The Dolphin Dispatch
"HERE WE GROW" May 27th
Important Dates Ahead:
May
May 26th-No School- Memorial Day
May 27th- Tuesday- Upper grades Capitola Beach Day
May 28th, Wednesday- SCG Field Day (Games- 8:30- 9:30, Races 1:30-2:30)- please bring running shoes, an extra pair would be a good idea
Thursday, May 29th- 9AM-10AM- 5th grade Promotion Ceremony
Thursday May 29th is the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! It is a MINIMUM DAY SCHEDULE (early dismissal)
Daily Bell Schedule
SUESD Elementary Academic Calendar
TK/ Kinder Academic Calendar
Cheers to Another Year of Growth! For our special little school and all of our students.
3 more days until we reach the summer time zone.
From class hikes on our neighboring trails to learning and doing projects in our gardens and living classrooms. From winter concerts to Spring Dance Recitals. From our Back to School Bash to our Neon Nights Family Dance and Auction. From Pages and PJ's to Dia De Los Niños. And so much in between... We thank you for a wonderful 24/25. Thank you for being on the team to create a safe and supportive space for optimal human growth : )
Thank you to our one-of-a-kind Home and School Club for all of the fundraising and allowing us to continue with our programs and enrichment that are so near and dear to us. You have been essential to the growth of our SAGE program, our Art classes, and other programs and enrichment like dance and music. Our parents have built mini-libraries and new learning benches, helped on community garden days and so much more. THANK YOU!
Here's to our special SCG community, navigating the currents with our young SCG Dolphins so they may thrive, and to more learning together and supporting each other with kindness and smiles. This is what it's all about! Have a wonderful and happy summer everyone!
Don't forget about the essential snapshots and important links below- news on awards won, and some important summaries below.
In Partnership,
Principal Carlo Albano
- 2025 SCG Variety Show- Thank you Olivia Herdt, Kelly Liebenthal, and Billy Kessler for putting together a space to show such amazing talent and presence from our kids! Thank you for coaching them and for such a wonderful event last Friday!
- SCG Team including Sue Robinson, Julianne Wolf, Mr. Albano and 6 Student Leaders made it to Sacramento to present at the state SEL & Wellness Summit on their Student Leadership Data Analysis of student surveys and building next steps to support kids. Our Student Leadership analyzed their peer survey data analysis and decided on action steps- to teach each class about neuroscience, how their brain works, and how to use coping skills when life gets hard. This work has won an award from CalHope and a Gold Level Thriving Schools Award from SEL4CA! These are both state/ national organizations and we are feeling very honored! We have also begun a partnership with Kelvin Education, the survey company that has been giving us upper grade student data, and whole school family data.
- Dance Unit Complete! SCG Dolphins took to the stage to showcase their learning of West African dance and song with Teacher Ibou and Global Hip Hop steps and grooves with Teacher Gina
- For our Project Based Learning, we have accomplished so much this year, in the name of our SAGE program and caring for Planet Earth! To name a few there have been Native Bird Garden Extensions, Compost Sifter Creation and student-led workshops. We have diverted Waste through Clothing Swaps and from our student Green Team partnership and collaboration with our District Child Nutrition Services. And of course lending a helping hand to our ever-important pollinators with our Pollinator Data Tracking stations and our Native Bee Hotels installed by our upper grade classrooms.
Interested in some summer Ultimate Frisbee for your kids? Our past alumni parent Thien Mai is running a great camp! Check it out!
- New article on the website- check it out Pollinator Data Project Takes Flight!
- A new SAGE tab on our website- What is Project based Learning @ SCG? Look at all the good stuff we've accomplished this year and last!
New Makespace Kits Activities/ SCG SAGE Innovation Lab Activities- Check them out! And our Traditional Scope and Sequence & Biomimicry Challenge
- Our May SCG Character Focus is Creativity
- Our May SCG SAGE Theme is Watershed Stewards, Harvest of the Month (HOM)- Berries
- We are always hopeful that all of our students and families will return the following school year. We realize, though, that circumstances change sometimes. In the spirit of helping us build our staffing on the best enrollment projections possible, we ask that if you know your family is leaving our district next school year, 2025-26, please fill out this very brief survey. This request does not apply to families and students who are simply transitioning to our middle school (NBMS) or going on to high school.
Measure P Master Facilities Plans- new Field this summer, vital upgrades to follow- linked here.
- Home and School Club Calendar of Events- You make our community better! : )
Upcoming and Current 2025 SCG SAGE Projects almost all complete!
Spring: Native Bird Garden 2.0. Finishing this week, check it out by Room 51!
Spring: Pollinator Data Collection Boxes (Installed in the Peace Pollinator Garden!)
Spring: Native Bee Boxes Project in SAGE Garden (Installing in the SAGE Garden and Peace Pollinator Garden Soon!)
Spring: Double the number of native plants on SCG's Campus (Done this past Garden Day)
Calendars:
TK/ Kinder Calendar (keep a copy at the ready to refer to TK/ K Families- there are some differences to the other grades).
Whole School Elementary Calendar- new families, note that all Fridays are Minimum Days with release times by lunch.
SCPL Library Offerings: Awesome reading programs, homework help and more!
