Cards will be available for parents via your Power School portal on Friday, Nov. 20th. At the Principal's Coffee we will discuss the report card format and answer any questions you have about distance learning in relation to the grades. We will also review the steps for parents to see in Google Classroom and SeeSaw how their child is doing each week. Please join me at 3:15 p.m. via Zoom on Mon. Nov. 30th. The link will be in your email.

Have you joined the Castro Parents WhatsApp group? A parent rep will be at the Principal's coffee to help you join if you are interested. This is an important parent message group that also has information about school happenings and information and is a place where parents can ask questions about community or school resources.

Please remember to join the PTA! Here is a link to become a member. Let's not let COVID get in the way of having a strong Castro PTA.

Please be sure to let us know if there is any way we can help your family and of course if you have any questions or concerns about your child's education.

Warm Regards,

Theresa Lambert

Principal Mariano Castro Elementary

cell number (831)206-9522

Socio-emotional Tool of the Week - The Breathing Tool

When we breathe purposefully with the Breathing Tool, it calms and slows us down and brings our attention inward. We become more selfaware and self-reflective about our bodies, minds, emotions, and impulses. Because of that, we are more likely to have the insight and time to react more appropriately in stressful situations-in our own best interests and in the best interests of others.

Calendar

Wednesday, November 17, 2020 - ELAC meeting, 6:00p.m.

Friday, November 20th, 2020 - Report Cards sent home electronically

Monday, November 23rd, 2020- Principals Coffee, 3:15p.m. - 4:15p.m.

Monday, November 23rd , 2020 - School Site Council, 5:00p.m. - 6:00p.m.

Friday,November 25th - 27th, 2020 - Thanksgiving Recess (No School)

Wednesday,December 9th, 2020 - Kinder Information Night, Zoom link: http://mvw.sd/CAKinder

FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE

Together We Are a Better MVWSD: November: We acknowledge our history

It's already November and the holiday season is upon us. Traditionally, elementary school students learn about a peaceful feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians, who helped teach them to survive in a perilous new world. To promote both critical thinking and the disruption of falsehoods favoring a colonialist-dominant narrative, we must engage with primary sources and counternarratives to grapple with the mythologies of the first Thanksgiving. This month, the BetterTogether calendar encourages all of us to acknowledge our shared history and its truths, starting with the contributions of those Indigenous to North America. To see more, click on the attached flyer (Spanish included) or visit https://www.mvwsd.org/bettertogetherMVWSD.

Parent University: Supporting Math at Home during Distance Learning and Beyond

Join us on Wednesday, November 18th from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. for our next Parent University event: Supporting Math at Home during Distance Learning and Beyond.

MVWSD Landels Elementary Principal Heidi Galassi will share several resourceful strategies for supporting math learning and achievement at home:

Are you confused about which math program to use at home?
Learn how to boost math achievement K-8th
Support your child at home with math homework
Learn new ways to enrich and deepen math concepts
Get your child ready for Algebra

Spanish interpretation is provided. Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvdOqorTgtGtXg5trN1qiFh5EefCHgIAm1

School meetings coming up in December. Open Enrollment for all MVWSD students starts in January

School and District information meetings are coming up in December. Please visit www.mvwsd.org/register for a list of these events and for login information.

District new student information night, covering the registration process, is on December 1 at 5:30 p.m. (in both English and Spanish) at this Zoom link: http://mvw.sd/info.

School kindergarten/new student information nights are online on December 9 at 6:00 p.m. for all elementary schools, and include choice school information.

If your child turns 5 years old between September 2 – December 2, 2021, he/she may qualify for transitional kindergarten. TK info night is December 16 at 5:00 p.m online.

If you are interested in the District's choice schools, information nights are:

Gabriela Mistral: Dual Spanish/English Immersion: December 15 at 6 pm

Stevenson: Parent Child Teacher: December 16 at 6 pm

Choice schools will also have information at the elementary schools’ info nights (6 p.m. Dec. 9).

For CURRENT students in transitional kindergarten-7th grade: Parents will be asked by email to confirm enrollment from January 18- 22.

For NEW students: Open Enrollment is from January 11 through Feb. 5, 2021 online. You can register your child for the 2021-22 school year when online registration opens here: www.mvwsd.org/register

Your Donations Matter! Please Give Now For This School Year!

MVEF funds important programs including weekly art and music classes at every elementary school with CSMA, NGSS aligned science through Living Classrooms, environmental science lessons through Environmental Volunteers, STEAM teacher professional development, instrument repair and purchase, middle school science equipment and electives, wellness and more! This important programming is made possible through the generosity of parents like you! Thank you for your support! Make a donation at https://www.mvef.org/donate

MVLA: “How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men”

The MVLA Speakers Series presents: Michael Reichert on “How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men” on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 - 7:00 - 9:00pm | Live Online

Michael Reichert, Ph.D., is a clinical and research psychologist who has worked with children in a variety of contexts for over 30 years. Challenging conventional ideas of how boys learn and grow, Dr. Reichert’s research underscores the importance of a relational approach in raising and educating boys to nurture their strength and resilience. Offering a timely consideration of how boyhood has undergone an historic shift, Dr. Reichert will focus on helping parents, teachers, and boys themselves adapt, especially as we face today’s unprecedented challenges.

Dr. Reichert will also comment on our current situation with distance learning and its impact on boys.

Audience: Parents, teachers, coaches, and mentors of young boys and teens

Register: To register for this free event go to https://mvla2020-21-michaelreichert.eventbrite.com

Books: https://www.booksinc.net/book/9780593189085