CREW Friday Five

A huge thank you to everyone who made Literacy Night a fun-filled celebration of creativity and community. Seeing our students proudly show off their Bare Book projects was truly inspiring!

Hats Off to Our Teachers and Staff: You served up smiles and delicious pasta from Locale Italian Kitchen, making the evening extra special. Your dedication to our CREW truly shines!

High-Five to our PTA Supporters: The PTA funded the Bare Books and provided dinner, filling Sam Hughes with joy…and our bellies with yummy pasta! Thanks to your support of PTA fundraisers, we were able to bring back this beloved tradition!

Thank you all for coming together to make this night special. Your continued support keeps our community strong and our students' imaginations soaring!

Your child has been working with the PTA to create a special note for each teacher that will be presented Friday, May 10th as well as a paper chain that will be hung the week of May 6th! Please check your student’s backpack for more information on themed days below.

🖍️SUNDAY, MAY 5th: Chalk the Block!

Join us Sunday morning to decorate the sidewalk in front of school with notes & pictures to welcome teachers as they arrive Monday morning! Bring your own chalk! If you can't make it in the morning, stop by any time during the day.

Monday, May 6th - Principal Donut day. Mr. Lundstrom will be providing donuts for teachers and staff Monday morning

📚TUESDAY, MAY 7th: Donate a Book to Your Teacher's Classroom! (See attached listed of favorite titles)

🌈WEDNESDAY, MAY 8th: Wear Your Teacher’s Favorite Color! (See attached list of favorites)

🎁THURSDAY, MAY 9th: Favorite Things Day! (See take home note from your student for details)

💌FRIDAY, MAY 9th Student Art/Notes of Appreciation. Notes made in class with PTA will be given this day

If you do not receive a note in your child’s backpack by Wednesday, May 1st, please email Kendall (soulspark@gmail.com) with your child’s teacher’s name and we will email you the information. Thank you!

What a week! We want to thank everyone who turned the Scholastic Book Fair into a B.O.G.O. book bonanza! Your love for reading filled the library with excitement and raised vital funds to update our book collection.

To Our Amazing Volunteers: You're the MVPs who made this book wonderland possible. Thank you for your smiles, enthusiasm, and hard work!

To Our Students and Parents: You brought the magic! Your excitement for new adventures made this book fair a celebration of stories and community. And a special thanks to those who picked out teachers' wish list items, you're rock stars! Your generosity helps teachers create inspiring learning spaces.

As you turn the pages of your new books, may you discover worlds of fun and adventure. Keep reading, CREW, and let’s keep sharing the joy of books!

Ms. Patterson's class won the poster contest. Thank you for sending out that info. The kids are very happy and excited for the pizza party. The poster is hanging outside the class if you want to check it out. Here is the message sent to the class:

Happy Earth Day!

Your poster has won a pizza party for your classroom!! Congratulations, we will be coordinating a date for the pizza party shortly.

Thank you for participating in the TUSD Earth Day poster contest-we greatly appreciated all poster submissions and creative effort into the submissions. Republic Services is a partner for your sustainable community and future generations to come. Every day is Earth Day here at Republic Services. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Emma Reyes

Municipal Manager

East Phoenix | Tucson

What a creative year we've had learning about Ceramics and Character Strong!

Every student in grades Kindergarten through 5th grade completed 3 projects this year:

1. Pinch Pots in the Fall

2. Ornaments/Wall Hangings in the Winter

3. Keychains in the Spring

Keychains were made starting in March to celebrate the Character Strong trait of the month: COOPERATION. Students at Sam Hughes worked together to make different parts of the keychains. Each completed keychain represents the collaborative efforts of our student CREW working together to make one special item. Please look for packaged keychains being sent home over the next few weeks. For more details or questions email: Meghan.Korman@tusd1.org

In 3rd grade we're talking about flower parts and pollinators. A big shout out of thanks to our third graders for planting and watering these plants in their flower boxes all year long! We will collect the seeds so next year's third graders can tend these same plants.

The flooring project for the whole school means, there will be new floor throughout the campus for next fall. But it also means that we will NOT be having summer programs at Sam Hughes this summer. Parents who wish to enroll their child in a traditional summer program at school will need to explore opportunities at nearby schools.

The attached file is a City of Tucson Summer Camp Sports - Activity flyer which offers 1/2 day, Full Day, and additional After Care for children ages are 6-17. These are weekly sessions from May 27th -August 2nd. Not a TUSD sponsored or endorsed program.

Parents, Grandparents, Guardians – please make sure that if you arrive after 8:40am that you check your student in at the office and we will escort them, if necessary, to class. Once school starts parents should not be escorting students to class as this causes disruption to the start of class. In addition, parking on the south side of the school is reserved for staff members – please make sure you are not lingering in this area. There is more space to drop off students on the north side of the playground.

Have you completed your 2024-2025 Registration?

We have almost 100% completion of registration for our current families heading into next year. Way to go Sam Hughes!

For those few (very few) that may not have turned in there registration...

What if I haven't turned in all the registration documents?

You may turn in your documents to the office during our office hours listed below or email your documents.

Office Hours 7:30am - 3:30pm

CHECK OUT THE OMA WEB PAGE: https://sites.google.com/tusd1.org/hughesoma/oma-home

You will find songs and activities for your child there by grade level. Thank you!

CREW we need your help with students getting picked up early at the end of the day. There are many transitions that occur in the last 10-15 minutes of our instructional day and it can be challenging the the front office to make contact with classroom teachers as they are concluding their time with their classes.

If you need to pick up your student early, please make arrangements to come prior to 2:35pm so that we are readily able to call for your student with minimal disruption to the class' end of day procedures.

Thank you in advance for your support and understanding.

Thank you for sending a refillable water bottle with your student each day. Water fountains are available for students to refill their water bottles as needed. We are encouraging students to stay well hydrated, especially with the temperatures as high as they have been.

Please be sure your student's name is clearly labeled on the bottle, thank you!

Calling all CREW- Student Council would like to see the items returned to their owners, so they will be placing everything on tables on the playground near the 5th grade portables every Friday. Please check out the table of items and see if you can be reunited with your jackets, clothing items, lunch boxes, and water bottles!

Thank you to our Student Council CREW!!

2. May 2nd - Literacy Night and Dinner 3:30-5:30PM Dinner served by teachers 4:00-5:00PM

3. May 3rd - Kinder and 5th Grade "Buddy" field trip to Live Musical Theater

4. May 6th - 3rd, 4th, 5th grader Young People's Concert Tucson Symphony Orchestra

5. May 6th - 1st grade Playformance

6. May 7th - 1st grade will have visitors from Saguaro National Park visit classrooms