GOLDEN HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
August 2023
Golden Hills Mission
Principal's Message
Dear Golden Hills Families,
At Golden Hills we really want a strong partnership with families. Family engagement refers to what families do at home and in the community to support their children’s learning. There is a lot of research that shows that when families are involved and engaged students do better. We want this partnership with you.
Help us welcome our new to Golden Hills Staff:
Mr. Benson- Fifth Grade Teacher
Mrs. Langone- Fourth Grade Teacher ( she taught intervention last year, Ms. H)
Mrs. Campos- Fourth Grade Intervention
Mrs. Lorimor: Paraprofessional
Mrs. Padilla: Paraprofessional
We are so happy to announce that Golden Hill students will be having PE with Mr. G, Music with Mr. Grigoruk and Art with Ms. Langford EVERY single week!
Please join Golden Hills Parent Teacher Group and School Site Council! This group is made up of parents, principal, teachers, students and other school personnel. Only 4-6 meetings a year to plan fun activities for our students and staff! The primary responsibility is to identify common goals and assist the leadership team in establishing a plan to achieve the goals. We will address any questions you may have about Golden Hills. First Meeting will be on September 20th from 3-4! New PTG/ SSC members will be acknowledged in our monthly newsletter!
New this year, we will have our Golden Hills Student Advisory Club partnering with our Parent Teacher Group and School Site Council. The Student Advisory Club will also be assisting in leadership opportunities at Golden Hills: helping with the virtual reality parties, LEGO parties, library and more! Our student group will be sharing information about Golden HIlls and working with the parent teacher group. Join the PTG/ SSC so that you can work with your student to make Golden Hills the best place to be!
Attendance matters for our students. Our goal is to have 95% or above of our students at school. Please let us know if we can support your students' attendance in any way! We do not want any student to miss out on our fun activities planned based around attendance.
Our first fundraiser is Reading for Education: Reading For Education is a year-long fundraiser. The school earns money when families and friends shop online at Reading For Education.com. Information will be sent home in September.
Please feel free to reach out to me anytime you have a question or concern,
Thank you,
Kristi Napoli
Golden Hills Principal
Band
Golden Hills Band Prep will be starting soon. In band we will learn the basics of
reading music, how to assemble, hold and play your chosen instrument.
INSTRUMENT LOTTERY
Golden Hills has 5 flutes, 3 clarinets and 5 trumpets. These will be loaned out
through an instrument lottery. If you sign up for one of these instruments, you are eligible for the lottery. If you are not a recipient of the instrument lottery, you will need to provide the instrument to participate in band. Golden Hills will provide all other required materials.
The lottery recipients will be contacted by phone after the drawing.
Students may join band at any time during the year when instruments are acquired.
Instrument Schedule
Monday - Flutes
Tuesday - Clarinet
Wednesday – Trumpet/Trombone
Thursday – Alto Saxophone
For information about an instrument, you can visit or call Houser’s Music store at
533-9336. Houser’s is located at 1944 Bird St. in downtown Oroville.
If you have any questions, please call: 533-4708 ex. 224 or…
Email: sgrigoruk@palermok8.org
Scott Grigoruk (Music Teacher)
Grandparents Day
Grandparents are invited to join their Golden Hills students on Friday, September 8th from 8:00-8:30 for breakfast in the Golden Hills cafeteria! Come visit your students' classroom and join your students for breakfast! Pre-purchase a ticket in the Golden Hills
Adult breakfast price is $4.00
Students eat free
PBIS: Positive Behavior Interventions & Support
Did you know that Golden Hills has received the following PBIS awards?
2023: Applied for Platinum Award
2022: Gold Award
2021: Platinum Award
2019: SIlver Award
What is a PBIS award? Golden Hills received the awards for creating a school environment where all students succeed. We have a foundation of being proactive to provide support to prevent behaviors that disrupt the classroom/ playground. Using data to design and provide interventions for students who need the extra support to prevent problem behaviors.
What is Motivating Monday? Motivating Monday is the last Monday of the month. At our whole school meeting at 8:35 in the EAGLES Nest we will be recognizing students for various reasons.They will be part of a VIP Party on September 18th to celebrate their success in following the TEAM expectations. In September, Shady Creek is the following week for fifth graders so we will be holding this a week early !
