GOLDEN HILLS NEWSLETTER

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Dear Golden Hills Families,

We hope that you and your family had an enjoyable Thanksgiving break.

Thank you to all the families who attended the Golden Hills Arts Showcase and Family Picnic! We love seeing all of you on campus!

We are just three short weeks away from the winter break. We will be working hard these next three weeks and hope your student will be here everyday!

Thursday, December 7th Golden Hills Parent Teacher Group and School Site Council Meeting at 3 pm. We will be reviewing/ revising our School Plan for Student Achievement, looking at data and reviewing the parent surveys. Our goal is to look at what our school community is interested in adding such as before school care. Please join us in Room A1.

Please remind your student to check our Lost & Found! We have many sweatshirts and jackets, these will be donated at winter break.

All Golden Hills teachers' homework is for our students to read at home and practice math facts. We want our students to love to read by reading books they are interested in. Our school library will now be open on Fridays at recess for students to check out a book.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me,

Thank you,

Mrs. Napoli

Golden Hills Principal

Before we leave for winter break Golden Hills will be having fun activities around campus! Students daily can search for our “Grinch on a Shelf” to see what silly activities he is up to!

From December 13th-December 22nd: Snowflakes will be hidden around school for students to find to win prizes.

Our final countdown will be fun dress up days!

Congratulations to our students who were chosen to receive the Positive Eagle Award for the month of November : Our Positive EAGLE Award is for following TEAM expectations: families receive an email that their student is receiving the award and they are invited to attend. The award winners are called up and given a certificate for following our TEAM expectations.. They will get donuts, a positive eagle brag tag plus they are VIP and are able to be front in line and get to choose which lunch period and table they sit at.

Nolan B.

Issac L.C.

Bentley C.

M'Kayla S.

Olivia T.

Melissa M.

Julye Y.

Alyson A.

Ximena H.P.

Eddie G.

Raymond C.

Arianna C.

Angela R.

Julian C.

Abbey R.

Ximena S.

Natalie M.

Aiden G.

Jaxton F.

The fourth and the fifth grade awards assemblies were Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st. Congratulations to our students who received awards!

Fourth Grade Trimester

Jorge B.

Cali H.

Dominick K.

Valeria R.

MVP-Angela

Mia S.

Isaac L.

Morgan G.

Elena G.

Eddie G. MVP

Jonathan A-V

Alyson A.

Isaiah B.

Nadia M.

Laura K.- MVP

Julian C-M

Emanuel G.

Jaxton F.

Alejandro

Cannon C.

Echo F.

Nicole R.

Drake MVP

Fifth Grade Trimester

Olivia O.

Olivia T.

Kevin B.

Eden S.

Amahirna N.

Kolbie A.

Ximena C.

Sergio V.

Alicianna C.

Quentin C.

Ariana C.

Darrel L.

Trinity M.

TJ T.

Zarcardeo D.

Natalie G.

Elias G.

Arianna M.

Javier S.

Waylin S.

Riguberto L.

Joseph R.

Cristian T.

Natalie M.

Golden Hills Honor Roll: students who score an average of 90% and above in math and reading in class percentages are on the Golden Hills Honor Roll. The office has Honor Roll magnets, if your student is on the Honor Roll be sure to come by and pick one up!

Fourth Grade:

Jorge B

Natalia C

Axel C

Canyon E
Alison L
Jessie M
Alberto M
Oren M
Miguel P
Valeria R

Arely R

Yareli M

Angela R
Brizayda R

Aria D

Elena G

Eddie G

Morgan G

Kendra G

Isaac L

Aiden P

Nikko R

Ximena S

Hank W

Daniel C

Annabelle D

Laura K

Kayley R

Adalynne R

Abbey R

Ryder T

Bentley P

Julian C

Avery Marie A.

Kenji C.

Cannon C.

Riley D.

Aniayah D.

Eli D.

Markston F.

Echo F.

Juan F.

Ximena H.

Landon K.

Giada L.

Reagan M.

Marcus N.

Drake P.

Nicole R.

Ruby S.

Hunter S.

Alejandro T.

Meera V.

Jimmah Y.

Fifth Grade:

Zeke A.

Kevin B.

Bella G.

Trace G.

Jhett J.

Juan L.

Carter M.

Gabe M.

Amahirany N.

Olivia O.

Nerik R.

Bryan R.

Isabella R.

Eden S.

Kolton S.

Lina T.

Olivia T.

Bailee W.

Heather B.

Giovanni G.

Samuel M.

Vicente S.

Mariaelena S.

Mariana S.

Anthony A.

Ariana C.

Payton F.C.

Caleb G.

