Anaheim Hills Elementary News

Fall Pictures

PTA packets sent home

Fri. Sept. 27th

7:00 - Family Movie Night

"NIght at the Museum"

Student of the Month Assembly (Invite Only)

1:15pm in th MPR

What an amazing start to the new school year! The past three days have been the most successful transitions for all our students and teachers, because of our amazing Panther Volunteers! THey supported with student transitions from our gates to the classrooms lines. This helped greatly with our students who faced that initial anxiety of day 1. We will be working on ways to extend this leadership opportunity to provide some other activities throughout the year!

The lunch tables have been assigned by class this year during our lunch times since we have fewer Noon Yard Supervisors to support our supervision. The assigned tables help us with monitoring the trash, noise level, movement, and interactions between our students. We will be looking for ways to reward class groups with incentives for keeping their areas clean and for modeling safe, responsible behavior at the lunch tables as part of our PBIS program.

We plan on continuing with the lunch table assignments for the year. Students eat with their class for 15-20 minutes ( 4 times weekly) and then have between 25-30 minutes to play. Students continue have opportunities to extend new relationships and socialize during their brief lunch with peers.

Students who choose to eat during recess have a choice of sitting at whichever table they prefer. Wednesday will also be an 'open table' day since we have a reduced numbers of students who sit and eat a brunch. Each class has a set of 4 tables to sit at.

If you are available to volunteer to support our lunch times we could use your help!

Let Mr. Cosca know...

Did you know?

Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school—and themselves. Start building this habit in preschool so they learn right away that going to school on time, every day is important. Eventually good attendance will be a skill that will help them succeed in high school and college.

If you have not yet completed it, please take a moment to log in to the AERIES parent portal to complete the data confirmation. Data Confirmation is our electronic emergency card and data collection for both new and returning students. It allows parents to update: contacts, medical conditions, view and agree to school policies/documents, and update authorization information. Please verify the information and update as needed do we have the most current data on hand.

AERIES Portal Link: https://aeries.orangeusd.org/parent/LoginParent.aspx

Thank you so much for your generosity and donations!

A suggested School Supply List is posted on the AHES PTA website @ https://www.ahespta.org/school-supplies-list.html

Parents of TK and K students: Please continue walking your students to the Gate and let them enter to join their classmates on their own. We have had a seamless transition with our Panther PALS supporting at the gates.

Do not park in the curbside drop off area. TK/K parents will need to park in the lot and walk with students if the students can not unload from the car by themselves.

*** As a reminder no photographs or video may not be taken from the sidewalk of students on site. All students have a reasonable right to privacy while attending school.

Please cooperate, be courteous, and keep the safety of all children in mind. They are our highest priority. Please limit student drop off and pickup to the drop off zones marked with a yellow curb.

• Always park in designated spaces.
• Do not park or stop in front of the office.
• Do not park and exit your car along the drop off zone (sidewalk) or any other illegally parked area.
• TK/K parents need to park in the lot and walk with students if the students can not unload from the car by themselves.
• Do not wait, congregate, and/or talk by the gates. Walkways need to remain clear for safety reasons.
• Do not take pictures or record students on campus from the sidewalk. This is a violation of the privacy rights of others.

All students may enter campus starting at 7:45. Gates close at 8:05.

Plan ahead to avoid the wait!

Free meals will continue to be provided to all students in 2023-2024. Information can be found on the Nutrition Services website. Click on the picture to access the website.

All students will have a 25 minute sit down brunch. Plan your food choices before sending students to school. Click the picture for the breakfast menu. Here is the link to the lunch menu. https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/index.php?sid=2501081743337031

Please take a momentot review the school handbook to help understand our procedures, rules and expectations.

We love having parent and community member support at AHES. All volunteers are required to obtain clearance through our district process. Contact our office if you have any issues with the Volunteer Application link. Please ensure that you have pre-arranged volunteer times with the teacher or coordinator of the activity before arriving on campus.

Volunteers who work five hours or more per week must complete the required Keenan Trainings, a TB test, and obtain a fingerprint clearance through the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigations. Volunteers are responsible for all associated costs.

Volunteers who work less than five hours per week must complete the required Keenan Trainings. Please note that volunteers must have all their documents ready to load prior to initiating the Raptor application process

You may complete the required training and submit your documents to volunteer after clicking the link below.

https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/MjY4OmVuLVVT

Thank you for your support!

PTA Updates - Join us!

Check out the AHES PTA website here: https://www.ahespta.org/

Officially become a member@:

https://jointotem.com/ca/anaheim/anaheim-hills-elementary-pta

Please sign up for the PTA newsletter by emailing: anaheimhillspta@gmail.com

A message from out new PTA president is linked below.

Thank you to our PTA and all of our Panther families for making the first day (and first week) a huge success! We appreciate You!