Our Positive EAGLE Award is for following TEAM expectations: families will 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 wear a VIP pass for the following Friday. They will get donuts, wear the VIP pass to be front in line and get to choose which lunch period and table they sit at.
Every Monday students have an opportunity to win our PBIS TEAM ticket raffle for them and a friend for ice cream sandwiches or hot chocolate. Students earn the TEAM tickets for following the TEAM expectations.
T: Take Responsibility
E: Earn Respect
A: Act Safely
M: Make a Difference
Picture Day information:
Golden Hills Picture Day is October 12th.
Golden Hills Make- Up Day is October 26th.
ATTENDANCE Matters:
Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school—and themselves. Students can still fall behind if they miss just 1 or 2 days every few weeks.
Attendance:
Golden Hills is to average 95% attendance daily and we want ALL Students to miss less than 10%.
Ironman awards will be handed out to classes with the best overall attendance. Individual awards will be handed out for great attendance. If your student is absent more than 10% a meeting will be requested to see how we can support your family.
On August 27th ALL students who have missed less than 2 days will get a popsicle.
Lego Party for the class with the highest percentage for attendance for the month of September on September 30th!
Game Day Party for the class with the highest percentage for attendance for the month of October.
Trimester 1: LASER show called Lasermania! Students who attend 90% or more school days from August to November 10th (absent less than 6 days excused & unexcused) will be invited!
Shady Creek Camp
Shady Creek is a three night, four day environmental camp. Our fifth grade class is hoping to attend September 25th-September 28th. The camps goal is to developing a feeling of personal responsibility to help preserve, conserve, and enhance our environment; developing heightened observation skills to appreciate the beauty and diversity of the natural world; and developing a feeling of self-confidence and self-acceptance while also instilling the ability to cooperate with and appreciate the diversity of others.
The students will stay the night in cabins and attend the following classes:
Birds
Communities
Creek Ecology
Earth Processes
Forest Ecology
Garden
Nature Awareness
Nature Investigation & exploration
Survival
The students cannot attend without 10 adult male and 13 adult female chaperones. Volunteers sleep in the cabin to supervise students. The chaperones must be fingerprinted, TB tested and complete the volunteer application. This takes time so if you are interested please reach out to your students teacher or call the office ASAP. If we do not get enough volunteers we cannot attend.
There will be a class at Golden Hills for students who do not attend Shady Creek.
Shady Creek Parent Informational Meeting on August 29th at 3:15.
Important Dates
August 27th: Attendance Popsicle Party for students who have 2 or less days of school.
August 27th: Shady Creek Parent Informational Meeting at 3:15
September 1st: No School PUSD Professional Development Day
September 4th: No School Labor Day
September 8th: Grandparents Day come join your student for breakfast at 8:00-8:30
September 11th: Reading For Education Fundraiser begins
September 15th: Principal/ Superintendent Awards at Helen Wilcox 9 am, (Letters will be sent home)
September 15th: Trimester 1 Progress Reports Go Home
September 20th : School Site Council/ Parent Teacher Group Meeting 3 pm
Sept 25th-28th: Shady Creek Fifth Grade only
October 2-6th: October Intercession
October 12th: Picture Day
October 26th: Golden Hills Make-up Picture day
November 13-17th: Parent Teacher Conference Week ( early release all week)
November: 17th Lasershow ( attendance)
Counselor’s Message
As part of our ongoing efforts to continue to provide the most impactful experiences for the children and families we serve, we have committed to implementing RULER, an evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning developed at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. RULER is also an acronym for the skills of emotional intelligence: Recognizing emotions, Understanding emotions, Labeling emotions, Expressing emotions, and Regulating emotions. Research from the field of emotion science finds that children who understand and manage their feelings make more responsible decisions, have stronger relationships, and perform better in school. The middle school is also using this same curriculum. This will help with consistency across grade levels.
A small team of staff attending a training virtually over the summer. And beginning this fall we will be sharing what we learned with the rest of our staff so that we can use the skills of emotional intelligence to reach our goals and support our students in doing the same.
As we learn more about RULER, we’d like to do that in partnership with you. My hope is to be sharing more information with you through our monthly newsletters and possibly sharing some additional learning opportunities with you as the year progresses.
When schools and families partner around these goals, students feel supported and reap the benefits. I look forward to learning and growing together this year.