Sammy L.

Evelyn L.

Jala M.

Victor M.

Melissa M.

Trinity M.

Austin S.

Rylin S.

TJ T.

Kaeden C.

Nathan E.

Natalie G.

Genevieve H.

Arianna M.

Javier S.

Julye Y.

Evelyn B.

Maxx B.

Cristyan C.

Ila D.

Braydon D.

Natalie M.

Joseph R.

Waylin S.

Esteban S.

Ximena S.

Hunter S.

Did you know students can earn brag tags all year long and/or purchase brag tags through the Parent Teacher Group?

Trimester one brag tags were recently passed out!

Students can get a brag tag for:

Fluency- Meeting End of Year Goal

Positive Eagle Award

Math Masters ( Grade 4 only)/ 144 Club

I Ready Grade Level Proficient in Math & Reading

I Ready 25 +lessons passed in math or reading

I Ready 50+lessons passed in math or reading

Attendance- Perfect or above 95%-Each Trimester

Red Ribbon Week ( purchased through PTG)

Honor Roll- Each Trimester

These are fun tags students can earn all year to celebrate their success! We will be adding ways to get them all year!

If your student has not received one yet, they have the opportunity to earn them each trimester! Some are given for meeting the goal at a specific time and some are each trimester ((Attendance & Honor Roll)

Our attendance goal is for 95% of students to be at school everyday! For the month of November we were 94.39%, so close!

Ironman Winners for November :

Classes with Best Attendance for the month of November:

4th

1st: Mrs. Dailey 96% (.9607)

2nd: Mr. Borquez 94% (.9449)

5th:

1st: Ms. Russell 96% (.9600)

2nd: Mr.Zarzynski 95 % (.9567)

The Laser Show was SO MUCH Fun! The students loved singing along to the songs while the laser art was displayed. The Laser Show was our first trimester attendance challenge. All students who had less than 6 unexcused absences were invited to attend.

Current Attendance Challenge: Students with 95% and above individually (for the dates of 11/27-12/19) will be invited to an Ice Cream Social on December 20th!

Second Trimester Attendance Challenge has begun! On March 7th we will have a Solar System Planetarium on campus.

to be invited to participate in the Planetarium the requirements are:

Less than 11 absences (excused or unexcused) for the entire school year

OR

Less than 6 (excused or unexcused) absences from 11/29/23-3/6/24

If your child is absent please call the school office to let them know the reason so that your child can possibly be excused. Also, if your child will be absent for 3 or more days you can request independent study. Your child will receive work to do and if the work is completed, your child will receive credit for attendance and will not be counted as absent. If you have questions, please call the school office.

Attendance is very important, if your student is not at school, they cannot learn. Thank you for your support!

Shady Creek is a three night, four day environmental camp. Our fourth grade class will be attending next year. In order to attend we must have parent volunteers to stay in the cabins with the students. These parents must be cleared through our district through the volunteer process. We will need to have the parents cleared before the end of this school year to commit to going! The reserved dates for Shady Creek are the week before our October intercession. Please begin the process so we can be sure we have enough parent volunteers.

Candy Cane Grams and Holiday Brag Tags will be on sale starting next Tuesday, December 12th during snack recess!

Yearbooks are for sale in the school office for the low price of $14.00. The yearbook features a soft cover, color pages, and contains pictures of all the students, teachers, staff, and fun memories at GH. Students who purchase a yearbook will receive their copy the last week of school.

Congratulations to our fourth and fifth grade girls basketball teams! You have been playing so well, especially since your opponents are 5th/ 6th graders! Thank you to Ms. Pierce & Ms. Green for coaching! We are so proud of you!

Thank you to Ms. Osby, Ms. Warner and Ms. Elam for planning the Indian Education Night in November! It was held at Palermo School. We appreciate you!

• Students should not be dropped off before 7:45 am, we do not have supervision until 7:45 am.

• We have minimum days on Friday’s and school gets out at 1:45.

• Students should not bring items from home. We are not responsible for any lost, stolen or broken items. Cell phones are not allowed and must be checked in to the office or teacher.

• All students who are on campus must be supervised by an adult. Students should not be on campus after school unless they are in a club, tutoring, a sports team or after school program. Please be on time to pick up your student.

• Students should not be wearing slippers or bringing a blanket to school (unless it is a Spirit Day)

12/7: PTG/ School Site Council Meeting

12/22: 5th Grade Winter Show, one show is at 9 am, repeat show at 10 am

12/25- 1/5: - No School Winter Break

1/15/24: Martin Luther King Holiday...No School!

Coming in January 2024: Boys Basketball Team Try-Outs